Jack and Rowe protect royalty for a living, but the show protects something rarer: a groove that refuses to rush itself. Episode one's Billy Preston theme sets a tone the entire series locks into, jazzy and cool and patient, building atmosphere while the plot sits still like it has nowhere to be. By episode seven the conspiracy finally moves, and you realize the slowness was never a flaw, it was the cost of letting you settle into a world where protection detail and intrigue belong in the same sentence. This show demands you trust it before it earns it. Most viewers don't wait long enough to see why they should have.

Jack Hofner and Rowe Rikenbacker serve as Cloud 7's L/R, charged with guarding the Royal family of Ishtar along with its treasures and its good name. Their latest mission, one of the hardest they have faced, is to protect Noelle, a candidate in the 15 Year Princesse contest. The job starts out simple, but before long all of Cloud 7 is caught up in a tangle of intrigue involving bombings, corruption and murder. The show is a 13-episode action adventure with a strong mystery thread.