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At the heart of the show is the patrol-car pair of Officers John Cooper (Michael Cudlitz) and Ben Sherman (Ben McKenzie).
Turned On by TV Again Nancy deWolf Smith 2010
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Southland's third season kicks off Tuesday, with a superb returning cast that includes the patrol-car pair of John Cooper (Michael Cudlitz), a tough, by-the-book veteran cop suffering from a bad back and a prescription-drug addiction, and Ben Sherman (Ben McKenzie), a handsome rookie from a wealthy family who's finding his way but increasingly concerned about his partner's drug dependency.
The One That Got Away Michael Judge 2010
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There was a millicent patrol-car waiting outside, and this veck they called Rex was the driver.
Where's the show? John Myles Aavedal 2010
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But when no one picked up Buddy from the pound after three days, the holding period stipulated by the city, the police-cum-dog catchers gassed him with the patrol-car exhaust.
For Town Cops, It Ana Campoy 2010
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They looked at each other over the patrol-car roof.
Little Bee Chris Cleave 2008
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Others, like installation of patrol-car video cameras to monitor interactions with civilians, will need funding from a city council that has long been cowed by the imperious Gates.
Damned--But Defiant 2008
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They looked at each other over the patrol-car roof.
Little Bee Chris Cleave 2008
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They looked at each other over the patrol-car roof.
Little Bee Chris Cleave 2008
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While the plot points swell (the bullets that killed the girl are traced to the same gun that was used by her boyfriend's father in a robbery back in the 1980's that landed Jimmy in jail, and even tangential children become suspects), the clouded relationships intensify between Sean and his patrol-car partner (Laurence Fishburne); Dave's wife (Marcia Gay Harden) and Jimmy's wife (Laura Linney), who are cousins; and Dave and everyone else.
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Heard, after the solid thunk of the patrol-car door closing, the click of a hammer being pulled back.
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