Heat is one of the greatest shows ever on television. I only discovered it last year. But I don't understand some of their writing and character choices. Eugene Glendon is the main story in this episode. I've never understood his character and it's development. He is plainly a racist and he's always on the wrong side of the law despite being given multiple breaks. Yet his mother has always been law abiding and is a city council woman and his father appears to have been a productive citizen with a managerial job who only made one mistake that landed him in prison. Eugene seems to have grown up in a nice neighborhood so why does he always make the wrong choice? And stupid, risky ones at that. He has a nasty chip on his shoulder that never goes away. As if he's been somehow wronged. I know they wanted to put obstacles in the way of the Harriet and Bill storyline but this character is so unlikable that i think they finally had to stop including him in Harriet's storyline.