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 Cyndi Glass: I like the tension between Penhall and Booker, and especially Penhall’s undying loyalty toward Hanson, even to the point where he lies on the stand to protect him since the "absolute truth" was not true (Hanson HAD told Penhall that he killed the cop, but that was before they knew there were other people there shooting as well and Hanson thought it must have been his bullet, even if accidental). I like it that Penhall brings him food and takes care of him when he’s in hiding and refuses to give him up. Hanson’s protectiveness of Penhall is also apparent when he asks Penhall to be the one to arrest him, so that he would be cleared of harboring a wanted fugitive. I also like the continuity - Season 3 opened with distrust between Hanson and Booker, an immediate dislike and disdain for each other’s methods of police work - and a burglary committed by Hanson, in which he found papers proving that Booker was an IAD plant in Jump Street. Booker could not have forgotten this so soon, and it was all too logical for him to seize onto the fact that Hanson had illegally broken into the cop’s house as well. It’s sad to see Hanson totally giving up. His eyes show, though, that he’s learning lessons - when Hanson’s attorney tells him that even burglars have rights, it’s a new concept for formerly gung-ho cop Hanson. It’s nice to see everyone there to support him in court, and their anguish when he is found guilty of murder and sent to prison. What I can’t fathom is how fans of the show stood it when these were originally broadcast and they had to wait an entire 4 months to find out if Hanson got out of prison or not, instead of one day.

John DeCarli: Yes, this really is about partners. After Farrell questions Penhall, he says that Penhall has no idea what it's like to be a good partner (partner means life, etc.). Later on, we see just how good a partner Penhall is: bringing Hanson money and lying on the witness stand. Nice idea to have Hanson's mother at the trial. I think the beginning "montage" of part one clips shows someone picking up Hanson's gun after he drops it - but this isn't in the original show (an FX edit?). But there's an even worse edit in this one. When the prosecutor asks the forensics expert, "In your opinion, the fatal bullet (came from) Psycho's gun?" EDIT: "Correct." Now, since the gun found on Psycho is really Hanson's gun, there's no way this could be right. In fact, I'm just not sure how all the bullet stuff makes sense. In summary: Hanson is surprised by Tower at his house. Hanson ID's himself, and Tower fires several shots at Hanson. Hanson fires one warning shot at Tower (this bullet is never found) and then jumps out the back window. Tower fires a couple more shots at Hanson. Hanson fires at Tower (missing him) and then drops his gun and escapes. Farrell shoots Tower. Psycho picks up Hanson's gun (did he see Farrell kill Tower?) Forensics finds three sets of bullets just before Psycho gets killed, and they find that the gun he has (Hanson's) was used for warning shot - but was not the gun which killed Tower. OK, so why don't the police check the serial number of the gun found on Psycho and ID it as Hanson's? Penhall and Booker managed to do it for Farrell's gun in the next episode. Am I missing something here? Something else: why doesn't Hanson "take the fifth" when the prosecutor asks him if he committed burglary. Whatever happened to his rights against self-incrimination?

Ultimately, however, this episode is about the Hanson/Penhall friendship, and on that level, it succeeds.

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