Loved when nolan said „seargant grey it would be my honor if you would drive with officer west“ „Officer nolan, you know my heart belongs to you“ Jesus i laughed so hard at that
I don't really watch this show, but in my opinion, Nolan is one of the better cops on the force. Why? He can connect with people better because he worked in construction. When you work construction, you have to be able to be able to communicate with everyone on the crew to get the job done. Even the smallest screw up can cost lives on the job site or on the streets. Nolan can read people and talk to them rather than down on them.
Still lots of asshats in that job. I think what helps him, as his Captain who took him on did, was his age. He went into the police force in his mid 40's (the character being a few younger than the actor). He had life experience. He wasn't going to be that 21-24 year old easily swayed by the training officers. It's one of the reasons his training officers didn't want him as well, as Bishop said, there's things he'd have to train out of himself, that he was trained into after 40 years of not being a cop. However, that still left him with a better personality than a lot of the cops. He's then been lucky (because show of course) to be friends with other good cops, or helped some become better cops, even if some still have some issues imo (Lopez imo can push the line).
@@Sonnabend00 Have you actually been watching the show? Grey wasn't fond of Nolan at the beginning and justifiably so, Nolan was a 40-something year old rookie who just squeeked below the age limit, to Grey's point of view Nolan joined the police department as part of a mid-life crisis. But by season 3 Nolan's proved his commitment and worth, Grey is a lot easier on him (plus he's one of the few men his own age in the department, just about the only one who shares the same experiences of having post-teen children). Grey is not Nolan's friend, and he shouldn't be, he's Nolan's Sergeant, but Nolan has his respect.
I get that's what the writers were going for, but that's a hard no for me. I see it as Grey saying the lie he tells himself out loud: that being a jerk and/or a hazing bully isn't going to damage his good cops, only drive out his bad cops. There's a point where the weeding out needs to end; once someone has demonstrated competence, continuing efforts to weed out is just a waste.
Well you’re both right In a job as volatile as law enforcement only the strongest survive or thrive in it but ppl of advanced age tend to be more bull-headed therefore harder to mould as per the unit Very least Grey has outright said his intentions than to have it veiled behind his uniform And as the seasons pass Nolan has survived beyond a regular cop’s duties
Is that a Datsun 240z? My dad has 2 - I learned to drive in the one that same colour - which was a treat because it was a rally car and the engine was wicked.
Watched 5 seasons, some of the episodes multiple times and I still stand by that Talia was in the wrong for this. She had no right pushing into someone's private life!
For officer chen i think its her privacu and its up to her if she want to break up or Continue the relationship. Bishop shouldn't be involve or ask someone to break up bcoz of relationship cause officer chen unable to focus in work.
I’m pretty sure they cared about Chen dating Nolan because they were both rookies, and therefor would be judged solely on their relationship. It’d make Chen look like she slept her way to the top after all her accomplishments later in her career, and didn’t actually earn her place at the LAPD. They’d probably call her a Badge Bunny too. Because they lied about their relationship since they very start, they’d be fired if they got exposed Years later when she gets with Bradford, she already established herself and proved she’s capable of doing the job. Because they admitted it to Grey and everyone else, they didn’t lie. Since Tim bowed out of her chain of command, it wasn’t an ethical issue either. So there’s no reason for the LAPD or IA to be mad about it. That’s at least what I got from it
Just reminder to the chenford fans, us OGs remember these first episodes including her time with Nolan…but funny it was bad to date another cop in these episodes but now doesn’t matter
it´s true that season 1 and 2 were really good and different, then it started to be a bit nonsense and the classic patrolling started to dissapear, however that did not make me start losing interest in that show in any way, I found out about this show maybe half a year ago from youtube, and when I saw more and more videos I had more and more interest in it, it´s true that I came across with some spoiler but yet again this show is absolute must watch, now I´m half way through season 4 and basically I watch 1 episode every day
Actually she was giving solid advice to her because if it was found out about their relationship it would affect her career and how her fellow officers viewed her
Grey got a point. He doesn’t have time to babysit a 40 year old who might be going through a midlife crisis and he’s not going to show any favoritism because of his age. And if Nolan is dedicated then what grey said shouldn’t be a problem
That depends entirely on the job and relative positions. I'm not aware of any military anywhere that allows relationships in the chain of command. And Bishop knows about their relationship because it affected their performance that day, and nearly got her killed because Nolan didn't have her back, running off to help Lucy.
@@ricksimon9867 And I'm pretty sure you know nothing about your own military regs. Military-nuts know everything about every nation's military. It's pretty disturbing. "Know thy enemy" I guess...or whatever. The reality is...there's no military or paramilitary organization on the planet that doesn't officially bar its members from intimate fraternization with one another. It's sometimes overlooked for simplicity's sake, and generally only applies to those relationships within a single chain of command, but otherwise they're just outright forbidden. Every nation in the world is that way. Every. Single. One. Now, police forces around the world might vary...pretty wildly. But plenty of them them also forbid such relationships, for similar reasons. If you prioritize your loved-ones over your exceptionally dangerous and important duty...someone's eventually going to wind up dead. Period. And you'll be exclusively at fault for it. That said, the reality is that she and Nolan are BOTH rookies. There's no chain of command there. Normally, the department wouldn't have cared. Except that Nolan's prioritization of Chen over his partner...nearly got people killed. Had that not happened, everyone probably would've kept looking the other way. But since their relationship had some pretty severe consequences on everyone around them, it got called out...naturally. What's a bit annoying is the fact that nobody bats an eye at Bradford and Chen later on, which is a chain of command issue, and Bradford also puts her over his duty on multiple occasions. But, since nobody gets hurt or is put at risk...everyone keeps looking the other way. It's not at all fair, but nobody really wants fair anyway. Everyone in the world only wants for themselves...some are just better at lying about it. Sometimes to others, sometimes to themselves.
