Investigating a shooting, the Rookies learn the victim Miller wore a police uniform as a costume. In the next attack, Webster loses his sight temporarily; despite this disability, he helps b... Read allInvestigating a shooting, the Rookies learn the victim Miller wore a police uniform as a costume. In the next attack, Webster loses his sight temporarily; despite this disability, he helps break the case.Investigating a shooting, the Rookies learn the victim Miller wore a police uniform as a costume. In the next attack, Webster loses his sight temporarily; despite this disability, he helps break the case.
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- (as Pat Stitch)
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A great episode, it begins with a startling shoot out of a man being shot in his apartment. It turns out the guy was in a police uniform as a masquerade costume the night before, this turns into the story of the ambushes on cops. After Terry is wounded he is helped by a nurse Lynn, a Southerner new to the area. Brooke Bundy is adorable as Lynn, who is sweet and naive, but has never been friends with a black person. They have good scenes together and provide entertaining moments in addition to the suspense of capturing the killers.
I really loved the interactions between Terry and Lynn and laughed about how she told him his music would brutalize him. I could see their relationship going further if the storyline had been longer. They really were great together! Another part I liked was when Willie was visiting Terry in his hospital room and he told Terry how he sorry he felt because he was to blame for Terry getting ambushed. Terry did get a little melancholy, but he never showed any anger or frustration. This part would've been better if it could've been expanded to show more emotional overtures, like maybe opening up to Willie about how scared he was, or maybe unleashing his temper in a fit of anger over his helplessness.
One part was a bit lame, and that's the part where Jill just openly gave Buzz Terry's address, without knowing who he really was. I felt it "rushed" the ending a bit, with the killers knowing just how to find him. Freely giving out info to a perfect stranger just doesn't happen.
All in all, this was one of the best episodes of the series. Great acting by everyone, this should not be missed!
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Did you know
- TriviaThis episode about the connection between a (temporarily) blind black man and a caring white woman, takes inspiration from similarly titled "A Patch of Blue" (1965). That movie focuses on the connection between a blind white woman and a caring black man.
- GoofsThis is when Terry and Lynn are in Terry's car going on their picnic. Lynn noticed the suspects' green van following them by looking in the rear-view mirror...only, there is no mirror in the car. It should be noted that she didn't look in either the left or right side-view mirrors, she specifically looked up where the rear-view mirror would normally be.
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Dr. Cooper: [Officer Terry Webster has been taken to Memorial Hospital after two snipers shot at him while he was in his police car. When the bullets struck the car windshield, numerous fragments of glass were shattered and blown into his eyes. He is now in the hospital operating room and is lying faceup on the OR table, awaiting surgery to remove the glass fragments. He's been given a sedative to help calm him, but he is fully awake and conversing with the eye surgeon, Dr Cooper. Terry's vision is very blurry, which the viewers are seeing from his perspective] Officer Webster, can you hear me?
Officer Terry Webster: [Terry's frightened eyes are open and his soft voice is somewhat muffled by the sheet that has been placed over his nose and mouth. He nods slightly as he answers Dr Cooper] I hear you.
Dr. Cooper: [the doctor and nurse are looking down at Terry. Their faces and the overhead lights are blurry as he peers up at them] There are a great many slivers of glass in both your eyes, Officer Webster. I'm going to try to remove them, but I need your help. Do you understand what I am saying?
Officer Terry Webster: [Terry, peering up at the doctor, answers in a low, shuddering voice] I understand.
Dr. Cooper: [Dr Cooper continues his dialogue with Terry, looking down at him] I can't put you to sleep, Officer Webster, because in trauma cases, there's too much of a possibility of... nausea. You've been sedated, but a certain amount of discomfort... will be unavoidable... until the anaesthetic takes effect. Do you understand what I've just said to you?
Officer Terry Webster: [Terry's eyes, which have swelled up, are beginning to leak tears, which start to drip onto the surgical hat that is covering his hair. He sighs, then answers the doctor softly] Sounds like... . you're reading me my rights.
Dr. Cooper: [Dr Cooper confirms his question to make sure Terry fully understands what is going on] I just want to make sure you understand what's going to happen.
Officer Terry Webster: [Terry's soft voice is very calm and quiet, even though he's scared to death] I get it... let's do it.
Dr. Cooper: [the doctor pulls the overhead magnifier over closer to Terry's face and positions it directly over his wide-open, apprehensive eyes; its light shines brightly into them. Dr Cooper, reaching over for an instrument on the tray, replies to Terry in a calm, assured voice] All right... here we go...
[Dr Cooper begins the tedious surgery of removing the many tiny glass fragments from Terry's eyes. He looks thru the lenses on the magnifyer and uses tweezers to begin removing the glass fragments from Terry's eyes. It is very blurry as he begins the procedure, as the viewers are seeing it from Terry's perspective]
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- 743 S Carondelet St, Los Angeles, California, USA(exterior: gunmen on rooftop shooting at Terry & Willie after shooting Karl Miller)
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