Shots Fired: Series Premiere- "Hour One: Pilot"

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 In our present day, racism is still a very serious issue especially in certain countries and FOX's new show Shots Fired doesn't walk on egg shells with this issue. Slavery was abolished but racism is still very much alive. Officer Joshua Beck (Tristan Wilds) shoots an unarmed white male in a predominantly black neighborhood, so many black people surround the scene until the officers arrive with their guns and everyone raises their hands in a HANDS UP DON'T SHOOT moment. This gave me goosebumps immediately. 

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The Department of Justice sends a young black prosecutor, Preston Terry (Stephan James) and an investigator Ashe Akino (Sanaa Lathab) to North Carolina to help with the case. They start investigating immediately and find out there was a black male, Jesse Campbell, who was killed weeks ago but not investigated by the police. They start wondering where the problem is coming from. The police officers probably have a hand in the issue. 

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The black community is skeptical about Officer Beck but he receives support from the mostly white police department. Ashe and Preston are different and I'm sure their relationship will have a lot of hiccups. Ashe likes to be her own boss and likes drinking a lot, while Preston follows the books and believes so much in the Justice system. I really love this pairing. I like the fact that they don't waste anytime getting into the action, it starts immediately with the first scene. The pilot lays a solid foundation for what I think will be thought provoking series. This first hour does a great job pointing out how racism is a major issue in this era of Black Lives Matter and Donald Trump. Shots Fired is going to consist of Ten episodes airing every Wednesday on FOX. I can't wait to see how it plays out. 

GENRE Crime Drama

CREATED BY Gina Prince-Bythewood & Reggie Prince-Bythewood

STARRING Sanaa Lathan, Helen Hunt, Stephan James, Richard Dreyfuss, Stephen Moyer, Will Patton, Jill Hennessy, DeWanda Wise, Tristan Wilds, Conor Leslie, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Aisha Hinds