I know there is criticism of the show for a sameness. Yes, it always starts out with a murder, followed by scenes in the squad, rough interrogation, sometimes brutal and beyond correct. Maybe it could use a little more sophistication in the forensics department. The whole business with Diane gets explained well. Sort of! The tension in the room with the beat cops was a little much as they bought into everything that windbag cop was saying. Still a good show with great characters.
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Lt. Fancy Loses Control of His House
spasek15 January 2023
Warning: Spoilers
This is a rather interesting episode in which a patrolman-who is moonlighting as a part-time bodyguard-is connected with the murder of his client. Detectives Sipowicz and Simone are assigned the case, and initially everything seems all right until the victim if found with traces of cocaine on his nose.
Following standard protocol, the patrolman is asks to take a drug test. Now, where things get interesting is when Lt. Fancy asks Sipowicz and Simone if they want to tell the patrolman or if he should do it. Thus, the tension from downstairs (patrolmen) and upstairs (detectives) begins.
A lieutenant or captain is the officer in charge of the entire house, and after watching such shows such as Barney Miller (considered by most cops/ex-cops to be the most accurate depiction of a precinct house), I also took the liberty of asking a friend of mine, who is a retired police captain himself when I described the scenario.
Lt. Fancy should have handled the entire situation himself by bringing the patrolman upstairs, probably with his sergeant as well to inform him of why he needed to be tested and to explain the situation so that there wouldn't be any misunderstandings. Of course, that's not what happens, and you soon have Sipowicz and Simone squaring off against many of the patrol officers downstairs who feel that the detectives are trying to incriminate their fellow officer (even though it turns out that the patrolman is actually guilty of a lot more than possible drug use).
Still, this is a TV show, so it's understandable that the writers would take some liberties with a situation to make the story work, even if it was very far-fetched.
The scene with Sipowicz finding his car has been vandalized and then storming into the precinct demanding that the person responsible have the balls to face him is pure gold! We also find out that the new desk sergeant is a piece of work, and of course, Sipowicz has no problem throwing the guy's half-baked apology back in his face in the end.
Following standard protocol, the patrolman is asks to take a drug test. Now, where things get interesting is when Lt. Fancy asks Sipowicz and Simone if they want to tell the patrolman or if he should do it. Thus, the tension from downstairs (patrolmen) and upstairs (detectives) begins.
A lieutenant or captain is the officer in charge of the entire house, and after watching such shows such as Barney Miller (considered by most cops/ex-cops to be the most accurate depiction of a precinct house), I also took the liberty of asking a friend of mine, who is a retired police captain himself when I described the scenario.
Lt. Fancy should have handled the entire situation himself by bringing the patrolman upstairs, probably with his sergeant as well to inform him of why he needed to be tested and to explain the situation so that there wouldn't be any misunderstandings. Of course, that's not what happens, and you soon have Sipowicz and Simone squaring off against many of the patrol officers downstairs who feel that the detectives are trying to incriminate their fellow officer (even though it turns out that the patrolman is actually guilty of a lot more than possible drug use).
Still, this is a TV show, so it's understandable that the writers would take some liberties with a situation to make the story work, even if it was very far-fetched.
The scene with Sipowicz finding his car has been vandalized and then storming into the precinct demanding that the person responsible have the balls to face him is pure gold! We also find out that the new desk sergeant is a piece of work, and of course, Sipowicz has no problem throwing the guy's half-baked apology back in his face in the end.
Like the Quality of this 4th season (DVD)
leplatypus15 June 2007
This episode is the most memorable for a deceiving 4th season.
I am not saying that the show is awful, but this season lacks originality and doesn't have the emotional power of the 3rd one.
In other words, it is always the same thing: a murder, then a chase for suspect, then the interview room, with slices of personal troubled lives. Maybe the intelligence of the show is good casting and showing that criminal aren't always tugs, thieves, dealers, but it is not enough..
What about bad decisions (put in jail a innocent?)... What about bad cops ? maybe this one is a example but it is a timid one...
One other boring thing for me is their romances... They are all in relations with their job and the events are sometimes "too much": the scarface, the Irish abuser,....
To finish on a good note, the great addition to the 4th season is the coming of detective Kirkendall.
I am not saying that the show is awful, but this season lacks originality and doesn't have the emotional power of the 3rd one.
In other words, it is always the same thing: a murder, then a chase for suspect, then the interview room, with slices of personal troubled lives. Maybe the intelligence of the show is good casting and showing that criminal aren't always tugs, thieves, dealers, but it is not enough..
What about bad decisions (put in jail a innocent?)... What about bad cops ? maybe this one is a example but it is a timid one...
One other boring thing for me is their romances... They are all in relations with their job and the events are sometimes "too much": the scarface, the Irish abuser,....
To finish on a good note, the great addition to the 4th season is the coming of detective Kirkendall.
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