Soldato
Can't believe no-one has posted anything about this yet, based on the epic book by Neil Gaiman starts tomorrow and I for one can't wait!!!
They forgot to explain the premise in episode 1. It was busy, things were getting gradually weirder and weirder but none of the characters seems phased by it in the slightest, so the viewer is just expected to suspend belief and plow ahead and the pilot doesn't really give us any direction. I don't know what it is and the show doesn't introduce itself as anything. It could be anything. Another flashy pilot that falls back to detective + magic sidekick in the next round.
I can't go back to watching one episode a week on shows like this. I think I'm going to have to wait and watch it all over again when the series is finished.