S07.E04: Darkness Falling

[Snazzy Daisy]

Quote

Following his stint at the LAPD, Wesley returns to the district attorney’s office where his past connects him to the team’s investigation.

Meanwhile, Bailey and John have conflicting feelings over safety, while Lucy grows suspicious of Seth.

Air Date: Jan 28, 2025

 

Guest Stars — Michael Trucco and Necar Zadegan

[Zaffy]

So far this season, I wasn't as annoyed as I were with the last one. The writing has been improved from very bad to almost tolerable.
And then... here comes the serial killer. Or in our case, two of them.
I so much detest the serial killers arcs in any cop show. Why? why? Why serial killers?
Do people really like their stories that much??  Or is it just lazy writing?
I will say it... serial killers make me prefer the red hair evil lawyer. Hell, I even prefer Elijah. Omg, I could even spend a few episodes with that utterly annoying  brother of Nolan or the dude with the German accent.
I surrender, just bring back the FBI lady with the huge cleavage and that voice  that could make your ears bleed. I would even watch a spin off with just Bailey on  military training in Germany. ANYONE, ANYTHING  than Serial Killers. 

p.s.
And why Bailey did a military training in Germany? 

Edited Yest. at 02:00 PM by Zaffy

[shapeshifter]

4 minutes ago, Zaffy said:

p.s.
And why Bailey did a military training in Germany? 

And why does this perfectly legitimate question make me laugh?

[Raja]

17 minutes ago, Zaffy said:

I surrender, just bring back the FBI lady with the huge cleavage and that voice  that could make your ears bleed. I would even watch a spin off with just Bailey on  military training in Germany. ANYONE, ANYTHING  than Serial Killers. 

p.s.
And why Bailey did a military training in Germany?

I was thinking we will see everybody, but Simone and her training agent played by James Leisure due to actor salaries before we are done. The franchise runners seem to be loyal to the giving the cast that didn't make it more work. I didn't remember the actor turned Special Agent's partner from Feds.

In the show Bailey's National Guard unit was deployed to Germany, probably to Grafenwoehr Training Area thus exercising the rapid deployment of reserves and leaving the stateside areas at Forts Irwin and Johnson open for units about to deploy to more sensitive areas. My old unit alternated between getting deployments to back fill in safer locations and getting orders for Iraq during the wars.

They did the CHP dirty in this one. A bunch of Smitty's was a joke they couldn't pass up. They could have explained that Mid Wilshire asked for the training opportunity given that some of their Boots could go to Traffic Division after their probation 

Edited Yest. at 02:17 PM by Raja

[anna0852]

We got a Kojo sighting!

[Pepper the Cat]

The sorority girls beating the crap out of the serial killer was one of the best scenes ever! I watched it 4 or 5 times.

[anna0852]

2 minutes ago, Pepper the Cat said:

The sorority girls beating the crap out of the serial killer was one of the best scenes ever! I watched it 4 or 5 times.

That was amazing! I was fully expecting the cops were going to come in and find a horror scene. So nice to see these women defend themselves.

Edited Yest. at 04:03 PM by anna0852

[Raja]

29 minutes ago, Pepper the Cat said:

The sorority girls beating the crap out of the serial killer was one of the best scenes ever! I watched it 4 or 5 times.

It played like he knew he was caught after the freeway by calling his lawyer on his way to a final act and given the athletic look of the women, perhaps that was the sororities thing, choose a place he thought that he might get killed for his "glorious end"

[milkyaqua]

So Angela and Nyla chasing a potential serial killer decide to go into an abandoned building by themselves instead of waiting for the back-up they called for was just dumb and bone-headed.  They better hope for their sakes' the crime scene folks and other cops are able to pick-up his trail (not sure if Nyla actually winged him or not).

So some big bad leaves his car doors unlocked so Bailey can get the jump on him?  Enough with the super Bailey nonsense.  And if she were to take him up on his offer and her ex gets taken out, how long before Nolan finds out and this adds more drama to their relationship?  Please show, let's not go there.

Lucy is suspicious of her boot.  No matter how much Tim assured her of background checks, she'll probably do some digging and I don't actually blame her.

Wesley needs to get over himself.  It was nice to see Hannah from NCIS: NO potentially causing friction in the DA's office.

[Msample]

Ugh, Zero Dark Bailey is back. Firefighter, EMT, special forces operator. What’s next, she gonna perform open heart surgery at a crime scene ?

[shapeshifter]

1 hour ago, milkyaqua said:

So Angela and Nyla chasing a potential serial killer decide to go into an abandoned building by themselves instead of waiting for the back-up they called for…

And then (of course🙄) they split up.

[HelloooKitty]

Not that I want it to happen, but what happened with the whole Bailey getting pregnant bc they want a kid thing?

 

so… is the cancer even real? Is the boot lying about EVERYTHING? How’d he get that far?

 

So Tim and Lucy are end game I guess? They are directing it that way. 

[preeya]

4 hours ago, HelloooKitty said:

so… is the cancer even real? Is the boot lying about EVERYTHING? How’d he get that far?

From episode #2 comments:

I don’t trust Seth Ridley. He’s telling Lucy his SECOND sob story. First, the OD’ed high school girlfriend, then the cancer thing. He knows Lucy is an empathetic person. It feels emotionally manipulative at this point.

I had these same thoughts. He could be conning Lucy while he has something devious going on. He presents himself as "much too clean-cut."

Edited 15 hours ago by preeya

[edhopper]

My wife was watching with me, she usually doesn't watch this show. When Bailey came on she said, "I do like her."

It's not just us. :)

 

Other than that, who gets kidnapped by the serial killer in the Nightmare on Elm Street building?

[Jodithgrace]

I was just assuming that the second serial killer was that smug asylum director, just because she was so annoying. But probably not.

So, the modern psychiatric facility just happens to have a decaying, unsafe, Arkham asylum right next door. It practically had a “serial killers welcome” sign on the door. Yeah,  Lucy, I remember that movie too, but if you did, you would have known better than to split up, not to mention not waiting for backup. 
 

So, the Seth plot thickens. He is certainly a glib liar. I still can’t figure out his angle. If he’s a con man, then who is he conning and why? If he’s a pathological liar how did he get on the police force? And he really ought to keep his lies straight. Even if Lucy hadn’t overheard him, people gossip in police stations, and his multiple hard luck stories will certainly be making the rounds, if they haven’t already. 

[Snazzy Daisy]

Awww, Kojo loves butt scratching. And he manages to get some before Lucy leaves. Naughty… 😆 This is the only best part of this episode.

Harrison Novak — that’s CSU Dale Stuckey from L&O: SVU S10. The one that Olivia had to kiss to save Elliot.

I despise EVERYTHING Bailey. Enough said. 🤬

[Johannah]

I like that Bailey, opposite of Nolan, is willing to point the killer to her ex.  I laughed when she let him go.  Nolan would be pissed.  

I loved the sorority girls beating up the serial killer and, frankly, liked the second serial killer twist and the surprise of serial killer 1.

I actually liked this episode.

[Zaffy]

16 hours ago, milkyaqua said:

So Angela and Nyla chasing a potential serial killer decide to go into an abandoned building by themselves instead of waiting for the back-up they called for was just dumb and bone-headed.

It is like this in almost every cop show in this universe. Ultra annoying. 

[jabRI]

Sorry, but to me Bailey just sucks the life out of the room,  don't see any chemistry with Nolan.