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<blockquote data-quote="Seaviewer" data-source="post: 63007" data-attributes="member: 57">&quot;One of or own&quot; turns out to be someone we&#039;ve never heard of before, making it difficult to emotionally connect with the loss.Likewise, who knew that the 14th had a Japanese detective? I had the impression that he was supposed to have been there all along but it might have been better to have explicitly brought him in on special assignment from another precinct. As it stands, his unheralded presence for the sole purpose of translating for the restaurant witnesses is somewhat jarring. Watching Mary Beth incongruously reviving her halting Spanish from &quot;Beyond the Golden Door&quot; is more fun.To the case itself, it is clear from the beginning that the officer was shot by accident. I couldn&#039;t make up my mind whether this was intentional or just poor direction but either way it renders much of the investigation pointless from an audience perspective. Resolution comes via a last-minute clue leading to Christine&#039;s sudden deduction as to the true intended target.Within the squad we see Petrie and La Guardia starting to trade places, with Petrie spending more time with Isbecki, and La Guardia seemingly relegated to answering phone calls. Petrie&#039;s increasing role as mediator between the &quot;girls&quot; and the &quot;macho men&quot; is interesting. Again, his own experience with discrimination implicitly making him more accepting.Also increasing is the rivalry between Isbecki and Cagney as Isbecki is slowly forced to take Cagney more seriously. Here they are sparring in a side story revolving around a softball game which requires that each team have members of both sexes, the final twist being that it is Lacey rather than Cagney on her way to a home run as the episode freeze frames to a close.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Seaviewer, post: 63007, member: 57"] "One of or own" turns out to be someone we've never heard of before, making it difficult to emotionally connect with the loss. Likewise, who knew that the 14th had a Japanese detective? I had the impression that he was supposed to have been there all along but it might have been better to have explicitly brought him in on special assignment from another precinct. As it stands, his unheralded presence for the sole purpose of translating for the restaurant witnesses is somewhat jarring. Watching Mary Beth incongruously reviving her halting Spanish from "Beyond the Golden Door" is more fun. To the case itself, it is clear from the beginning that the officer was shot by accident. I couldn't make up my mind whether this was intentional or just poor direction but either way it renders much of the investigation pointless from an audience perspective. Resolution comes via a last-minute clue leading to Christine's sudden deduction as to the true intended target. Within the squad we see Petrie and La Guardia starting to trade places, with Petrie spending more time with Isbecki, and La Guardia seemingly relegated to answering phone calls. Petrie's increasing role as mediator between the "girls" and the "macho men" is interesting. Again, his own experience with discrimination implicitly making him more accepting. Also increasing is the rivalry between Isbecki and Cagney as Isbecki is slowly forced to take Cagney more seriously. Here they are sparring in a side story revolving around a softball game which requires that each team have members of both sexes, the final twist being that it is Lacey rather than Cagney on her way to a home run as the episode freeze frames to a close. [/QUOTE]

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