Boomtown: Pilot

(originally published 01/23/07)

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At 29:50, Joel and Fearless enter Cantrell's apartment, and the grandfather whacks Fearless below the knee with a cane. Fearless grabs his leg and drops to the floor. A third detective enters, shouts "Drop the weapon," and fires a shot into the ceiling, then shouts "Officer down!", a cry that is repeated by a uniformed cop calling it in. Fearless, leaning on a footstool, says, "Officer down?... Officer KNEELING -- not that that didn't HURT, Granddad."

I love that moment, replay it two or three times, laughing aloud, every time I watch this episode.

At 39:10, when we have seen Cantrell's backstory, and how he got to that point, to that ledge, we learn that the detective's ceiling shot is what caused Cantrell to fall. The very moment that I am replaying, that I can't get enough of, Fearless's "Officer KNEELING," is the moment Cantrell's head hits the sidewalk.

This is a perfect show.

How much longer are they going to make us wait for Season Two?