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1 hour ago, Danielg342 said:
Maybe this would be a good time for SWAT to get involved in that gang-infested neighbourhood Street and Luca live in where it's established that they hate the cops. It'd be powerful commentary where cop skeptics can see the actual benefits of the police.
Yes. Definitely.
Or where they revisit the school thing in a more comprehensive way.
Deacon isn't afraid to get in touch with his feelings. Having a real conversation with that administrator would go a long way in rectifying this situation.
1 hour ago, Danielg342 said:Although, in my defence, I was speaking in more general terms. This bartender is clearly not up to standard, I'd expect better.
HA. Yeah. Speaking in terms of a gentleman. That's a nice concept.
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3 hours ago, BravoAddict72 said:
When she was telling Street what she remembered she said she remembers having sex.
That's right! Nice memory. And she was clearly getting dressed.
If the bartender had just laid her down, he would have left her a note, like, "Your car's at the bar. Call me if you need a lift."
12 hours ago, Danielg342 said:On this I agree. It's time to move the topic beyond the surface. The storyline needs more than just Deacon telling us what's happening- let's actually see a scenario play out in front of our eyes. If all we wanted was a rant, we'd listen to a podcast or watch a YouTube video. It's time to actually go somewhere with this.
EXACTLY! This was all a telling, no showing moment. A cheap and easy way of making some heavy-duty social commentary. And that they made Deacon say it just made it worse.
Agree that it's starting to look like he lives in an alternate universe.
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On 4/10/2021 at 12:17 AM, Danielg342 said:
Yeah, and I understand what he said too. I would just respond to Street- if I had that chance- that Christina shacking up with the bartender is better than some other rando, since the bartender should have a better understanding about the perils of drinking.
The only problem is, he went to bed with a woman who was clearly black-out drunk. A rookie might not be able to tell, but a bartender would.
On 4/10/2021 at 12:17 AM, Danielg342 said:My experiences with "defund the police" has been around people asking why the police needs military grade equipment. In that vein, it makes even more sense that the public school wouldn't like having Deacon around, since his job embodies the militarization of police more than any regular police officer.
I still think it's understandable even if the teacher didn't make that connection. Just knowing that Deacon works for the LAPD would be enough- someone who hates the police probably isn't going to think about (or, rather, care about) what department he works in.
I've mainly seen it in the vein of not calling them out for things that aren't their job.
Most people I talk to definitely know how to differentiate between what a uniformed cop does and what S.W.A.T. does.
I just wish they hadn't made it some tagline in the show. It would have been nice if we'd been able to explore this a little better. Have Deacon go and talk to the school and for the administrator to give him some valid reasons. Like perhaps she called the police due to an autistic student, only for them to escalate the situation and nearly get the kid killed. And then Deacon could talk about what they do and how they're trying to change things.
On The Rookie they're also dealing with the issue, but what they did is have someone come on a ride-along who was dissing them, while the main characters explained about their job and how they're trying to change things.
Instead, we got this surface-y "people are trying to cancel the police" nonsense.
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1 hour ago, momo said:
Wasn't Street saying that because Chris sees the bartender all the time because she's drinking all the time? Sorry if I misunderstood your reply.
Yes. That's exactly what Street said to her. Basically...uhhhh...maybe you should look at why the bartender is your friend, while Chris was trying to make the case about how awesomely "safe" she was being.
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5 hours ago, Raja said:
On the other side of the elite bias we had the US military equivalent of the multiethnic street gang among the mercenaries. A Navy SEAL leader, a Marine Raider a "Green Beret" and a "Delta Force" guy left behind. An Army Ranger who quit the company we were just missing an ex USAF Combat Controller or Pararescue Jumper and an ex British SAS trooper to round out our elite all star team.
Sorry. I wasn't implying anything "elite" about them.
In my above post, what I was talking about is that these people are mainly against the guys who pull people over, drag them out of cars, harass people, etc. When I say "garden-variety" cop, that's what I mean.
Their jobs are different .S.W.A.T. is only called in for certain circumstances, when there's no doubt the perpetrator is dangerous. They don't patrol the streets or anything.
I do not differentiate that they're elite or special in any way. What I mean is that their jobs are distinctly different in terms of when they're called in.
There might be stories of SWAT shooting an unarmed person, but it's more rare, again, due to the circumstances of when they're called in.
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46 minutes ago, Maverick said:
Deacon was asked not to show up at his son's (public) school. He was giving the demonstration there that he had already given at his daughter's private school. He discussed it with Hicks at the beginning of the episode.
Ah. Thanks for clearing that up. Makes a bit more sense that way.
But I still would think they'd know the difference between garden-variety cops and a S.W.A.T. officer.
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54 minutes ago, Danielg342 said:
I believe the show is trying to paint Deacon as the "not all cops" guy (which would be in character) who just doesn't "get" why anyone would have a terrible opinion of the police and police in general. I believe the show writers have done a good job making him at least sound rational and not just constructing him as a lazy strawman, but I do think the show may need to stop having this storyline be simply about Deacon ranting because that's getting old.
I wouldn't have minded if, say, he knew a good street cop who that happened to, and he was comforting that dude.
It's not so much Deacon, it's that the show took such an easy jab at a complicated subject. The "cancel the cops" crap just made my eyes roll by themselves.
I love Deacon. I will always love Deacon. I have no beef with him. My beef is with the show and that they made him sound dumb and this subject too simplistic. It's a topic I don't mind them exploring, but this was a hugely cheap and not-well-thought-out way to do it. The whole thing didn't make sense. If he was supposed to speak at a normal university, maybe. But I can't believe the parents at a richy-rich school would be that het up about it. And again, he's S.W.A.T., not your average ticket-writing cop.
59 minutes ago, Danielg342 said:I like their dynamic more as best friends. Seems to work so much better for Street and Christina. I probably won't get my wish because Hollywood can never accept a good platonic relationship between a man and a woman, so I might as well enjoy this while I can.
Dude, strap in, because they are 100% going there. This is the setup. They're going to get close again like they used to be. She'll go to meetings, get sober, and then BLAMMO.
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22 hours ago, Danielg342 said:
Aside from that there were parts that were underwhelming, generally due to pacing issues and some lackluster storytelling. Second time this year a Black law enforcement officer gets killed in the line of duty...uh, show, seriously?
The other storylines- like Hondo and Darryl, Deacon's issues with the school and Christina Alonso's mess- seemed to lack any real punch. They just seemed to go through the motions, which made them underwhelming. That said, it was nice to see Deacon bond with Durham and Christina seemed to have some genuine tenderness for Street at the end there.
I thought the same thing. Like, seriously? You JUST killed off Erika. Ugh.
But I guess nobody's life is changed for his death.
Deacon's issue with the school was a total joke.
That hoity-toity school would not be acab. No way.
And second, he's S.W.A.T.! He's not dragging people out of cars during a traffic stop. He's not scanning the streets and racial profiling. That was completely ridiculous.
"Cancel" the cops. UGH. The worst thing that was ever done was the phrase "defund the police," which completely misrepresents the actual meaning. It doesn't mean they don't want cops responding to violent crime (as Deacon pointed out about them calling the police if they were in trouble.) It's about not calling them for people who are not well mentally, etc. I can't believe this show is perpetuating that nonsense.
Reducing a complicated subject to that one scene made both of them sound not bright. I'm hoping the other dude comes off better in future episodes, because I wasn't too impressed with him.
And the show having the school cancel Deacon, a freaking S.W.A.T. officer, was plain dumb.
22 hours ago, Danielg342 said:There were some nice twists in the case that made this more than just a story of SWAT chasing after the con man, the best being the well-worked twist of the con man's right hand man taking matters for himself by kidnapping the con man's boy. For a moment, you actually saw the humanity in someone- the con man- who usually gets cast as a slimeball, so good work on the storytelling front there.
Totally agree here. He just wanted to get away, he hired freaking mercenaries for the job he couldn't control, and things kept snowballing.
He wasn't a total monster. Just a desperate man who wanted to hold onto his freedom.
Of course, now he's responsible for the death of a law enforcement officer, so he's going away for life.
Whenever I watch Investigation Discovery, and someone's committed a crime they may go away a short time for, and then they commit all kinds of atrocities to get out of going to jail, I'm always amazed by the stupidity. The dude hired mercenaries. What did he expect?
15 hours ago, Danielg342 said:Well, they'd actually make great friends for a drinker, because if anyone would easily recognize the signs of destructive drinking, it's a bartender.
And Street.
I was glad when she finally admitted she had a problem and let Street help her.
Because if they'd drawn this out, it would have gotten tiresome real fast.
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6 hours ago, MerBearHou said:
I absolutely disagree. He’s just more impersonal and “strict” when it comes to the letter of the law, the way I see him. I was annoyed as hell at Tiffany, over and over. I get that’s how the character is written but she’s got to embrace that she’s FBI now, not PD. Big deal if she has to pay for her own coffee because that’s FBI regulation. I’m tired of her lecturing and side-eyeing her partner. And yes, as this episode should have shown her, cops are not all pure like she saw her old buddy Dixon who indeed fudged the rules and flat out lied to alibi a killer / bad cop. Scola did Dixon a huge favor by not reporting him in the end — he accepted that the big purpose was achieved by getting Howard’s killer. But in the end, I hope Tiffany knows she should’ve not gone so soft on Dixon because of their history.
Totally agree with this.
At first, I thought Scola was being a pretentious jerk. But then as the show went on, I realized Tiffany was being a giant brat.
She was letting her relationship with Dixon cloud her judgement. She kept making excuse after excuse and not backing up Scola. She chose sides, and it definitely wasn't with her present job and partner.
Scola could have gotten in HUGE trouble if he didn't pay for the coffee. Tiffany's insistence that he hurt the cop's fee-fees, at first seemed reasonable, but again, as the show wore on, I realized she was not thinking like an FBI agent.
Her allegiance should be with her partner. He has to know she has his back. They're in life-or-death situations. She was siding with people who were possible suspects and refusing to admit they might be involved. And she nearly compromised the investigation to do it.
She was told NOT to let Dixon know what was going on, and yet the first chance she got, she was ready to spill the beans. Scola saved her AND the case by reminding her they WERE NOT ALLOWED to let the SUSPECT know what the deal was.
Tiffany nearly killed their whole case at every turn, and Scola's adherence to the rules saved their a$$es time and again. He even told her that if Dixon wound up being guilty, he didn't want it to blow back on her. His only concern was saving her and the case. He had his partner's back. She didn't.
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30 minutes ago, shapeshifter said:
😎Why did you keep walking? Does that mean you're now a passer by in the background of a scene, or...?
HAHAHA. Nope. They had the actual street blocked off with security standing around making sure there aren't any lookie-loos.
I would be honored to be a background person.
So much stuff films around there. It's really hard not to wait around for the action to start.
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1 hour ago, Thomas Crown said:
I believe that it was the show runner who said that he wasn't planning on putting them together in an article last summer. IMO reading between the lines I took it as he was saying that Tim's character would never cross the line since he was her training officer. Now that Tim is no longer her TO, who knows what the show runner has in mind. Not that I'm shipper, but I do think the actors have pretty good chemistry so I don't mind if they go the relationship route for these two especially if they can make an interesting story out of it. I thought Lucy's fake out with Tim was pretty hilarious especially watching Tim squirm as he was not expecting that.
This makes a lot of sense.
No way the show is going to throw away that kind of chemistry, but it was funny with Lucy basically saying what the fans have been talking about and toying with us that way. And Tim rarely gets flustered, so it was awesome to see him blush and be at a loss for words. It does show how much he's come to care for her that he wanted to let her down easy. At the beginning of the show, he would have reacted entirely differently.
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10 hours ago, shapeshifter said:
Yes to all of the above, but I can also imagine writers gleefully salivating at a chance to make Chen and Braford a OTP in spite of all that
I can see that as well.
So...I just had quite the difficult task.
I'm in L.A. Where I walk every day is a really nice neighborhood. So nice, in fact, that I see production trucks there nearly daily. Usually it just has the production company but not what they're filming. Today it had the show. THE ROOKIE. I stopped dead in my tracks for a moment.
Took everything I had to keep walking.
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48 minutes ago, shapeshifter said:
I'm not so sure we have seen the last of Chedford or BradChen or whatever it would be called.
I would absolutely put all of my money on that bet.
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Did Chen just shoot down every fanfiction written this past year?
I was glad they had Nolan looking a little wistful as they walked away. Like, we need to see this is affecting him a little. I loved Harper being supportive. I love how her character has evolved.
They really do take the time to give each character their own arc. If you look at how far all of them have come, it is interesting.
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Okay, so now we know that at least Desi has her feet firmly planted on the ground, and we were right that Mac was rushing things because he's scared of being alone.
They were "barely dating," so it seems the show isn't trying to make this a great love story and is indeed trying to tip us off that Mac may not be in the greatest place mentally.
1 hour ago, dwmarch said:which means he will be showing up at just the right moment to ruin Mac and Desi's happy relationship.
This is 100% happening.
1 hour ago, dwmarch said:I don't understand Riley's hairstyle for most of the episode.
Ah, well, if you were in the nineties, you'd understand it perfectly.
I didn't recognize Russ's girlfriend until he mentioned about her ditching him. And I guess she really wasn't working him for info about the treasure.
I am surprised this got resolved in the way it did, with her coming clean like that.
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On 3/30/2021 at 10:55 PM, Trini said:
But it was even weirder that he shrugged off how upset she was when a) he knows she has mind powers, and b) he KNOWS that crazy stuff happens ALL the time in Central City. They write Joe so badly lately.
That infuriated me. I thought at first it was Mirror Joe. He not only shrugged it off, he was a bit condescending about it, despite her saying how real it was. But at least bravo for him putting 2 and 2 together the next day and figuring out it wasn't a run-of-the-mill nightmare.
Cisco is 100% lying about his vision, especially since his was the only one we didn't see.
Here's the thing. Whenever a new cop character comes to town who's ready to bring in their criminal at any cost, it quickly turns into a sh*t show of epic proportions. House was the granddaddy of this, but Oliver had one on Arrow, and boy was I glad when that was over.
We know KF isn't going to jail, so we'll probably have to put up with quite a bit of hand-wringing and angst until this is resolved.
Let's see what happens...
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On 3/28/2021 at 6:40 AM, dippydee said:
But boy, they really are determined to stretch the triangle out aren’t they? The MacRiley resolution didn’t seem particularly resolved but I though it was interesting that Mac admitted he felt something at some time too, also I will say I’m glad nothing happened seeing as how Mac hasn’t had any kind of conversation with Desi about what happened. I’m not enjoying it much as I hate triangles so at this point they need to table relationships and focus on missions.
I just think if you're questioning things to this degree, you need to take a step back.
Mac claimed they were "happy," but how happy can he be if he was questioning Riley the entire time they were away. I just wonder what would have happened if she'd told him she still had feelings.
If Mac proposes at this point, it doesn't paint him in the best light, and things are bound to get really messy.
The Riley/Mac thing is faaaar from over. It will probably be Desi who pulls the plug, to not make Mac look like a total creep. She'll see what's going on with him and Riley, even if they can't admit it.
I like that they've made Bozer competent at his job.
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3 hours ago, statsgirl said:
In a hospital as diverse as that one, it was stupid of Lauren not to think about that she could be a doctor from another country.
But it was also stupid of the woman not to say "I learned it at XXX medical school and I'm an accredited pediatrician in Pakistan."
Most stupid though was Lauren saying "there must be something that you want." Yes Lauren, there is. She wants a residency so she can get accredited again and doesn't have to live in her car.
The lack of communication on both sides was crazy. Lauren not going, "Huh, I wonder why she was so confident to pick up that needle" or "I'm arguing with an Uber driver over treatments. Maybe I need to look at that" is just insane. For it to take that long to sink in...I mean, c'mon.
And for her not to say "How do you think I know so much" and just let Lauren continue to demean her, was also like...really?
And yes, I figured the "something that you want" would be "to become a doctor in the U.S. so I don't have to live in my car." Perhaps using your power to put in a good word? A shower? Well, okay. I mean...
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5 hours ago, immortalfrieza said:
My reaction to the revelation that Alice and Ocean were hypnotized was simply dread. Please tell me they aren't going there. A redemption arc with Alice of all people? That would be like doing a redemption arc with The Joker! Alice has no redeeming qualities, she has never been anything other than a remorseless villain since the show started and now they're going to be like "oh, Alice was hypnotized, so it wasn't really her."
Here's the thing. If they want to keep this woman as a permanent part of the show, they can't just keep having people be in the same room with her and be unable to arrest or kill her. Kate is gone, so the whole arc they were going to do with Alice seeking revenge, is gone. There is no Kate. So, what would be her purpose?
The only thing they can do is do a redemption arc. The thing is, she's killed, like, everyone. I mean, she's killed more than one mom.
There are some shows that lock up their villains, and then they drag them out every once in a while, when their "expertise" is needed. But they can't do that with a regular character.
Now, with all the weirdness, they could pull a timey-whimey, which is the only way I can see that she can possibly get redemption. We've gone too far at this point. Even if they find out she was hypnotized, nothing can be done about the string of dead bodies. And really, once she regains a conscience, how would she live with herself?
So, I'm pretty positive this is leading to some kind of redemption, but I'll be damned if I know how they're going to pull it off.
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2 minutes ago, AnimeMania said:
I thought Geri knew a lot because she was there with Cordell's wife when she was killed. I was surprised that she doesn't know more about the incident. Maybe they separated to distribute the food to more locations, so that she wasn't quite there-there.
Yeah, some things seemed a little fishy, so I wasn't entirely surprised to find out something was, indeed, fishy.
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17 hours ago, AnimeMania said:
I thought the boyfriend was Stella's backup plan to get the kids to the camping site when Cordell flaked.
I am not sure who called their grandparents to take them camping, maybe Cordell, maybe August?
I am pretty sure the grandparents were not part of the original plan.
Yes. She called the bf as a backup, not knowing that Cordell called his parents and arranged for them to take the kids.
23 hours ago, tennisgurl said:There were so many twists in the last few minutes my "dundunDUN" sound effect about wore out. Not only is Gerri possibly involved in whatever happened to Emily, but Trevor is the son of one of the guys that Walker sent to jail when he was undercover! So many plots twists and its only episode six! I am hoping that there is more to Gerri and the money because I really like her and that maybe Trevor will end up siding with Walker if his dad tries to hurt Stella, but who knows?
It really seemed like they were setting her up as an eventual love interest for Walker, so I was extra surprised. Here's hoping it's not what it looks like, because yowza.
23 hours ago, tennisgurl said:It was pretty obvious that he and Micki were hiding from their problems in the bar and while it took awhile it was nice to see them helping each other realize what they were doing. I continue to like their relationship a lot, they have each other back and enjoy each others company but are willing to call each other on their crap when they need to. I should have known they would use the insurance money to buy the bar, it seems like Emily would have approved.
I really do love their relationship. Up to this point, she's had kind of a mothering influence on him, but here, he kind of taught her a lesson as well. I also like they've put her in a relationship with a fantastic guy, so there's no potential love relationship brewing here. Just a solid partnership.
23 hours ago, tennisgurl said:We finally meet Micki's mom and while she seems like a decent person who is passionate about social reform, I can see why she and Micki butt heads and why her mom can be a lot. Of course she at least loves Trey, because Trey is the best and everyone should love him. He even speaks Spanish, what a guy. She also didn't seem all that surprised by getting arrested, so we are certainly going to be getting a lot more of her. I would like to see her and Micki really hash things out.
It usually takes a couple of episodes before they tone someone down, so I was pleasantly surprised that it happened within the episode. And just in time, too.
23 hours ago, tennisgurl said:Not at all surprised that there is more to Emily's death than it just being a random crime by some random guy, its never that simple. Liam and James are on the trail of something but Walker is going to be really upset when he finds out that they have been keeping this from him. They have good intentions, but like all "I cant tell them to protect them" secrets on television, its inevitably going to backfire. Fun seeing Hoyt again, I wonder if this will be the excuse to get him out of jail faster?
Yeah. I was shocked when they came up with a simple explanation. Oddly enough, I was just a tiny bit suspicious of Geri, because she knew a lot and was one of the first people to come up with explanations for stuff Walker was trying to put together.
It looks like they may be giving Hoyt a redemption arc. But I like how they're using him in prison.
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49 minutes ago, ukgirl71 said:
I like the twists in this show - I had figured Geri was hiding something, but the ‘hush money’ surprised me - and I appreciate that Liam and Captain James are not the bad guys they initially came across as.
Me, too.
What I like is that this looked like it was going to be Walker going rogue and hunting down the clues, with nobody believing him, which is so overdone. I like that it's not only his brother, but his boss who's actively tracking down the clues.
51 minutes ago, ukgirl71 said:,or will the dad do it alone and Trevor has a change of heart and saves Stella?
I'm really hoping it's this scenario, since he didn't go in there in the first place to trick her. He was genuinely surprised by Walker.
I want Trevor saved here. I don't want him to be the bad guy or that he's being duplicitous.
Maybe he's just loyal to his dad and doesn't realize how far he'll take it.
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I think Walker keeps trying to do the right thing, backslides a bit, realizes it, and course corrects.
For most of the show, you wanted to throw a rock at his head, but then he came around at the end and apologized for being a jerk and tried to make it right.
He's learning. And they're showing him as being human and making mistakes.
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The only problem is, it would have to be his kid's school, and one of them was already almost shot. His kids would never leave the house again.
Totally agree with this. That in Christina's world, this was the safest bet for her situation, regardless whether that bartender took advantage of the situation.