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A Short-Lived American crime series that has an FBI agent (Joe Pantoliano) training young officers for undercover work.

The series features Hill Harper, Anna Belknap, Lola Glaudini, Tanya Wright, Ed O'Ross, Mary Mara, and Brent Briscoe.

It aired on CBS for one season.


Tropes for the series:

  • Alliterative Name: Sylvia Sanchez.
  • FBI Agent: Renato is an agent training recruits to work undercover.
  • First-Episode Twist: The first episode has Joe Renato assign his new recruit to investigate a gang leader. When it seems like she's in over her head, he comes in and reveals that the gang leader is another of his agents and it was only a training exercise. The agent posing as the gang leader is another regular. This revelation works better due to the fact that the agent posing as the hang leader is played by a then-unknown Hill Harper, who isn't that unknown anymore.
  • One-Word Title:
    • Pilot.
    • Hardcore.


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