SouthLAnd Recap 4.4 – Identity

SouthLAnd Recap 4.4 – Identity

So the call from the last episode that Lydia (Regina King) made to the mystery man has come with some repercussions apparently. Lydia is throwing up in the morning, she has no appetite and as you would have it, is pregnant. This entire episode seemed like an ode to single motherhood as Ruben Robinson (Dorian Missick)  and Lydia investigate the fatal stabbing...

SouthLAnd Recap 4.3 – Community

SouthLAnd Recap 4.3 – Community

Is it me or is officer Ben Sherman (Ben McKenzie) slipping deeper and deeper into the world of Copland and farther away from the white knight that he set out to be when he first donned the uniform? With the new partner in Sammy Bryant (Shawn Hatosy), Ben has bypassed all of his moral standing to become what you can call a “frat boy” for the LAPD. This...

SouthLAnd Recap 4.2 – Underwater

SouthLAnd Recap 4.2 – Underwater

I guess it was about time for our local boyscout Ben Sherman (Ben McKenzie) to have a bad day. This bad day however had him punch a young, black hipster party girl square in the face with a closed fist… and while she may have deserved it, the act was done with a huge crowd of people watching – camera phones running tape to make him e-famous on...

SouthLAnd Recap 4.1 – Wednesday

SouthLAnd Recap 4.1 – Wednesday

There’s something fresh and wonderful about SouthLAnd this season and I cannot put my finger on it. No it isn’t the cute freckled face of Lucy Liu (who has joined the team as John Cooper’s partner “Jessica Tang”), and no it isn’t Lou Diamond Phillips as the jackass vet that breaks Ben Sherman’s balls the entire episode. I think it’s just the...

SouthLAnd Recap 3.10 – Graduation Day

SouthLAnd Recap 3.10 – Graduation Day

While this season ender was the weakest of the set (this being the 3rd season), things did happen to give us viewers closure on many fronts. The episode starts with Lydia (Regina King) waking up to some spooning with Josie Ochoa’s (Jenny Gago) son Rodrigo Morales (Lombardo Boyar)… kudos to him for getting to Never Never Land but how jacked up is...