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Give me the beautiful heightened-reality absurdity, not the deeply unpleasant cop drama we get instead.
As a wise womanonce sang, Mama, its amazing what baking can do.
But Rob makes a run for it, and Athenas pursuit ends abruptly after she pulls her hamstring.
The first 9-1-1 call of the episode comes from Encino Studios, whereHotshotsis currently being filmed.
How quickly they forget!
A million alarm bells go off in my head and in Athenas.
Athena shares her concerns about Sparkss live-wire personality with Hen.
Two things can be true at the same time!
Get this guy off the street, yo.
No one listens to me, however, and Athena and Sparks return to patrol.
(Now that we know its an alias, lets acknowledge that Flash Rob is a cute pun.)
Adding insult to injury, the probie thanks Athena for the assist.
Sure, it looked cool as hell, but at what cost?
Maynard reassigns Sparks to Officer Vargas, as if that will solve the problem.
This guy is so clearly a villain it boggles the mind that only Athena seems to see it.
Athenas husbands problems are a little less of a ticking time bomb, but equally contrived.
Chief Simpson arrives at the 118 and saysHotshotsproduction is desperate to have Bobby back.
Bafflingly enough, Gerrard starts crying.
He loves being technical advisor onHotshotsand he just wants Brad to like him.
Theres probably not much to be done there Gerrard is deeply unlikable!
Clearly wounded, Brad decides to take out his anger on the waitress (who is also a fan!
), making her cry over putting an extra olive in his drink.
but no, Brad really just sucks.
Bobby snaps and calls him an entitled manchild before threatening to kick his limey ass.
And here I thought there was something special between them.
The resolution to the Sparks storyline is exactly what youd expect.
Sparks and Officer Vargas pull over a woman who identifies as a sovereign citizen and therefore refuses to comply.
In the next scene, Athena is finally using a crutch at a hearing to determine Sparks punishment.
Could we not have arrived here without someone shooting an unarmed woman in front of her child?
Athena wont be the only one in the family with a probie.
Is it wrong that I hope Brad gets taken out of commission with a serious injury next week?
This is not a character Im eager to see more of at this point!
It doesnt help that the episode has him switch from dim enthusiast to cruel monster and back again.
Yes, yes, actors are crazy, but this strikes me as weak writing.
The same goes for Gerrard suddenly having a lot of feelings.
Thats why I was so frustrated by the one bad apple Sparks storyline and Athenas very mixed messaging throughout.
Sometimes, I do hold the series to higher standards!
There was so much going on this week that I didnt get to elaborate on Bucks baking.
Dont discourage him, Chimney tells Maddie.
As someone who stress-baked banana bread last week I get it.
