The Glades

TV Series
2010–2013
TV-14
1h

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7.4/10

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Cop Drama Police Procedural Action Crime Drama Mystery

A former Chicago cop moves to a small Florida town and joins the state police.A former Chicago cop moves to a small Florida town and joins the state police.A former Chicago cop moves to a small Florida town and joins the state police.

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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

15K

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POPULARITY

1,984

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Awards
- 4 wins & 4 nominations

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Trivia
Originally titled Sugarloaf, the series was set to take place in the Tampa Bay metro area.

Goofs
The show is based in an Everglades community. However, many times Jim Longworth travels north to cities such as Ocala or Cassadaga, which are 3-4 hours away from any coastal Everglades cities. Not enough time has passed in the episode to allow for these trips there and back.

Quotes
Jim Longworth: [title sequence narration] Some say I don't play well with others. I was a damned good detective in Chicago until a disagreement with my boss encouraged me to pack it up and make a change. So I put the Windy City in my rearview and headed to the Sunshine State to kick back, play some golf, work on my tan, maybe write the occasional speeding ticket. Yeah, well, that didn't work out.

Connections
Referenced in Mad: X-Games: First Class/Criminal Minecraft (2011)

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9/10

Forget the usual Florida glitz and glimmer. The Glades is authentic.

I've been in Florida for 35 years, working as both a script writer and newspaper editor. I've been on the sets of most of those made-in-Florida productions and invariably they try to over-sell the Sunshine State with the glamorous South Beach style that typifies almost every show since Miami Vice. The Glades, however, gets its right with stories about the warm heart of Central Florida, with stories most Florida shows forget. Instead of Cuban drug lords we get stories of the football heroes bred in Imokalee, the spiritualists in Cassadaga and the surfers in Melbourne. The cast is down-to-earth with the right accents and attitudes. Very shows have understood their material this well since Ivan Tors migrated to North Miami.