UNDERCOVER [UC]; from FITE NITE [Episode 3]

Donovan Boyd.  This character, played by Aaron Abrams, makes a good first impression.  In the episode, Boyd is new to undercover work, and is the key person in an operation to gain possession of armour piercing [cop killing] bullets.
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We see him talking to the hidden camera, just before a deal is to take place in the room.  Boyd is concerned that the sounds of arguing in one of the other apartments might interfere with the recording of the negotiations. He keeps pointing up at an area of the ceiling.  In short, Boyd seems totally dedicated, totally professional.
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The first sign of trouble, is that a bit later, he starts to take a real disliking to our heroine, Andy McNally [played by Missy Peregrym].
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Eventually, Boyd will become a most unlikable character.  But Donovan Boyd never stops being an important part of the Rookie Blue adventure.

EPISODE 1: FRESH PAINT

Okay...a couple of weeks ago, I rented Rookie Blue, Season 1.  Box Set, one month rental.  $19.63.
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One of the final scenes of the pilot episode illustrates just how special the lead character, Andy McNally really is...
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Her first real arrest, a very young man who shot a dealer [responsible for the OD of the young man's kid sister]...The young man is very lucky that he ran into a rookie, because only a rookie, this rookie, would have handled things the way Andy did.  To start with, she didn't shoot him.  Procedure dictated that she should have...since he had threatened her with the murder weapon.
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The moment that illuminates is the shot showing McNally as she hands over her first arrest to her training officer.  The actress' face shows compassion for the young man's situation...we also see that she's just as surprised as her training officer is.  As her father says later, you're the real deal, Andy.  And you're going to be great. 
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P.S.

Feels nice to post again.  I've decided that I'll post till late December, and then stop till June 2012.  That's when Rookie's 3rd season begins.  Then I'll start posting [about season 2] and restore comment capability also. 


Fake it till you make it!

 

ROOKIE BLUE BLOG 101 [Seminar; non-credit. Prerequisite: Hill Street Blues]

 At first glance, this blog may seem to lack structure.  This is my fault.  There is no overall plan, other than to write about what spontaneously comes to mind.  A legacy of a writing exercise, during a creative writing course I took in 1993.  [Bruce Armstrong, WFNS]
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One way to understand Rookie Blue is to compare it with a past police show.  Hill Street Blues was the last police show that really made me watch.  The two are opposites.  Hill, because its focus is on veteran cops operating in a crime infested zone, is much raunchier.

                    "Name?"
                
                    "Curtis."

                    "Curtis what?"

                    "Curtis...interruptus!"
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Some of Rookie's finest moments are quiet ones.  Like when a veteran tries to help a rookie through a difficult time.

                   "How are you doing?

                   "Good...I'm good."

                   "Yeah?  You killed somebody
                     today."

                   "Yeah..."

                   "You ever feel like talking, you 
                     let me know...alright?

                   "Yeah...thanks."

[veteran Sam; and Andy, she's one of the rookies]

THAT'S WHY IT'S FUN

 The 1st season's finale...There's a shot of Sam & Andy, just after they've exited the van.  On their way to a meeting with a drug boss. [a charming, but psychotic man]
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The two are arm in arm, dressed like it's Friday night and they're headed downtown.  Andy's terrified, but this feeling is just short of panic...because Sam is with her.  And because he, minutes before, made her admit her fears out loud, because he knows [possibly since he is a veteran cop], that this can help keep such fears in check.
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Good shot.