I like that all three of their informants are very different. Lucy's informant [spoiler] works at a pawn shop, [/spoiler] John's informant [spoiler] makes fake IDs, [/spoiler] and Jackson's informant [spoiler] is an FBI informant. [/spoiler] That's quite the variety.

What is that scene with Nolan and his son at the start. The pounding ringing of the doorbell? Who does this? The constant electrical box fire? What? He can't open a door and people barge in on him. What show is this? The man is a contractor. This is the one thing we know he's competent doing. Why is it so slapstick now? I mean do people really go in front of the shelf in gun ranges? It strikes me as the sort of thing that would be against the rules. Hahaha. Another laugh out loud moment as drug mule Bianca runs into a car. Did that happen in season 1 because it feels like something that happened to Nolan and he got mocked for it. The Airport scene. What the flying toadstool is that blocking? It just isn't possible that GMC car pulled up and they didn't see the cops standing literally behind the doorway. Who blocked that shot because they're an idiot. Speaking of bad angles and sightlines. Right after that two cars pull up, Mitsubishis I think, and the only clue there are two cars heading for them is that Nolan's sightline shows him looking at two objects. Which was SUPER confusing because there's clearly only one car. Until they both pull up and suddenly everything is confusing. One of the good things about this season and the mixing up is seeing new relationships. A lot of mix and matches. Plus with all the extended cast we're getting a lot more personal life. [spoiler]I refuse to buy the fact that Jackson West KNEW about the relationship between Lucy and John. It's a stupid insert[/spoiler]. Nolan has to deal with whether to do a background check on his son's surprise fiance. In a show about cops there's a very clear way to handle this. You interview her and lead her to tell you what you already know. But because this is a show ABOUT cops they have to play the "Do I do the background check or not" game. And of course the background check was EXACTLY what I expected. She has crime but it's decontextualized. I expect his son will be VERY angry at his dad. Abigail is an idiot for those pregnant jokes. I mean I like her as a character for the 2 minutes we see her but the joke bombs every time. **ACAB** Ok so in the ACAB corner I think I'll highlight all the ways the show tries to make cops look better than they are. This is not normally a reflection on the show or it's quality. This whole episode is about abusing power to force people into danger. I don't have cemented feelings about whether CIs should exist or not but I can't think about criminal informants without thinking about exactly the sort of situations that happen in this episode.

I started watching this show last week, absolutely hooked on "realities" of daily police work. Having said that... How can someone edit an episode so that on a 3-minute mark there's a scene with gun shooting obvious blanks? One shot is when we cannot verify if the person discharging the gun is the actress (playing Nora), bullets clearly hitting silhouette target. Then when we cut to a shot of actress playing Nora discharging her gun, there is a CLOSE-UP on the target and she is shooting like it's the end of days... and the target shows no new bullet holes (obviously shooting blanks). Why? Why would you show such a blatant error AND WITH A CLOSE-UP OF THE TARGET LOL

Very good episode that has a good mix of police and personal stories.

The White Buffalo - Rocky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGVmnHXdBMc