A Short-Lived American Police Drama that follows rookie officer Rico Amonte (Danny Nucci) training under John Henry Barnes (Ernie Hudson) and learns the ropes of LAPD.
The show also features Mercedes Colon, Travis Schuldt, Scott William Winters, Indigo, and Miguel Sandoval.
It aired on ABC for one season from 2003-2004.
Tropes for the series:
- Alliterative Name:
- Mike Moran.
- Angelo Amonte.
- Lemony Narrator: Trainee Deputy Rico Amonte does a lot of this, often ruefully commenting on his own shortcomings in the process.
- One-Word Title: Badlands.
- Only a Flesh Wound: Subverted as Amonte intentionally shoots a suspect in the leg and is immediately chewed out by his experienced partner Barnes - deadly force is in play once guns are drawn, and aiming anywhere other than center-mass with intent to kill is dangerously irresponsible.
