5 stars Poor Cooper can’t make the right choice to save his soul. He sees everything he wants slipping away from him, but he just can’t seem to stop himself from slipping into the same old habits that put him on the wrong track. Near the beginning of this episode, Cooper is dumbstruck when an unlikely source tells him: “Mistakes don’t have a big neon sign telling you what they are when you choose them. People just do things. They fuck up.” As usual, pithy observations come through characters in the story, like when Parker says, “Best cops are just criminals with a badge.” Similarly, sometimes the police force is just another form of a gang, with different uniforms. Later, when the top brass is celebrating the success of Parker and Sofia on the resolution of a case they worked, Sofia says, “They’re celebrating that they were smart enough to hire us. It’s their good deed, having the foresight to know we'd be good at our job.” Joe sees Lane again and is forced to recognize that, even though she never asked him for money she is an escort. Tearfully, she tries to explain it to him as they sit together in a bar and the waitress suspects him of abusing her. Joe gets annoyed and snaps, “People cry sometimes, it doesn’t always mean abuse.” She responds, “But sometimes it does.” Joe has a gut feeling that Lane is manipulating the situation, but he ignores his intuition and decides it’s time to set his plan in motion. Cooper manages to wriggle out of charges for selling guns with Roy because Sanders covers for him. In no uncertain terms, Sanders warns him this is his last chance. He tells him to keep his nose clean and stop butting into police business, but Cooper just can’t seem to help himself. When Jacob offers him a spot on the team to pull off the heist of the armored truck, Cooper finds himself sucked into the plan. He just can’t decide whether he’s doing it as a cop looking to go undercover again or a criminal because he has gotten so used to that lifestyle. December 26, 2020
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