2x02 The Night General

a I'm actually extremely offended that they tried to imply that learning by hearing was a disability or that it's classified or labelled as a disability. It's so wildly inaccurate to the point where it's just insanely offensive. Upon learning that her CO prefers to hear books than read them I was mentally expecting her to have sussed out that he's dyslexic. I mean that's an insane guess when he could just be an auditory learning. Then she tried to imply that technically it's a labeled as a disability when it isn't. Who is consulting on this show? Then in the end she says he's a kinesthetic learner which doesn't mean he learns by listening and being active. It would mean that he learns by doing rather than by reading or listening. I'm a kinesthetic learner. I learn board games by playing them. Tim is the type who learns when you explain it to them and still others are types who learn by reading the rules themselves.

All of which is just so bad it's almost as bad as the idea that she "just recorded an audiobook" in .. what must be a few hours for that entire book he has to study. It could have made more sense if she had paid someone to do it like it's hand-wavy but at least that is 10 times more realistic.

So the "what do we do with Nolan" question seems to be answered with a new black cop Det. Nick Armstrong and I love Harold Perrineau even though with Ali Larter and him it feels like a flashback to a tv show that didn't exist like the Heroes/Lost crossover episode. I'm still more than frustrated at the BTS people who let a major character go instead of supporting her actress but it will be nice to see Perrineau in a role that's designed to last rather than constantly being temporary (Z-Nation).

ACAB

Ok so in the ACAB corner I think I'll highlight all the ways the show tries to make cops look better than they are. This is not normally a reflection on the show or it's quality. We've seen time and time again that in real life suspects are shot because they're dangerous or because cops get confused. In this episode we have two suspects who by this logic should be dead. Our bounty hunter gets out of his car as the police approach. And considering he's wearing all this body armor and gear there's no reason he shouldn't have a bullet or two. Our second victim is a diminutive Asian man. The police chuckle as they put away their weapons looking at suspect. (It feels as if they're considering him not a threat because of his size but it could be unprofessionalism on the actors leaking smiles with what may be their stunt coordinator. The suspect attacks with martial arts training. During this fight we see a close up of him constantly reaching to pull the police's weapon from their holster. They fight over access to the holster while the partner gets their bearings and when they do the partner doesn't shoot the suspect.