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Subject: Re: On Call
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2025 11:50:57 -0500
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On 1/11/2025 11:30 PM, Rhino wrote:
> 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.

And, strangely, Amazon seems to have released all episodes at once.