Line #18 Series/TrainingDay


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3	''Training Day'' is a television crime drama adapted from the [[Film/TrainingDay 2001 film]] of the same name. It stars Creator/BillPaxton, Justin Cornwall, Katrina Law, Drew Van Acker and Marianne Jean-Baptiste. The show, which aired on Creator/{{CBS}} for a total of 13 episodes in 2017, was Paxton's last appearance in a TV series before he passed away.
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5	Years after the events of the film, Officer Kyle Craig is a promising officer in the Los Angeles Police Department after joining the force to [[GenerationXerox follow the footsteps of his deceased father, Billy]]. His actions in saving a young child from being killed catch the attention of Deputy Chief Joy Lockhart, who gives him the opportunity to infiltrate the LAPD's Special Investigation Section, which is led by Frank Roarke. Due to concerns that Frank may be using unorthodox tactics as a DirtyCop, Kyle is given the job to investigate him and figure out if he's really gone rogue.
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7	During the course of his assignment, Frank gets to help Kyle [[MythArc solve the mystery of his father and figure out what happened to him after he got shot]] with [[GovernmentConspiracy Frank's suggestion that the LAPD covered his death as a death due to a robbery gone wrong]].
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9	Head [[Characters/TrainingDayTV here]] for the show's character page.
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12	!! ''Training Day'' contains examples of:
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14	* ActionPrologue: The show starts when Kyle and his partner intervene in a domestic dispute when an armed man opens fire with a MAC-11 submachine gun. Kyle tackles him from the side when he's distracted.
15	* ActorAllusion: Eddie Shin previously played a Japanese-American character in the TV version of ''Series/TheManInTheHighCastle''.
16	* BackForTheFinale: Tim Wallace and the 3 Wise Men from the film reappear in the finale. [[spoiler:For Tim, its also a case of BackForTheDead.]]
17	* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:Tim Wallace]] in the finale.
18	* CoolCar: The Yakuza use several Nissan and Toyota cars, such as GT-Rs and 86s.
19	* CopKiller: Theroux and his mercenaries kill several LAPD officers in "Apocalypse Now," including Kyle's old partner, when they ambushed a convoy of vehicles belonging to a drug dealer named Menjivar.
20	* DrivingQuestion: Who killed Billy Craig and who was responsible for covering his death...? [[spoiler:The finale reveals it was Tim Wallace.]]
21	* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: "Tehrangeles" involves the SIS in a kidnapping case with ex-soldiers of the Libyan Amazonian Guards turned mercenaries.
22	** The SIS itself. It's a plainclothes unit meant to investigate the activities of the criminal underworld when conventional approaches would make things impossible to work.
23	* EnemyCivilWar: Prior to the series, Menjivar's lieutenant, Rios, began to muster his authority by taking out sicarios and other figures who were loyal to Menjivar in "Apocalypse Now." This led to an escalation of hostilities between them with Rios creating his own cartel.
24	* PhonyVeteran: A gun shop owner claims to be a Marine Corps veteran. Kyle points out that the man's Marine tattoo has the eagle facing the wrong way and the man admits that it is just a phony gimmick since customers are more likely to buy guns from a veteran. Both Frank and Kyle are disgusted by this.
25	* PillowSilencer: In the episode "Wages of Sin", Jeff takes out one of Chief Wade's men in a public area by using a pillow to muffle the gunshot.
26	* PrivateMilitaryContractors: Some of the enemies SIS takes on are contractors hired by some of the episode's BigBad.
27	* ShownTheirWork:
28	** "Tehrangeles" explains the origin of the Amazonian Guards and why they were created by Gaddafi.
29	* SouthAsianTerrorists: Kyle fought against Taliban guerrillas when he was deployed with the US Army in Afghanistan in peacekeeping operations.
30	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: It's related that among the effects of Alonzo being exposed as a corrupt cop is that ''every'' case he ever worked on is now subjected to appeal, allowing scores of brutal criminals to return to the streets and the crime rate skyrocketing.
31	* {{Yakuza}}: The Yakuza are the BigBad in "Code of Honor" over smuggling new drugs from Myanmar. [[spoiler:And the head is a second-generation Japanese-American businessman.]]

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