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Subject: Re: Bosch rides again
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2025 17:28:34 -0000 (UTC)
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On Jul 9, 2025 at 7:50:46 PM PDT, "anim8rfsk" <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:

> Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
>>  I just watched the first episode on Ballard, the new sequel to Bosch. 
>>  The producers had telegraphed that Bosch would pop up on occasion on 
>>  Ballard so I thought I should mention that the name Harry Bosch was 
>>  indeed spoken out loud at the end of the Ballard pilot, suggesting we 
>>  will see Harry at some point. (To be fair, they showed some previews of 
>>  the rest of the season and those scenes didn't show Bosch so maybe we 
>>  won't see a lot of him. Or maybe they didn't want to dangle him in front 
>>  of us too much for fear of making him look like a crutch for Renee 
>>  Ballard.)
>>  
>>  In any case, the pilot was pretty watchable so I'll stay with it even if 
>>  Bosch doesn't appear very frequently.
>>  
>>  I'm still trying to wrap my head around the idea of a police unit that 
>>  is staffed almost entirely by volunteers, retirees, and interns yet 
>>  still has powers of arrest. I have no idea if that is realistic and 
>>  would be curious to know if it is.
>>  
> 
> That was one of the (very) few clever parts of the new Hawaii Five-0. None
> of the unit were police officers except Danny Williams. Hence when they
> wanted to arrest someone they would say “Book ‘em Dano!“

Except McCarrot was active duty military, so he was violating posse comitatus
every time he put hands on someone.