Crime Fighting Dream Team

After spending last month dreaming about my Football Dream Team and watching reruns of American cop shows I started to wonder what an ultimate Crime Fighting Dream Team would consist of.  Of course Avengers Assembles is the ultimate movie Dream Team but what about Television’s version.

Last season’s Hawaii 5- 0 and NCIS: Los Angeles mix up was brilliant. Sam Hanna (LL Cool J) and Danny ‘Danno’ Williams (Scott Caan) should have their own show. McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin) was missed by me, but then again there was so many characters I don’t think I missed him that much.

Let’s break this down:

To build my TV Crime fighting team - who would I need? A good mix up would be McGarrett and Criminal Minds' FBI Agent Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore) or Bones's FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) and Blue Bloods's Detective Danny Regan (Donnie Walhberg) or maybe CTU's 24 hour guy Jack Baber (Kiefer Sutherland) and the CIA's Homeland's Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes).

The Boss:  I can’t think of any good Prime Ministers, in real life or TV land, so they will have to be American. President David Palmer was close however due to him being ‘dead’ it has to be Commissioner Regan (Tom Selleck) for Blue Bloods with Prosecutor Caroline Julian (Patricia Belcher) from Bones as his second in command or maybe vice versa.  I think she would show him who's boss.

Reserve: Hettie Lange (Linda Hunt) from NCIS: Los Angeles.

Elite Police squad: I would include all of  the Criminal Minds team and have FBI Supervisory Agent Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson) as head of this elite team. Then add Detective Danny Regan, just because he was in New Kids on the Block and the fact he always cracks a case and usually a criminal’s face. Mix in FBI Agent Booth who has a similar attitude to Regan, and add rogue cop Eddie Caplan (Jean-Hugues Anglade) from Braquo. Every police team needs a rogue cop and if I hadn’t lost interest in The Wire during the re-run of series 2 I probably would have had a few more candidates for the role. With all this testosterone, sprinkle another strong female to help Criminals Minds’ JJ keep the guys in check and that role I would give to Law and Order: SUV's Detective Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay). She’s a calming and cool influence who knows when it’s the right time to kick ass. She thinks before she beats down a suspect. Et Voilà Police Pie!

Reserve:  Detective Jane Timoney (Maria Bello) and Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison (Helen Mirren), from Prime Suspect USA & UK. Andy McNally (Melissa Peregrym) from Rookie Blue.

Geek Squad:On the red computer we have the sassy Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness) of Criminal Minds and on the blue computer we have the serious Chloe O’Brian (Mary Lynn Rajskub) of 24. A total clash of personalities but would be a cool comedy double act who would save the world from bad guys with their 'Big Brother is watching' computer programmes.

Reserve: Eric Beale (Barrett Foa) from NCIS: Los Angeles.

Forensic Team: Dr Temperance ‘Bones’ Brennan (Emily Deschanel) locking horns with Body of Proof’s Megan Hunt. While Dr Harry Cunningham (Tom Ward), and Dr Nikki Alexander (Emilia Fox) from Silent Witness quietly carry on dissecting dead bodies in the lab.

Reserve: Medical examiner Melinda Warner (Tamara Tunie) from Law and Order: Special Victims Unit

Investigator/ consultants: The Mentalist's Patrick Jayne (Simon Baker)Jayne for his special powers and quick wit and The Good Wife’s Kalinda Sharma (Archie Panjabi) to break a few rules to find out the facts.

Anti-Terrorist Squad: No contest it as to be Jack and Jackie ‘Carrie Mathison’ Baber.

A name: What is it with American police departments and their abbreviations – FBI, CBI, SVU, NCIS, CSI, BAU, NYPD, and LAPD etc.  We don’t have this issue here in Britain, we just have the police! So DJPD (Darlene Jovi’s Police Department) will do.

No doubt I have probably missed out a few obvious ones....BBC's Sherlock Holmes for one, maybe be I should put him under investigators and consultants. 

Of course if my favourite cops were was based on looks alone (shallow I know) then it would be a hell of a lot easier - Théo Vachewski  (Nicolas Duvauchelle) from Braquo. No contest!!

Now what about a Lawyers Dream Team or maybe a Criminal 'Nightmare' Team.  Hmmmm...