An above average story played out by a solid guest cast involving two murders, one a boy on a bicycle run down and then shot in the head by a gang-member, two a congressman's son also shot in the head at his home, rolled up in his own rug and left on the sidewalk. Victims' names are Robert Keller and Tyler Roads with the latter possibly leading to the other, both might have been perpetrated by the same individual.
Episode content includes the usual on-going irritant of Beck interfering with actual police work, a bigoted Congressman, the FBI involved in the case due to their informant being killed, gang members collected en masse for interrogation resulting in the identity of the bicycle murder and clues to what exactly occurred when the Congressman's son was killed. Robert was a Caucasian, rich-young-adult attempting to better lives of inhabitants while gang-bangers sought revenge on an innocent fifteen-year-old riding his bicycle while his friend is riding in the banger's car with a gun pointed at his head as he witnesses the murder.
Note there are twelve regular cast members and an equal number of guests. If we separate the guests by lines delivered, there are two or four, Congressman Keller and Mrs. Walker with Ryan Keller and Darryl Walker. There were two victims, one Caucasian, one Black, together they bring out the hatred and prejudice among several characters.
Ben Wells and Jason Grant are associates of Robert Keller, ready to celebrate at the company Christmas party waiting for Robert to return home. Provenza informs them the party is cancelled, their apartment is a crime scene and they are suspects in an investigation.
Miller, Shorty Wallace, and T-Ray Smith are the gang members questioned by the officers until one of them gives up the actual shooter of Tyler Roads, the kid on the bike. The gang-members were brought in because Darryl Walker gave them up as the three in the car when they went hunting for his friend Tyler. The gun used to kill Keller is found, brought to evidence, shown to Daryll when he explained the situation he was in with the bangers.
Robert Keller had signed a waiver of protection offered by the FBI and continued his work in the gang-territory neighborhood as a citizen trying to better the lives of its residents. Keller's efforts in the ghetto got him killed, he did not belong there and did not understand the psyche of the neighborhood's inhabitants, particularly the gang-bangers. . Jada Roads, mother of victim Tyler, is in the murder room screaming for her son's murderer to be found and brought to justice, gunned down at fifteen allegedly snitching on bangers. Jada is restrained by Mrs. Walker while at the station trying to seek justice for Tyler.
Max is the Robert Keller's dog, a family pet, mistakenly thought to be a vicious canine only because he was left alone, unfed after his owner was murdered in the same home where Max lived. Max identifies his owner's killer when he goes to her at police HQ, showing affection, proof he knew the woman from being at the victim's house because Max did not venture from beyond the home.
Raydor remains composed during the entire event despite Rusty's vexation on trivialities, the blatant bigotry displayed by the elected official, the systematic processing of the gang-members to finally establish the one killer while she plows through the facts to get to the other killer; well-played Captain.
Good police work leads to the apprehension of the perpetrators; a recommended watch for certain.
Episode content includes the usual on-going irritant of Beck interfering with actual police work, a bigoted Congressman, the FBI involved in the case due to their informant being killed, gang members collected en masse for interrogation resulting in the identity of the bicycle murder and clues to what exactly occurred when the Congressman's son was killed. Robert was a Caucasian, rich-young-adult attempting to better lives of inhabitants while gang-bangers sought revenge on an innocent fifteen-year-old riding his bicycle while his friend is riding in the banger's car with a gun pointed at his head as he witnesses the murder.
Note there are twelve regular cast members and an equal number of guests. If we separate the guests by lines delivered, there are two or four, Congressman Keller and Mrs. Walker with Ryan Keller and Darryl Walker. There were two victims, one Caucasian, one Black, together they bring out the hatred and prejudice among several characters.
Ben Wells and Jason Grant are associates of Robert Keller, ready to celebrate at the company Christmas party waiting for Robert to return home. Provenza informs them the party is cancelled, their apartment is a crime scene and they are suspects in an investigation.
Miller, Shorty Wallace, and T-Ray Smith are the gang members questioned by the officers until one of them gives up the actual shooter of Tyler Roads, the kid on the bike. The gang-members were brought in because Darryl Walker gave them up as the three in the car when they went hunting for his friend Tyler. The gun used to kill Keller is found, brought to evidence, shown to Daryll when he explained the situation he was in with the bangers.
Robert Keller had signed a waiver of protection offered by the FBI and continued his work in the gang-territory neighborhood as a citizen trying to better the lives of its residents. Keller's efforts in the ghetto got him killed, he did not belong there and did not understand the psyche of the neighborhood's inhabitants, particularly the gang-bangers. . Jada Roads, mother of victim Tyler, is in the murder room screaming for her son's murderer to be found and brought to justice, gunned down at fifteen allegedly snitching on bangers. Jada is restrained by Mrs. Walker while at the station trying to seek justice for Tyler.
Max is the Robert Keller's dog, a family pet, mistakenly thought to be a vicious canine only because he was left alone, unfed after his owner was murdered in the same home where Max lived. Max identifies his owner's killer when he goes to her at police HQ, showing affection, proof he knew the woman from being at the victim's house because Max did not venture from beyond the home.
Raydor remains composed during the entire event despite Rusty's vexation on trivialities, the blatant bigotry displayed by the elected official, the systematic processing of the gang-members to finally establish the one killer while she plows through the facts to get to the other killer; well-played Captain.
Good police work leads to the apprehension of the perpetrators; a recommended watch for certain.
