The groundwork for a television series based around Sir Terry Pratchett's Watch books began in 2011. Author Neil Gaiman, who co-wrote Good Omens with Pratchett and oversaw its adaptation into a television series, was also uncharacteristically critical, describing The Watch as being like a Batman show where " he’s now a news reporter in a yellow trenchcoat with a pet bat." Discworld fans, however, almost uniformly loathed the series and lamented that the BBC saw fit to spend money on it rather than a more faithful adaptation of Discworld. While some enjoyed the first two episodes of The Watch as an individual work, the reaction to the series has been largely indifferent from those who are unfamiliar with the source material. Related: Why Promising Young Woman's Ending Is So Controversial However, the sudden appearance of a familiar face from Vimes' past forces him to sober up and smarten up when the fate of the city (and possibly the whole Disc) is thrust into his hands.
What few illegal crimes remain are stamped out by the guilds themselves, as they're in a far better position to deal with scab criminals than Vimes and his crew of misfits. As the show opens, Vimes is a drunken mess, barely coherent most days, due to his depression over how pointless his position is in a city where the Thieves and Assassins are unionized and most crime is legal so long as the criminal leaves a receipt. Set in Ankh-Morpork, the largest city of the Discworld, the action of The Watch is centered around Captain Sam Vimes, a former gang member gone good, who is nominally in charge of the City Watch.
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