Jesse L. Martin is a treasure. I was incredibly lucky to see him come from the role of Tom Collins on Broadway in the legendary production of “Rent” in 1996 (after being transferred from his first house to the New York Theater Workshop), and I got out of this excited performance to see what he would do. It ended up being “Law & Order”, where Martin put in 198 work episodes as a detective Ed Green. It was a mission of a decade which, for the most part, removed it from the film and theater market. Given how much television television is extraordinarily well if you are a main actor, you cannot blame an actor who works to prioritize a regular pay check.
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As an occasional “Law & Order” spectator (it is the most constant procedures, one that you can look at if necessary), Martin was never great than Green. But as the years have passed, you cannot help but become greedy as a spectator and wonder why he does not challenge himself more often. With regard to cinema, it is possible that he is still being shocked to death of “sexual healing”, the biopic Marvin Gaye which was closed by development features in 2013 due to budgetary concerns, even if the director of Vétéran Julien Temple clip had 70% of the film in the box (it is only one of the many Gaye Biopics). Martin has not appeared in a film since then, but he continued to enjoy a huge success on television. He made eight seasons as Joe West on “The Flash” and, two years ago, ended up winning a very deserved main role in the procedural series NBC “The Irrational”.
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If “The irrational” had taken the blow, Martin would have been in the sweetest places as a television director. He is cashed from the residues of nine seasons on “Law & Order” and another nine season race on “The Flash”. Throw another long -lasting season in the mixture, and Martin would have officially dropped funny money. Alas, “The Irrational” will not go to the syndication because he died after two seasons.
The NBC series of Jesse L. Martin has a rational ending
Based on the “Irrational” predictable “non-fiction book by Dan Ariely”, the irrational “played Martin as professor Alec Mercer, a behavioral scientist who helps the police via his understanding of illogical reasoning. Martin also produced the series, which suggests that it was a passionate project for the actor. The show was a solid interpreter of notes throughout its first season, ending 30th for the year in the notes of Nielsen. Unfortunately, “The irrational” underwent a slowdown in steep notes in its second season, and that was enough for NBC to drop the sword of Damocles.
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“The irrational” will join “follows” and the star renewal of “Night Court” on the heap of cancellation scrap, which could be a good thing for fans of Martin (who do not care about his accumulation of wealth). This extremely talented actor is now free to return to Broadway or develop a film for himself, where he can, hopefully, start again to flash the entire dazzling range of his talent. There could always be a campaign on social networks to remain the hand of NBC, but, for the moment, the rational money is on “the irrational” never decorate the waves of the network.
