Present-day L.A. crimes explored from different viewpoints - cops, witnesses, media, firefighters, even criminals. Each episode focuses on one case.Present-day L.A. crimes explored from different viewpoints - cops, witnesses, media, firefighters, even criminals. Each episode focuses on one case.Present-day L.A. crimes explored from different viewpoints - cops, witnesses, media, firefighters, even criminals. Each episode focuses on one case.
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 7 wins & 8 nominations total
Storyline
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- TriviaThe episode "Insured by Smith and Wesson" features Joe Penny as a former actor on a fictional TV series of that name. The clips shown from that fictional series are actually from Penny's old show Riptide (1984).
- Quotes
Mr. LaFontaine: I've been trying to think of a prayer but I'm coming up blank. It's been a long time. You got any?
Det. Joel Stevens: No. No I'm all out.
Mr. LaFontaine: How about you? Prayer?
Det. Bobby "Fearless" Smith: I don't have a prayer, but I do have a story.
Mr. LaFontaine: Ok.
Det. Bobby "Fearless" Smith: There was this wave way out in the ocean. He was just racing along having a great time. Sun light glinting, sparkling, just flying. Until one day he look ahead and he saw wave after wave in front of him crashing on the beach and he got scared. And this older wave in front of him said, "I know what your problem is. You've been having so much fun being a wave that you forgot you're just part of the ocean."
Mr. LaFontaine: I like that, part of the ocean... ok... river, take my grandson home.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Raines: Pilot (2007)
As some people have said, maybe it was too intelligent for the average boob....but that's a little snobbish. Perhaps the network was at fault, not giving a quality show enough time to develop an audience. Two years of this show might have done it. They have certainly done with other shows, most of which were of inferior quality to this.
What made this show unique was that it showed the crime from five different angles: the victim, the perpetrator, the police, the district attorney and the medical personnel. The episodes were well-acted, from the low key Donnie Walhberg to the super-intense Neal McDonough. Those two, along with Mykelti Williamson, Gary Basaraba, Nina Garbiras, Lana Parilla and Jason Gedrick all were fun to watch, even if they didn't all play likable characters.
The stories were different, too. There is enough variety to make this DVD package enjoyable for multiple viewings.
- ccthemovieman-1
- Jan 26, 2006
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