Southland (TV Series) Code 4 (2011) User Reviews

Gut Wrenching

[njmul22 · 10/10 · 26 January 2011]

This episode was the most beautifully created and epically acted/edited/written/directed of any in the series, let alone any series.

The entire episode has great dialog and plots but all leading up to the final event (discussed below), which took everyone by surprise.

********SPOILERS BELOW******************* The final scene we think as a normal situation for Sammy and Nate, but once we arrive we find it is anything but. With Nate down Sammy has to fend off the dozens of gangsters all while getting Nate help. I was standing up crying, hoping that someone would come to their rescue and Nate would be alright.

I was wrong. Nate had died and the final scene with Sammy and Nate's wife, crying was emotionally moving and just brilliant. I was crying for over 10 minutes.

Amazing and nothing short of.

Best Cop Show Ever

[KillravenTorrid · 10/10 · 25 January 2011]

This show gets better and better every week. The character development is phenomenal and it's not afraid to shake things up week after week. Lydia (Regina King) is one of the best characters on TV, strong but caring, and very smart. Even the REALLY irritating characters (Tammi Bryant played by Emily Bergl) are very well written and keep you wanting more. John Cooper and Ben Sherman are a great team, I love the stories that these two characters share on a weekly basis. THANK YOU TNT for doing what NBC wasn't smart enough to do and keep this show on the air. I am amazed that this show doesn't get more viewers on a weekly basis, people do not know what they are missing every week. This show blows all the other drama's out of the water. I hope it lasts for 20 seasons.

Hello, ton of bricks, how've you been?

[Mr-Fusion · 10/10 · 25 January 2017]

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

I can't watch this episode again

[jjsoltis · 8/10 · 22 May 2022]

I've watched the entire series several times but only watched this episode once. I cannot watch it again. I just skip over it. Once was enough. Not gonna give it up.

Southland- All This in A Day's Work ***

[edwagreen · 7/10 · 26 January 2011]

There is just too much going on here. The episode also shows you the errors that police officers could make. That domestic violence case was a perfect example. It's not great getting hit by a frying pan. Tie up that hysterical woman immediately, please.

How do you like that 14 year old with thick glasses the brains behind bumping off his gangster uncle? The mother was as hostile as they come, but you'd think that this was the case because she was so disgusted with her brother. Looks are definitely deceiving.

Gang violence seems to be part of the L.A. scene. What a shame. What a tragedy at the end of the episode as well.