DIARRA from DETROIT Dark Dramedy/Mystery Diarrhea Kilpatrick Shines

DIARRA from DETROIT airing on Prime Video is a dark comedy curtailed around a mystery that stars Diarra Kilpatrick who is also the show's co-creator.  The title gives you the two main characters: Diarra and the city of Detroit both depicted with steely and frigid veneer.  The dialects and in your face conversations may take some getting used to for more genteel midwesterners or the Grosse Pointe elite neighbors. Hold onto your wooly caps. This is not a show for the faint of heart. The show's hard hitting edge and brusque manner is intriguing. Its angry style is punctuated with humor and tenderness. Diarra has just returned to her childhood home while she's reeling from an undesired but imminent divorce from her husband of five years. The first night of her return home, she's held up at gunpoint. Until she identifies the mugger and the  two sit down to some hot wings and hot topics including her husband asking for an open marriage. The show's kinetic energy shifts faster than the Detroit Red Wings line changes. The viewer is just outside the tumultuous action pounding their fists against the glass. Determined to get back in the dating world, Diarra finds a sexy match on a dating site. She's more than excited to see her date actually mirror his photo. Their sexy flirtation and banter lead to the bedroom. The next morning she shares her steamy night with her girlfriend who claims he must be some kind of murderer. But, Diarra is smitten only to be ghosted which she won't take lying down. She's determined to get an answer or apology from Ambian. She and a friend break into his apartment and discover a naked man tied up in the closet. Diarra is now about to become entangled with an underground crime element, likely tied up with a missing boy she knew as young a girl. Her day job, teaching at a public school, is reminiscent but more intense and relevant than "Abbott Elementary."  Kilpatrick calls to mind Issa Rae, only she's tougher and more unflappable. The entire supporting cast is excellent. You will not know where the show is headed which adds an element of suspense.  The show's stark appeal may not grab everyone. But, it is wickedly entertaining.  Take off your safety belt and go along for a wild ride.