Frank is back on the force, but his job is all consuming. It's one of those things where something is always more important than human relationships. Remember, it was Frank who wanted the permanent relationship with Joyce, but he has little time for anything but his job. The pager always goes off at the most inopportune times. A young gang member who was hand picked to be a leader among the gangs, can't shake his loyalty to his old gang. Mayor Ozzie is having some second thoughts about his position. Oh, I never mention Jeffrey Tambor. What an amazing character (in just about everything he has ever done).
3 Reviews
Solid episode
Woodyanders26 April 2016
Warning: Spoilers
Belker (Bruce Weitz in peak scruffy form) goes undercover to bust a gang of video card player hustlers. Garibaldi (a fine Ken Olin) strikes a deal with a man whose car he hit by accident. Davenport (a moving portrayal by Veronica Hamel) tells Furillo (Daniel J. Travanti, superb as usual) that she needs time for herself.
The plot about Garibaldi makes a valid point about the dangers of bending the law for one's own selfish purposes and the way it can make a person lose face with fellow police officers. Hunter (a nicely flaky James Sikking) pitching his horse program to the city council provides a definite comic highlight while Fay (a wonderfully fiery Barbara Bosson) has a great dramatic moment with said council sticking up for the rights of struggling single mothers. Moreover, there are sturdy guest contributions from Art J. Evans as the sue happy Joyner, Joe Santos as browbeating hoodlum Lestarza, Randy Brooks as the volatile Peabody, Robert Costanzo as the shady Franco, Trinidad Silva as the swaggering Martinez, Jeffrey Tambor as the loopy Wachtel, and Joanna Kerns as an overzealous liquor agent. And the final conversation between Furillo and Davenport speaks poignant volumes about the heavy strain and emotional toll that police work can take on a relationship.
The plot about Garibaldi makes a valid point about the dangers of bending the law for one's own selfish purposes and the way it can make a person lose face with fellow police officers. Hunter (a nicely flaky James Sikking) pitching his horse program to the city council provides a definite comic highlight while Fay (a wonderfully fiery Barbara Bosson) has a great dramatic moment with said council sticking up for the rights of struggling single mothers. Moreover, there are sturdy guest contributions from Art J. Evans as the sue happy Joyner, Joe Santos as browbeating hoodlum Lestarza, Randy Brooks as the volatile Peabody, Robert Costanzo as the shady Franco, Trinidad Silva as the swaggering Martinez, Jeffrey Tambor as the loopy Wachtel, and Joanna Kerns as an overzealous liquor agent. And the final conversation between Furillo and Davenport speaks poignant volumes about the heavy strain and emotional toll that police work can take on a relationship.
Classic Sikking scene
cleverfox20 January 2019
In the opening montage of this episode there's about a 30 second scene where Lt Hunter is teaching Dietz to play chess. He goes into a soliloquy about classic chess openings and moves and tells Dietz, as he moves one of his pieces to capture Dietz' queen, that with more training he could be really good. Dietz then moves one piece and says "check Mate". The look on James Sikking's face is one for the memory books.
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