This was a great follow-up to the pilot episode, and it focused on the development of relationships for the forseeable future.
While Vic & the team are under scrutiny over the bust that 'got Terry killed', Aceveda puts pressure on them directly hoping to find the weak link to bring Vic down. Meanwhile, Dutch & Claudette are working a shooting related to a dispute of a protection racket.
You really get to see how relationships are developing; Vic and Aceveda are pitted against each other, Dutch is desperate to be taken seriously and is jealous of the attention and respect Vic & his team are given, Claudette seems to be the only one outside of the politics of the Barn, Shane looks to Vic for nearly everything - he wants to be an Alpha, but all he can be is the Alpha's friend. And then there's Dani, who is Julienne's training officer, but it's clear she is accepted by the other cops, but is still separate from them, too and it bothers her, meanwhile, Julienne is 'initiated' into the Brotherhood of Blue through some rather crude means. And to spite all Vic's bravado, he's being haunted by memories of Terry before he knew he was an informant.
This episode is good, but it's 'story/case' of the week feels like it's part of something bigger. That's the thing with this show, it's oddly not always episodic; sometimes it's just a chapter in a much larger picture.
While Vic & the team are under scrutiny over the bust that 'got Terry killed', Aceveda puts pressure on them directly hoping to find the weak link to bring Vic down. Meanwhile, Dutch & Claudette are working a shooting related to a dispute of a protection racket.
You really get to see how relationships are developing; Vic and Aceveda are pitted against each other, Dutch is desperate to be taken seriously and is jealous of the attention and respect Vic & his team are given, Claudette seems to be the only one outside of the politics of the Barn, Shane looks to Vic for nearly everything - he wants to be an Alpha, but all he can be is the Alpha's friend. And then there's Dani, who is Julienne's training officer, but it's clear she is accepted by the other cops, but is still separate from them, too and it bothers her, meanwhile, Julienne is 'initiated' into the Brotherhood of Blue through some rather crude means. And to spite all Vic's bravado, he's being haunted by memories of Terry before he knew he was an informant.
This episode is good, but it's 'story/case' of the week feels like it's part of something bigger. That's the thing with this show, it's oddly not always episodic; sometimes it's just a chapter in a much larger picture.
