# "Southland" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 31, 2011, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southland/590887 "2011-07-31T02:46:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eddiec3434](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cab0a1/32.png) [@eddiec3434](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eddiec3434)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southland/590887/1 "2011-07-31T02:46:40Z")
What a great cop show. From radio chatter to cop to cop banter, they got it down. A good representation of just what it’s like to be a cop out here in L.A. L.A.P.D. The toughest hardnosed policeforce in the nation. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southland/590887/2 "2011-07-31T18:03:23Z")
I like Southland, and am glad it was picked up by another network after being cancelled. Looking forward to the new season. It is, however, “Shield-lite”…but quite happy to see that style of storytelling alive and well. If you are going to copy a format, it might as well be from a truly great show. ---
**Author:** ![eddiec3434](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cab0a1/32.png) [@eddiec3434](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eddiec3434)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southland/590887/3 "2011-07-31T19:31:21Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > I like Southland, and am glad it was picked up by another network after being cancelled. > Looking forward to the new season. > > It is, however, “Shield-lite”…but quite happy to see that style of storytelling alive and well. If you are going to copy a format, it might as well be from a truly great show. Shield Lite? Oh like “The Shield” LIte. Yeah, Good call. They really are good at presenting the storyline. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southland/590887/4 "2011-07-31T21:26:08Z")
I think it reaches back earlier than the Shield, to Joseph Wambaugh’s old stock company: the sensitive, tragic cop, the heroic hardass, the goofball, etc. ---
**Author:** ![eddiec3434](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cab0a1/32.png) [@eddiec3434](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eddiec3434)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southland/590887/5 "2011-08-01T16:50:43Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > I think it reaches back earlier than the Shield, to Joseph Wambaugh’s old stock company: the sensitive, tragic cop, the heroic hardass, the goofball, etc. It sure does have Wambaugh written all over it. Yeah the character “Cooper” suffers in silence with his ailing back pain. And the all too loyal “boot” at his side compensating for that back pain while enduring Cooper’s condescending training methods . ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southland/590887/6 "2011-08-01T19:51:40Z")
I saw some of it when in the U.S. and loved it, but they’re not showing it in the U.K. (Well not on the Cable channels I’ve got ) ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southland/590887/7 "2011-08-01T19:52:49Z")
I’ve been enjoying it too. Does anyone know when the next season starts? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southland/590887/8 "2011-08-02T00:39:03Z")
Apparently they’ve just announced Lucy Liu will be appearing in Season 4, set to begin in [January](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/southland-adds-lucy-liu-season-217683) [2012](http://www.hollywoodnews.com/2011/08/01/lucy-liu-joins-season-4-of-southland/). ---
**Author:** ![eddiec3434](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cab0a1/32.png) [@eddiec3434](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eddiec3434)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southland/590887/9 "2011-08-02T03:29:43Z")
I think cops from all over the world should train in L.A. If they could handle that, they could handle anything.