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Southland Season Finale "Thursday" 3/20/12 (Episode Summary in OP)

Posted on 3/20/12 at 8:32 pm
Posted by Sentrius
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Posted on 3/20/12 at 8:32 pm
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Tang reports for her last day on patrol before moving on to another precinct in the Season 4 finale. Meanwhile, Lydia is pressed to make a decision regarding her pregnancy; Sammy recuperates from injuries; and Ben searches for the woman he's been trying to help.


Been looking forward to this one. Wonder how the pimp is going to go down here and see if Sammy still wants to be partners with ben.

No offense to Lydia but I would be totally fine with her not being back next season. She sucks as a character and her storyline has been getting on my nerves for a while.
Posted by Sentrius
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Posted on 3/20/12 at 9:02 pm to
Bump.
Posted by TFTC
Chicago, Il
Member since May 2010
23561 posts
Posted on 3/20/12 at 9:46 pm to
Hmmm, her character doesn't bother me...
Posted by UFownstSECsince1950
Member since Dec 2009
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Posted on 3/20/12 at 10:06 pm to
Great episode, great season. Really hope they get another season with TNT....I'll be pissed if this show gets canned.
Posted by Sentrius
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Posted on 3/20/12 at 10:56 pm to
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Great episode, great season.


Agreed.

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Really hope they get another season with TNT


They definetly will.

Ben is starting to scare me. He's headed to a dark place in his mind. He's been acting like the POS cops we see in the news lately. Hopefully Sammy can straighten him out next season and he'll be good as new.

I wonder why Ben didn't tell the mom that ronnie didn't frick him up, more like he fricked ronnie up. Instead, he just told her to stay safe. Hmmm....

I love everything Cooper and Tang did tonight. Tang getting that guy to sing was hilarious. I still would have wrote his arse up with a ticket. I've come across shits like him every now and then BR traffic and would love nothing more to frick his day up.

Good to see Lydia is leaving. Her storyline sucked.
Posted by Five0
Member since Dec 2009
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Posted on 3/20/12 at 11:36 pm to
Good episode. Missed on my prediction though. Just sucks that the season is over all ready though.
Posted by Sentrius
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Posted on 3/20/12 at 11:48 pm to
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Missed on my prediction though.


What was it?
Posted by glock22josh
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2011
517 posts
Posted on 3/21/12 at 12:06 am to
Good episode. Any chance we gonna see more on Ben's shooting? Any question about the pimp actually pulling the gun?

Glad that it appears no Lydia for the next season, except maybe guest appearances
Posted by Sentrius
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Posted on 3/21/12 at 12:15 am to
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Any chance we gonna see more on Ben's shooting? Any question about the pimp actually pulling the gun?


Not until next season bro. At this point who the frick knows?

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Glad that it appears no Lydia for the next season,


Glad to see that I'm not alone on this.

She sucks.
Posted by JBeam
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Member since Jan 2011
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Posted on 3/21/12 at 1:15 am to
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Good to see Lydia is leaving. Her storyline sucked.

i completely disagree.

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I love everything Cooper and Tang did tonight. Tang getting that guy to sing was hilarious. I still would have wrote his arse up with a ticket. I've come across shits like him every now and then BR traffic and would love nothing more to frick his day up.

If anything Tang doesn't deserve the position she's been promoted to and Cooper is lucky he doesn't have to deal with such a piss poor partner anymore. I like the direction that Cooper is headed in.

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They definetly will.

Ben is starting to scare me. He's headed to a dark place in his mind. He's been acting like the POS cops we see in the news lately. Hopefully Sammy can straighten him out next season and he'll be good as new.

I wonder why Ben didn't tell the mom that ronnie didn't frick him up, more like he fricked ronnie up. Instead, he just told her to stay safe. Hmmm....

I think Ben has picked his poison and decided to be more of an aggressive cop. I personally don't feel that Sammy will be able to change his behavior much.

That entire seen at the end kind of foreshadowed what could be up on the horizon between those two.

Overall this was a great season and i actually feel like this show isn't in transition from the NBC years anymore.But, IMHO the final 2 minutes had a kind of series finale feel to it.
Posted by Sentrius
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Posted on 3/21/12 at 1:22 am to
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I think Ben has picked his poison and decided to be more of an aggressive cop. I personally don't feel that Sammy will be able to change his behavior much.


I can agree with this but I hope that's not the case next season.

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That entire seen at the end kind of foreshadowed what could be up on the horizon between those two.


I think that was just a cliffhanger, nothing more.

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But, IMHO the final 2 minutes had a kind of series finale feel to it.


God, I hope not.
Posted by JBeam
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Posted on 3/21/12 at 1:30 am to
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I can agree with this but I hope that's not the case next season.



For one thing the story about Ben's family has been completely dropped. Ben has had a history of overly pursuing male suspects that attack women. That's why i was somewhat surprised at the fact that he hit that high school earlier in the season....thats not to say she didn't deserve some punishment in some shape or form.

Ben's character has gone thru some major transformations thru out the series.

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I think that was just a cliffhanger, nothing more.



I'm just trying to figure out where we go from here. Cooper seems to be on the up and up.

I'm hoping Tang's character is completely dropped.

We might need an injection of new characters from a different angle.

Posted by Sentrius
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Posted on 3/21/12 at 1:36 am to
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Ben has had a history of overly pursuing male suspects that attack women.


This is true. He went nuts about his mom's rapist and that was it. He has been a Knight to women this whole series.
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Ben's character has gone thru some major transformations thru out the series.


Kige

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Cooper seems to be on the up and up.


His scene with the new boot told me that he wants to make sure the new boot turns out alright and make sure he doesn't turn out like Tang.

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I'm hoping Tang's character is completely dropped.


Lucy Liu is doing another show so that answers your question.

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We might need an injection of new characters from a different angle.


Needed badly and will likely happen.

Oh and what do you mean by different angle?
Posted by glock22josh
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 3/21/12 at 4:11 am to
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Any chance we gonna see more on Ben's shooting? Any question about the pimp actually pulling the gun?



Not until next season bro. At this point who the frick knows?


I'm think that the shooting will ultimately be justified. Im gonna go with Sammy not really believing him and maybe they do a flash back of it. I think Ben wanted to get the pimp back but I don't think he planted the gun. Guess we will have to wait and see.
Posted by 12
Redneck part of Florida
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 3/21/12 at 6:26 am to
I thought last night was a great episode. This was a really good season for the show and I really hope they bring it back.

I have been annoyed by the Lydia storyline, but I actually enjoyed it last night. I knew she was done after seeing her interview the kid in the burn unit. That was tough. Ever since I became a father, I find it hard to watch stuff like that.

Ben' s character has definitely went through a transformation. It will be interesting to see where it goes from here.

I loved the part with Cooper going back to being a training officer. He is by far my favorite character on the show.
Posted by tigerinthebueche
Member since Oct 2010
38053 posts
Posted on 3/21/12 at 8:24 am to
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I thought last night was a great episode. This was a really good season for the show and I really hope they bring it back.


Hope they bring back Lou Diamond Phillips. Thought he played his part well. Why the speculation that the series wont be back?
Posted by GeauxTGRZ
PTal
Member since Oct 2005
4817 posts
Posted on 3/21/12 at 8:30 am to
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I think Ben wanted to get the pimp back but I don't think he planted the gun.


he planted the gun. you see him in the first scene cleaning 2 guns. one could've been his personal one, but i doubt it.
Posted by UFownstSECsince1950
Member since Dec 2009
32814 posts
Posted on 3/21/12 at 8:55 am to
Yeah, I think he planted it as well.

How long after a season ends until they usually decide on filming the next one? And I was wrong, thought for sure Tang was gonna get shot by season's end.....and she gets promoted.
Posted by Jwodie
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2009
7438 posts
Posted on 3/21/12 at 9:20 am to
Pretty solid season finale last night. I watched it pretty late in the night so I missed the correlation between the gun cleaning scene and Sherman planting the gun.

I agree with the poster who said it felt like a series finale last night. Especially showing Cooper harassing the new boot, Lydia fading off the show with her new baby on the way, Sherman getting his revenge on the pimp, Tang promoted and moving on, etc. I wonder where they go from here...
Posted by Tiger n Austin
Austin, Tx
Member since Dec 2005
6847 posts
Posted on 3/21/12 at 9:30 am to
Wasn't the biggest Sammie fan in the earliest seasons (particularly when he was dealing with his wife...that made him look soft), but this season he came on strong.
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