"The Division" (2001) TV series 2001-2004

Directors:

Sarah Pia Anderson
Alan Myerson

Writers:

David H. Balkan (story)
Kimberly Costello (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

7 January 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Five Women, One Code: Justice.

Plot:

Five female cops in San Francisco struggle with their personal and professional lives.

Plot Keywords:

Justice | Law | Team | Policewoman | San Francisco California

Awards:

6 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Bonnie Bedelia

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Captain Kaitlyn McCafferty / ... (58 episodes, 2001-2004)

Also Known As:

Heart of the City

Runtime:

60 min | USA:60 min (88 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

Viacom Productions

Trivia:

The show is about women police officers in San Francisco. In real life, many locker rooms for women cops were converted men's rooms. Many cops put plants in the old toilets and urinals because the fixtures were never removed. In the first season of the show, the locker room for the women was a converted men's room that featured plants in a old urinal stall.

Quotes:

Jinny: Oh come on, we knew that she was doing him before the first husband killed himself.
Magda: We don't know that for sure.
Kaitlyn: Well, he got married right away, Jinny's probably right. And if the stepson blame's his father's suicide on the affair, then he'd have reason to go after the stepfather. There's your motive, Shakespearian, straight out of "Hamlet." Claudius kills his brother, old Hamlet and marries Gertrude, his brother's widow. Hamlet finds out and plots to kill Claudius, of course goes a little nuts in the process. (The other cops are silent.) Well, it's worth a thought.
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Lifetime...need I say more?

Lifetime shouldn't produce original television shows, they just don't work. I recently saw an episode of this and I must say it does live up to it's standards. A female dominant police squad, that's realistic. I did notice one of the character's background seemed quite similar to another separate detective on another crime drama.

Hmm...coincidence?

One thing that seemed to bug me what the constant interruption of 'victim's ramblings' that seem to come out of know where that had nothing to do with the case at hand. It totally screwed up the flow of series.

Hmm...Perhaps that's why it was cancelled.