Necessary Roughness on USA Network is a show worth watching

I was surprised to find that the new series on the USA Network called “Necessary Roughness” would be as good as advertised, it was so much better.  The star of the show is Callie Thomas (Dr. Danielle (Dani) Santino) and she plays her character like it was more a part of her.  When she discovered her husband, Craig Bierko (Ray Santino) was cheating on her, she made a very tough decision to seek a divorce.  It was later discovered that even though her husband said he wanted to come back home, he was making moves which contradicted it.  Moves like freezing the credit cards, claiming to have lost all of his profits in his garment business and fighting for the kids so as not to have to pay child support.  Dani bundled up that ball of energy and strapped in to fight back.

She knew that the road would be rough trying to raise two teenagers, Patrick Johnson as Ray "Ray Jay" Santino Jr. and Hannah Marks as Lindsay Santino.  They too, had to digest the sudden separation of their family.  Dani’s best friend, Concetta Tomei as Angela, introduced her to Marc Blucas as Matthew Donnally and the romantic sparks flew but the show got even better when Dani received her first major client, Mehcad Brooks as Terrence "T.K." King a professional football player and with it came the breathing room she needed to begin her defense of her family and her savage beheading of her soon-to-be-ex.   If you want to see a show where the hero makes you feel empowered regardless of your sex, this is the show for you.