This episode opens with Crockett and Tubbs joining a couple of young up and coming detectives on what should be a routine arrest; however when they try to enter the apartment there is an explosion and one of the young cops doesn't make it. It turns out this isn't the first time recently that cops have been ambushed while serving warrants... clearly there is a leak in the system. Having survived one ambush Tubbs has no intention of being in another so refuses to work until the leak is plugged; this leads to him being suspended and he promptly quits with the intention of returning to New York. He then has a bit of a melt down when he can't immediately get the pay he is owed and ends up being arrested! Out of a job and without money he finds himself being approached by the leak, an officer called Glen McIntyre, with an offer that could make him a lot of money very quickly; all he has to do is steal some files. Surprisingly Tubbs takes up the offer and steals the files... he is spotted by the cop whose partner died at the start though so he is unlikely to get away with it. It is around now that the big twist is revealed... all of Tubbs actions since the officer was killed have been part of an operation to lure out the leak!
For the first half of this episode I thought Philip Michael Thomas was really over-acting as Tubbs which surprised me as he is usually reliable; but then after the twist is revealed it becomes clear that he was acting Tubbs acting! I knew Tubbs wasn't about to turn bad but I didn't realise he'd been part of an operation from the start. Like many episodes this features up and coming actors; in this case Lou Diamond Philips, Annette Bening and Viggo Mortensen... although you could be forgiven for missing the last of those as he was killed before the opening credits! The story was entertaining in a way that kept this viewer wondering what Tubbs was really up to and there were some good tense action scenes; overall another solid episode in a season with mostly solid episodes.
For the first half of this episode I thought Philip Michael Thomas was really over-acting as Tubbs which surprised me as he is usually reliable; but then after the twist is revealed it becomes clear that he was acting Tubbs acting! I knew Tubbs wasn't about to turn bad but I didn't realise he'd been part of an operation from the start. Like many episodes this features up and coming actors; in this case Lou Diamond Philips, Annette Bening and Viggo Mortensen... although you could be forgiven for missing the last of those as he was killed before the opening credits! The story was entertaining in a way that kept this viewer wondering what Tubbs was really up to and there were some good tense action scenes; overall another solid episode in a season with mostly solid episodes.
