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Subject: On Call
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 23:30:46 -0500
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Thanks to Robin, I've just found a new show that I'm already very fond 
of. In today's TV News post, she mentioned an article about a new show 
called On Call. I read the article and was sufficiently interested to 
check it out.

The whole first season was dropped at the same time. Despite being a cop 
drama, episodes are only half an hour long rather than a full hour. 
That's a bit retro and harkens back to the 50s when many dramas were 
just a half hour. But it is set in the present and uses a lot of body 
cam and occasional surveillance cam footage so it's more like The Rookie 
than Dragnet. The first season is just 8 episodes and I've watched half 
of them already.

It's set in Long Beach California rather than in LA proper so that's a 
bit different. The two leads are an experienced female training officer 
and a young male rookie, played by Troian Bellisario and Brandon 
Larracuente respectively. (I remember Larracuente from The Good Doctor 
but have never seen Bellisario in anything before.) Two familiar faces, 
Eriq LaSalle, and Lori Loughlin, play more senior officers, a sergeant 
and a lieutenant respectively. Monica Raymund makes a guest appearance 
in the pilot.

There are a few plot lines intertwined in the episodes I've seen so far. 
An officer is killed by gang-bangers in the first episode and tracking 
down the shooter is a high priority. Bellisario's character is regarded 
with some concern in the rumour mill; her rookie gets wind of this and 
wonders if she can be trusted. The rookie, being a rookie, makes 
mistakes and that causes tensions with his training officer. And some 
other stuff but I don't want to spoil too much.

I recommend this show to anyone that likes a good cop show. It somewhat 
reminds me of SouthLand, a show I was quite fond of and must rewatch 
before too long. This is a Dick Wolf production and I've gotten into the 
habit of avoiding those in recent years but this one if better - in my 
opinion - than the umpteenth Law and Order spinoff.

-- 
Rhino