Nolan runs into an familiar face while investigating a train robbery. Thorsen rides with Bradford.
Tropes
- The Bus Came Back: Larry Macer returns after being fired from rolecall now working for the railroad police department as a a sergeant. Harper and Lopez are both baffled that he outranks them now.
- Dysfunctional Family: The Bloomfield family. Father is more than happy to out his children as suspects due to them testifying against him while the kids rat out their sibling as the murder.
- Heart Is an Awesome Power: Bradford says every officer has their own power that makes them unique: Harper has nerves of steel, Chen has her empathy, and Nolan knows just what to say to talk people down. Thorsen eventually discovers his own power: first hand knowledge of what it likes to be treated as a criminal.
- Hidden Depths: Despite coming off as hapless, especially after getting booted off the LAPD on his very first rolecall, Larry turns out to be a skilled investigator and showed great attention to detail and deductive reasoning that was vital in solving the case.
- My Greatest Second Chance: Larry mentions he memorized every aspect of the LA railway system so the railroad police would hire, having learned the hard way about first impressions. By the end, he helps solves the case is allowed to officially call in the final arrest to acknowledge that he did a good job, earning Harper and Lopez's respect.
