To Protect and Serve
- Episode aired Nov 6, 2002
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5.7/10
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An idealistic cop is determined to keep a prostitute safe from her recently deceased pimp.An idealistic cop is determined to keep a prostitute safe from her recently deceased pimp.An idealistic cop is determined to keep a prostitute safe from her recently deceased pimp.
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- TriviaThe title is from the motto on the Los Angeles, California police cars.
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Forest Whitaker - Host: [opening narration] Eric Boggs, policeman. These are his streets, his people. He sees himself as their guardian angel, but Eric's sense of duty and his sanity are about to be tested by a most uncommon criminal in the Twilight Zone.
- ConnectionsReferences Dirty Harry (1971)
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If a dead pimp keeps calling you, be sure to block their calls!
While most Americans won't recognize her, this episode features Gabrielle Miller, who played Lacey on the long-running Canadian comedy "Corner Gas". If you haven't seen it...do...it's hilarious and currently on Netflix.
Aside from seeing Ms. Miller, there isn't a lot I loved about this episode. It seemed pretty silly. Usher (yes, THAT Usher) plays a cop who seems overly invested in protecting the hookers on his beat...particularly a young one named Carla. Her pimp is a real piece of work and the cop kills him. Now here's where it gets weird...he starts receiving threatening calls from the pimp...the dead pimp! What's next? See the show.
The plot to this one is a bit silly. What is more silly is the very whitebread version of the streets you see in the show...with well fed, healthy, well-coiffed hookers who look like hookers you'd see on "Full House" or "Family Matters"! All in all, a pretty inconsequential episode that easily could have been better.
Aside from seeing Ms. Miller, there isn't a lot I loved about this episode. It seemed pretty silly. Usher (yes, THAT Usher) plays a cop who seems overly invested in protecting the hookers on his beat...particularly a young one named Carla. Her pimp is a real piece of work and the cop kills him. Now here's where it gets weird...he starts receiving threatening calls from the pimp...the dead pimp! What's next? See the show.
The plot to this one is a bit silly. What is more silly is the very whitebread version of the streets you see in the show...with well fed, healthy, well-coiffed hookers who look like hookers you'd see on "Full House" or "Family Matters"! All in all, a pretty inconsequential episode that easily could have been better.
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