Coup de Grace
I was kind of excited to see this episode because the story sounded a lot like "A Bullet Runs Through It" and I was hoping for some sort of acknowledgment to Jim shooting a cop. As it turns out, well, I'll get to that.
Jim's on the scene at the White Castle, er, White House burger bar. Cop shot a guy. The area is obviously prone to gang crime but then the witnesses say the white cop stood over the black victim and fired the coup de grace. Jim says to Nick "sounds like you already made up your mind" to which Nick replies, "You already made up yours?" Nice bit of snark there.
Jim's tune changes quickly when he finds out the dead guy was a cop.
Jim is interviewing the cop. Jim is kind of sympathetic to the cop. After all, Jim's been there. Catherine comes in and Jim says she's there to process the gun. That's what she did when she was sitting across the table from him. But Catherine says no, she wants to ask Finn (cop suspect) some questions. Brass gives her the whatever shrug, which sort of sums up the way CSI's have taken over the detective role, making Brass nothing more than scenery. He's too short for a tree so he's probably shrubbery.
Best scene: Jim comes busting out of his office, totally dissing Ecklie so calls out to Jim. Jim is oozing pissed-offness. Jim probably would have kicked puppies at this point. We find out that Jim has found out that Finn knew the DG (dead guy) and that they worked together for four months. Finn also has complaints lodged against him from DG. DG says Finn is a racist. Up until this person, Jim felt bad for Finn. Probably understood what the guy was going through. Jim now thinks Finn is an ass. Btw. Finn's union rep lawyer guy often appears as doofy man in commercials. Kind of kills his credibility.
Jim is a stud in his shades. And I love all the posturing he does when he walks up to the scene with Finn and his rep. Finn kind of loses it while they are reenacting the shooting and goes off on the crowd. Nick says Finn is a little prickly (this is the nice way to call someone a prick on network TV). Jim tells Nick to cut him some slack, he's under a lot of pressure. Jim knows that kind of pressure and Nick knows this too. Nick doesn't argue with Jim.
And for the holy crap! moment of the episode and the last four seasons: Someone finally remembered that Brass shot a cop! I really wish Jim would have answered Finn when Finn asks him if he cried on some couch to a shrink. Brass knows the depression. He tells Finn to look at the bright side. He's on paid vacation. Brass, really? That's a pretty stupid thing to say. But Brass is trying to be nice. So he tells Finn to think about retirement. Finn knows it's because he's a white cop who shot a black cop.
Aw, dude ate his gun! And it comes after Brass basically tells him his career is over. That's not gonna make Jim feel too great. But of course we'll never know how he takes the news because they won't show his reaction.
Not sure what I think about this new detective. I like him better than Vartann and Cavaliere but I do wonder if maybe they are bringing him slowly so he can take over for PG should he leave after this season.
Jim's on the scene at the White Castle, er, White House burger bar. Cop shot a guy. The area is obviously prone to gang crime but then the witnesses say the white cop stood over the black victim and fired the coup de grace. Jim says to Nick "sounds like you already made up your mind" to which Nick replies, "You already made up yours?" Nice bit of snark there.
Jim's tune changes quickly when he finds out the dead guy was a cop.
Jim is interviewing the cop. Jim is kind of sympathetic to the cop. After all, Jim's been there. Catherine comes in and Jim says she's there to process the gun. That's what she did when she was sitting across the table from him. But Catherine says no, she wants to ask Finn (cop suspect) some questions. Brass gives her the whatever shrug, which sort of sums up the way CSI's have taken over the detective role, making Brass nothing more than scenery. He's too short for a tree so he's probably shrubbery.
Best scene: Jim comes busting out of his office, totally dissing Ecklie so calls out to Jim. Jim is oozing pissed-offness. Jim probably would have kicked puppies at this point. We find out that Jim has found out that Finn knew the DG (dead guy) and that they worked together for four months. Finn also has complaints lodged against him from DG. DG says Finn is a racist. Up until this person, Jim felt bad for Finn. Probably understood what the guy was going through. Jim now thinks Finn is an ass. Btw. Finn's union rep lawyer guy often appears as doofy man in commercials. Kind of kills his credibility.
Jim is a stud in his shades. And I love all the posturing he does when he walks up to the scene with Finn and his rep. Finn kind of loses it while they are reenacting the shooting and goes off on the crowd. Nick says Finn is a little prickly (this is the nice way to call someone a prick on network TV). Jim tells Nick to cut him some slack, he's under a lot of pressure. Jim knows that kind of pressure and Nick knows this too. Nick doesn't argue with Jim.
And for the holy crap! moment of the episode and the last four seasons: Someone finally remembered that Brass shot a cop! I really wish Jim would have answered Finn when Finn asks him if he cried on some couch to a shrink. Brass knows the depression. He tells Finn to look at the bright side. He's on paid vacation. Brass, really? That's a pretty stupid thing to say. But Brass is trying to be nice. So he tells Finn to think about retirement. Finn knows it's because he's a white cop who shot a black cop.
Aw, dude ate his gun! And it comes after Brass basically tells him his career is over. That's not gonna make Jim feel too great. But of course we'll never know how he takes the news because they won't show his reaction.
Not sure what I think about this new detective. I like him better than Vartann and Cavaliere but I do wonder if maybe they are bringing him slowly so he can take over for PG should he leave after this season.