NYPD Blue 5/20/03 (1 Viewer)

[Karl_Luph]

Ken, you're right. I think in Tuesday's episode ,the lieutenant had arrived at a crime scene where the store clerk had been shot and Andy and John were already there starting their investigation and in the background scene you could see the lieutenant, unfortunately having to explain to the captain(who was decked out in full uniform)about a glitch in the investigation. I never really noticed this before till you mentioned it Ken , then it came back to me because the captain definitely looked dignified in his uniform.

 

[Scott Van Dyke]

I believe the Lt. had to explain things to the chief of police, if memory serves. I could be wrong.

 

[Randy Tennison]

I think it was the Chief of Detectives (or as they call him, the "Chief of D's")

 

[Karl_Luph]

Thanks guys, I wasn't 100% sure who he was. So the chief of detectives that was shown in the scene, is he a member of precinct 15 or chief over all precincts? Maybe I've never noticed the captain of precinct 15.

 

[TerryW]

The only thing that bothered me about the double-shooting was when Rita shot through the glass the bullet would never go straight. The glass would cause it to change direction. She would almost definitely have missed on the first try until the glass was broken and she could get a clear shot. Still, a great episode.

 

[Ken Chan]

Maybe she got lucky: aimed for center of mass and shot him in the head. I don't recall if they showed the hit.

I'm pretty sure they showed the captain back when Laughlin and Clark boxed. There was the rumor that it was personal, but the two went to the captain and lied so they could fight.

I would imagine the Chief of D's is from HQ, in charge of all detectives. Otherwise, he needs a more accurate job title.

//Ken

 

[doug zdanivsky]

I don't think it would change the trajectory enough so as she would miss completely , not if the distance from the window to the guy was only a few feet.

Still, she probably should have popped off a couple of rounds, just to be sure.

Can't wait till next season!

 

[Karl_Luph]

That's kinda what I thought too Doug, since the slug didn't have but about 10' to travel past the glass, the trajectory of the slug couldn't change that much could it? Any ballistics experts here to add some input?

 

[Randy Tennison]

Hey, it's Hollywood, not the real world. It made for a dramatic effect.

If you want to talk realism, she probably would not have had time to identify the first gun shot, stand, pull her gun, aim and fire before he could walk over to Tony and shoot him. It takes a normal person 1 second to recognize something, and begin to react to it. The startle effect from a gunshot going off would be great. The Secret Services spends a lot of time training this out of their agents on protective detail.

But, as I said before, it made a great ending to the episode.

 

[doug zdanivsky]

That's true enough, I suppose..