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It seems clear that Marcus went out to fight Patrice knowing there was a pretty good chance he would die. I think the gambling debts caught up to him and he knew there was no way out. I think I saw River and Louisa kissing in the preview, and if the pattern holds, that means one of them will be dead by the end of next season.

They say the eight deadliest words are, “I don’t care what happens to these people.” I just watched this whole series in two days. I think it works much better that way because it dragged a lot in parts. I never saw the 1990 movie, but my understanding is the victim and the wife were very underwritten. If this series was supposed to flesh them out, it really failed. There was no sense of who the victim was as a character, and I got very little glimpse into the interior life of the wife. Why exactly did the whole family stick by Rusty’s side this whole time? It’s really obvious that this is an artifact of 1987 when the most important thing of all was protecting the man Also, what exactly does Rusty do now? Is he still a prosecutor? How can he possibly still work there? I knew by the fourth episode that I was not going to like the series as a whole, but masochist that I am, I stuck through to find out how it ends. I didn’t know what the ending in the book or the movie was, so I guess I was a little surprised. And Jake Gyllenhaal really did deliver on his closing statement. But man, that whole thing was unpleasant. Even the medical examiner was an asshole!

I came here to say that at least they didn’t shout out his name from 30 feet away!

You know, they do say that Apple is best at science fiction. The twist had enough foreshadowing that I’m not upset at it. We will have to see how it pays off, but I’m on board.

Bruce: “I’m going to ruin your life!” Me: …by forcing Hondo to shoot you in a clearly justified case of self defense? Dude, Hondo’s body count is easily over four dozen by now. I don’t think he’s losing any sleep over putting down an idiot like you.

Is the original show preferable? I dunno, maybe. I also don’t care. This series is a continuation. The original series is still there for us to watch however much we want. What I want is a continuation of the storyline, and that’s what I’m getting. YMMV, but as a watcher I’m doing just fine.

I have nothing against any of those characters. They don’t have much character development because they haven’t had a chance, but that means they also don’t annoy me. And if it’s not them, then it will be some other new people that the show introduces to us. Even if Deacon stays, the crew is going to need more than just Hondo, Deacon, and Tan. They might as well fill out the roster with people we’ve seen before.

I like Bojana Novakovic, so I certainly wouldn’t mind having her join the cast. And it really seems like she’s getting more character development than you would expect for a two-episode guest. The baby’s mother really needs to divorce her husband and go for sole custody. “It’s been an issue” indeed!

RIP World’s Dumbest Drug Dealer There is an inherent problem with filming undercover or spy scenes. The actor who is playing the undercover person has to convey nervousness to the tv audience, but that always means that in the scene they are wearing an “I’m so guilty I’m so guilty!” expression on their face. In real life they would immediately get caught, and it always takes me out of the scene whenever it happens. We barely know anything about Gemma, so of course she seems shallow right now. However, even from the little we know, she doesn’t come off well in comparison to Mona. Mona was a principled person with a definite worldview, and she did interesting work. Gemma is…a PR person in the fashion industry?

I keep getting distracted by LA’s dumbest civilians. Such as the woman in the opening scene who decided to run right out into the open during a gun fight, thus forcing Hondo to tackle her away from the getaway car. And the boyfriend who wanted to move in with her after six months despite not even knowing what her job is.

Wow that was bad. @Danielg342 has said everything else I wanted to say, so I’ll just stick with this: Powell running up to the bad guy and then getting ambushed by the second guy was so laughable that I wondered how she got into SWAT. Doesn’t she understand tactics better than that? She knew there were two guys to look out for.

Once again I totally forgot that Powell’s name is not Pao. The actress being of partial Asian descent doesn’t help. But at least we have another female regular. I don’t know why the writers are trying to make us think they would actually fridge the newest addition to the cast. I didn’t see Kenny Johnson in the credits. Kind of unceremonious how they dropped him. Then again he was missing for so much of last season that I guess it was inevitable. Does EVERY premiere on CBS have to be a two-parter this season?

I guess every analyst in the JOC is going to have a turn getting in danger at some point. It's too bad this one ended up dead, but seriously, why did he have his badge on his waist easily visible if his jacket moved the wrong way?

Where is Rollins teaching? Is it Hudson? Their President was just murdered, you know.

This probably makes me evil, but I cheered when Duffy shot Douglas. He was such an irritating person. I don't know if we were supposed to feel sorry for him, but I certainly didn't.