This show's no stranger to intense scenes - usually of the violent sort - but "Code 4" is a real gut-punch. From its very opening shot - a bruised and exhausted Sammy, a bloodcurdling cry of anguish down the hospital hallway - you know it's going to be rough. You just don't expect the knuckles to actually go white. It's been a few years since I first watched this, and the memory of having to catch my breath is vivid.
It's a fine episode throughout, with Sammy and Ben (in different situations) losing sight of what's important. One's distracted by a loopy wife and the other's full of himself. It's a day full of hard lessons when you take your eye off the ball in this business. The cases are interesting, the performances are solid, and everything proceeds as top-shelf "Southland" . . . before you're blind-sided by that ending.
10/10
It's a fine episode throughout, with Sammy and Ben (in different situations) losing sight of what's important. One's distracted by a loopy wife and the other's full of himself. It's a day full of hard lessons when you take your eye off the ball in this business. The cases are interesting, the performances are solid, and everything proceeds as top-shelf "Southland" . . . before you're blind-sided by that ending.
10/10