Southland (2009–2013)
8/10
Why don't these good shows last?
1 June 2021
Just finished watching the last episode of season one. Astounding!

Good TV shows like this don't seem to last for long. OZ, Homicide, 3rd Watch, Law & Order UK, Southland.

Why? We need more. Please.

Update after nearly finishing all episodes: Now I understand why it was cancelled - they ran out of content.

The main recurring theme is partnership, trust, or lack thereof when some cops make mistakes either intentionally or not. It became tedious by the 4th season.

The other theme is LA crime, and that got tedious quite quickly also because most of these thugs are: mid 20s, petty or gang crime, pregnant girl/wife, ruinign their child's life. It never evolves to other types of crime like corruption or premeditated murder, or whatever. Basically it is too dull to get the attention and when its not (like that police station shoot out) they don't give it enough story (ended up to be just a random guy. Wait, what?! You wasted a good story bois).

It was good while it lasted. Auf Wiedersehen.
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