about twenty seconds worth of civility left in me

Steve's in trouble again, after a suspect dies during a pursuit and no one else arrives on time to witness what happened.

This is one of those eps where the half hour format doesn't really do it justice - and this storyline would be done better a bit later with John Boulton - but this episode doesn't really approach it as a case of 'did he do it?'. The audience sees what happens, it more the reaction of everyone else that the episode focuses on.

Which means this is one of the few eps to really give Paul Stritch a chance to shine - both in his conflict with Andrew and they're attitudes towards current managerial objectives, and as a senior officer in his own right. The targets that he's been enforcing are are what comes to Steve's rescue, and it's nice to see Stritch being smart enough to realise they can be used despite the problems they've been causing up til now.

Double-timing it in NYC, giving Margaret the Rico Glare of Death tm, and stalking Val.

Rosella:

Watching Sonny with Callie:

Danielle:

Christine:

Caitlin. I gotta admit, this one hurts. Or, it would, if it wasn't totally my imagination. 😉

Put them all together like that, and they look even more... innocent, don't they?

No wonder Sonny gave up dating entirely by the 5th season. Good move, boyo.