Rookie Blue – Enter Mrs. McNally

Rookie Blue has tackled a couple of crazy police calls in its two plus seasons, and having to draw down on an eleven year old boy has to be near the top of the list. Domestic calls are never easy, especially when the representative from Child Protective Services ends up being McNally’s long lost mother. Family drama, via Shaw’s confession, finally gets Dov Epstein to open up a little bit.

It may have been the B – or maybe even C – story, but I enjoyed Shaw and Epstein’s arc more than any other in the episode this week. There’s something about their dynamic that works well, proven by how they found some level of comfort in each other. Epstein continues to deal with the guilt of killing a suspect in “Good Shoot;” this is something that he’ll live with the rest of his life. I like that about him. A cop should feel guilty about having to take a life, it shouldn’t be easy, and Epstein’s story is showing us that. Shaw’s challenges at home provide the perfect opportunity for them to open up to each other and bond, breaking one of cardinal rules of his time as Epstein’s training officer.

McNally’s reaction to running into her mother was about as I had expected. She’s not exactly the type to forgive her mother for leaving, and her agreeing to have coffee with her is about as much as Mrs. McNally could hope for.

The story about the guns Jerry seized a couple of years ago ending up back on the street didn’t ring true with me. It would seem to me if someone in the evidence lockup was selling guns and other confiscated items on the street, it would be a very big deal, and it just felt discarded here.

Diaz has gone from the good/naïve guy that he was early in the first season to an internet dating site player and a complete ass to Peck. There’s just something so pointless about how he’s acting; he was far from a victim in how their relationship ended. He’s not earned the right to act like a child, yet sleeping around and attempting – poorly – to flaunt it is the person he’s decided to be. I’m not sold on Peck and Collins yet, but if this is who Diaz was going to become, she’s better off.

Notes & Quotes

• “You’ll meet my family when I want to punish or torture you … hey, you want to meet my family?” – Swarek
• “Who hides guns in a kid’s bedroom?” – Nash
  “He had the biggest closet?” – Swarek
• “You think Zoey’s going to want to patch things up?” – Epstein
  “I don’t know. Probably. You know women, right? … Do you? … I don’t.” – Shaw
  “Me either.” – Epstein

Clacked by Ivey West
on Jul 06, 2012 @ 00:42 EST5EDT