Here we have an episode that at least attempts to show the many difficulties of police work and also dares to honestly show the situations and dilemmas in the minefield of race-relations at the time.(I cannot help but feel things are worse today)
This is a good intense episode!
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Understanding Is A Thirteen-Letter, Much Better Word
chashans4 August 2023
Warning: Spoilers
While Officer James Reed continues to improve himself as Man of the Law, it's actor Kent McCord who truly shines in this half hour of very dramatic television. McCord runs through a varied range of emotions. It's truly surprising yet gut wrenching when word of the death of a child is spoken of, somewhat off the cuff by two fellow Officers in the Station locker room. Reed and Malloy had earlier dealt with the child and his horrid situation which (off screen, prior to the episode's start) saw the child hospitalized.
It's Reed's sudden reaction to this news which shocks not just the viewers, but also Sergeant MacDonald. Mac had just entered the locker room in time to see Reed's outburst.
MacDonald had earlier in the episode confered with Malloy regarding Reed's unprofessional - for a Police Officer- and uncoping behavior. We then watch as Malloy sets about teaching his probationary partner on the importance of separating himself from the job. Meaning seperating himself from the awful things he will sometimes see as well as from the truly horrendous so-called human beings he will sometimes encounter. The viewer is left pondering and considering that these very same ordeals certainly affect real Police Officers in real life.
Malloy also gets an opportunity to teach Reed about not "jumping the gun" when it comes to the supposed discovery of a dead body. (Which incidentily would seem to be another child.) In this case, it's also a good idea to not go jumping that gun on the basis of a citizen's well-intentioned word. That citizen may have in fact just jumped their own gun. It's a somewhat humerous lesson, but Reed definitely isn't laughing.
In the final segment, Malloy gets the opportunity to teach Reed the ways in which to respond to a possible riot-in-the-making. In this case, a possible riot born of race relations and suggested Police brutality and lies. In this case, the possible riot is quelled by a citizen who won't allow himself to be bullied or coerced into unnecessary retaliation.
There's a very nice concluding segment in which that brave citizen from the scene of the impending riot shows up at the Police Station. He's there to thank Malloy, Reed and all other Officers for their help and their professionalism. (This young man even took the time for a clean shave between the non-riot location and here.) It's exceptionally appreciative to see the Officers pleased response and returned gratitude.
Peace, brothers!
It's Reed's sudden reaction to this news which shocks not just the viewers, but also Sergeant MacDonald. Mac had just entered the locker room in time to see Reed's outburst.
MacDonald had earlier in the episode confered with Malloy regarding Reed's unprofessional - for a Police Officer- and uncoping behavior. We then watch as Malloy sets about teaching his probationary partner on the importance of separating himself from the job. Meaning seperating himself from the awful things he will sometimes see as well as from the truly horrendous so-called human beings he will sometimes encounter. The viewer is left pondering and considering that these very same ordeals certainly affect real Police Officers in real life.
Malloy also gets an opportunity to teach Reed about not "jumping the gun" when it comes to the supposed discovery of a dead body. (Which incidentily would seem to be another child.) In this case, it's also a good idea to not go jumping that gun on the basis of a citizen's well-intentioned word. That citizen may have in fact just jumped their own gun. It's a somewhat humerous lesson, but Reed definitely isn't laughing.
In the final segment, Malloy gets the opportunity to teach Reed the ways in which to respond to a possible riot-in-the-making. In this case, a possible riot born of race relations and suggested Police brutality and lies. In this case, the possible riot is quelled by a citizen who won't allow himself to be bullied or coerced into unnecessary retaliation.
There's a very nice concluding segment in which that brave citizen from the scene of the impending riot shows up at the Police Station. He's there to thank Malloy, Reed and all other Officers for their help and their professionalism. (This young man even took the time for a clean shave between the non-riot location and here.) It's exceptionally appreciative to see the Officers pleased response and returned gratitude.
Peace, brothers!
Judge & Jury
StrictlyConfidential6 April 2021
Warning: Spoilers
(*Officer Malloy quote*) - "What seems to be the trouble?"
Officer Reed is still on probation with the LAPD and he gets pretty rattled when a known child molester is brought into the station for questioning.
In the course of their shift, Officers Reed and Malloy search for a potentially dead body.
In the meantime, there's a burglary going on, as well as a grocery store robbery to keep Adam-12 busy and on their toes.
Officer Reed is still on probation with the LAPD and he gets pretty rattled when a known child molester is brought into the station for questioning.
In the course of their shift, Officers Reed and Malloy search for a potentially dead body.
In the meantime, there's a burglary going on, as well as a grocery store robbery to keep Adam-12 busy and on their toes.
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