This episode had a little bit of everything I love about this franchise, which is a great thing for a premiere.
As far as the case of the week, it was rough in the best possible way. When the guys found the suitcases...their reactions were heartbreaking. I thought Tao was going to cry, in which case I would have totally lost it. Julio coming unhinged, he and Provenza staring down the killer, the plot twist with the cousin, all of it was so well done. And Sharon's reaction to the wife's uninvolvement, knowing that she'd withheld the fact that the kids were dead...yikes. TPTB kicked it right off with an intense one, for sure.
(Sharon and Andy, setting everything else aside, make such an entertaining interrogation tag team. They're like the ultimate bad cop/bad cop scenario. Just relentless.)
Rusty's situation is bound to bring the feels in the coming episodes. I'm already a bit scared of what his mom will do. After ditching him in the middle of LA to fend for himself, she is the ultimate loose cannon. In the previews for next week, it seems like Sharon (*our* Sharon, that is) is taking it pretty well, but I think we all know that isn't really the case? Obviously there are legal issues to take into account, but it's the emotional ties that will get really messy.
And then...then there are Sharon and Andy. First of all, TPTB are still pushing the visual affinity pretty hard (such purple, very matching, much adorable) which I appreciate thoroughly. Secondly, they are adorable and I have no complaints. Provenza, however, is gonna throw so much shade their way ("I agree with the Captain."/"What a shock.") and that's half the fun. Andy's whole "you've been there for me a lot lately" was a) touching b) straightforward in kind of a surprising way c) maybe implies that there have been further developments since the whole Nutcracker thing. It was very generous of him to offer to take the notification, given the circumstances, but I liked that Sharon didn't let him do it. And, of course, "I'll wait, in case you need me." Mhmm. Good times.
That's all of the deep thoughts I have for tonight. All in all, I'd say it was a solid A episode.
Re: 3x01 Flight Risk
This episode had a little bit of everything I love about this franchise, which is a great thing for a premiere.
As far as the case of the week, it was rough in the best possible way. When the guys found the suitcases...their reactions were heartbreaking. I thought Tao was going to cry, in which case I would have totally lost it. Julio coming unhinged, he and Provenza staring down the killer, the plot twist with the cousin, all of it was so well done. And Sharon's reaction to the wife's uninvolvement, knowing that she'd withheld the fact that the kids were dead...yikes. TPTB kicked it right off with an intense one, for sure.
(Sharon and Andy, setting everything else aside, make such an entertaining interrogation tag team. They're like the ultimate bad cop/bad cop scenario. Just relentless.)
Rusty's situation is bound to bring the feels in the coming episodes. I'm already a bit scared of what his mom will do. After ditching him in the middle of LA to fend for himself, she is the ultimate loose cannon. In the previews for next week, it seems like Sharon (*our* Sharon, that is) is taking it pretty well, but I think we all know that isn't really the case? Obviously there are legal issues to take into account, but it's the emotional ties that will get really messy.
And then...then there are Sharon and Andy. First of all, TPTB are still pushing the visual affinity pretty hard (such purple, very matching, much adorable) which I appreciate thoroughly. Secondly, they are adorable and I have no complaints. Provenza, however, is gonna throw so much shade their way ("I agree with the Captain."/"What a shock.") and that's half the fun. Andy's whole "you've been there for me a lot lately" was a) touching b) straightforward in kind of a surprising way c) maybe implies that there have been further developments since the whole Nutcracker thing. It was very generous of him to offer to take the notification, given the circumstances, but I liked that Sharon didn't let him do it. And, of course, "I'll wait, in case you need me." Mhmm. Good times.
That's all of the deep thoughts I have for tonight. All in all, I'd say it was a solid A episode.