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I totally agree with everything you said – I love this show. I was a huge fan of NYPD Blue and was missing a really great cop show until Southland came on. I love the camaraderie of the cast and how real it all feels.
God, I love this show. NYPD Blue was such a great program and set the bar, and this – in my opinion – is leaping over it.
It really comes off like a documentary, which is outstanding work on the director’s part. No fat anywhere.
First season I’m watching in “real time” (not on the interweb, previous-seasons-in-one-day sort of thing) and I’m on the edge of my seat, hands to mouth the entire episode!! I love this show so much! You can feel the camaraderie of the cast on screen. I really like Ms. Liu, but you are correct, she is soooo tiny and I wonder how she could be an effective beat cop in those neighborhoods. That video was so difficult for me to watch; I know it’s fiction but it was brutal. Like you, so happy this show is back!
Oooh, you get to be stressed and excited all week with us now!
I like Lucy Liu, and I’m interested to see how they’re going to tell her story. I know I can trust the show with it, but so far, I’m not sold (which is where they want me.)
That video was WRETCHED to watch. Damn.
OMG it was so great to have Southland back, and have it be *back*. Yes, yes, yes, to everything you’ve said.
Boy, they wasted no time, right? Like, not one ounce of fat in this episode – there was nothing that needed tightening, nothing that felt forced or drawn out. Outstanding.
great recap! I’m so glad I caught up with this show. Like StrtMyOrange, this is the first episode I’ve watched on the air, and it was a promising start to the season.
Thank you! And OH, how we will all flail together. It’s hard waiting for each week on a show like this, but man, is this one worth it.
They just do not let us down as viewers, full stop. I can only think of one other show where I have this much faith in the story telling: Game of Thrones.
You know I love this show. It’s so real in its taut direction and tight scriptwriting. The characters are worth caring about because they’re all great roles filled with fine actors, well directed. Everybody owns their character and there’s not a minute wasted. Whether it’s Cooper possibly having eye sex with random coffee shop one night stand (I know, I know, but that’s how I took it first time through) or allusions to Tang’s Youtube tape, you know it’s leading somewhere.
This episode had me on edge and kept surprising me. I am happy my show is back.
Oh my god, there is nothing wasted on this show. The practically start scenes a few minutes AFTER they’ve started, you know? Just tight, tight writing and direction. No one is perfect, no one is allowed to skirt without messing up once, and yet we still care.
Every time I think they’re going in one direction, I’m surprised. That is FINE TV.