Watching KVille

I made some notes while watching tonight. I think it was a very good show. I had trouble getting people’s names. There’s a Swann who works in the DA’s office. Quite nice!

So here’s the synopsis:

The show started off with several guys running through a swampy area. In the beginning dialog, they said that there was a prison escape but the area they show wasn’t parish prison, that’s for sure. The are they were in was swampy. Supposedly it was OPP (Orleans Parish Prison) but that is not what the area around OPP looks like.

All the local cops were pulled into the man hunt and when they were discussing where the escapees might be, they were talking about the area around Bonnable Blvd. Cool that they ended up in Jefferson Parish right away. Old stomping grounds for me.

Of course, Cobb’s first thought was did he know these guys? He said he didn’t but he had the scoop on how three men can escape together. I don’t know why Cole thought it would be easier to hunt down every possible contact of one of the escapees than actually searching the likely areas, but that’s what they do. Of course, Cobb’s instinct worked out.

I have to mention something here. I like hot sauce. All kinds of hot sauce. The show had Boulet put hot sauce (crystal, I assume) in his oatmeal. Uck. Hot sauce on eggs sure. Even on grits. But oatmeal. Uck.

Cole’s instincts seem to pan out. The contact and escapees are at the airport. They called it Louie Armstrong? Do you call it that? Everybody I know either calls it “the airport” or they call it Moisant.

One escapee says he’s not going back so Marlin has to shoot him in the leg and then hit him in the face. The guy Cobb is after says if he goes back, he’s as good as dead. The prison guard (Carlson) leading the search for the escapees, starts shooting and Cobb knocks him down. The escapee hops in a car, tries to run over Cobb and then takes off. The escapee gets away by nailing a few cars on the down ramp from the airport parking garage.

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Episode 1.2 of K-Ville airs tonight, Sept 24. If you haven’t seen the pilot yet, you can still catch it online from Fox. Episode 1, K-Ville Pilot You’ll need to install a player to watch it.

If you have seen it, make sure to check out my synopsis. Give me feedback on what you like and don’t like. I’ll do more of the same for tonight’s episode.

Episode 1.2 details from fox: BOULET AND COBB TRACK PRISON ESCAPEES AND DETECT A MAJOR CORRUPTION CASE FACING NEW ORLEANS ON “K-VILLE” MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, ON FOX

When a jailbreak triggers a manhunt, NOPD cops Cobb and Boulet follow unconventional leads to New Orleans’ Louis Armstrong Airport. At the scene, unexpected developments hinder the intense search. As the investigation centering on the fugitives unfolds, the scope of the case expands and Cobb’s history and experience are tested. Meanwhile, Captain Embry and Boulet battle frustration in dealing with powerful player Terrence DeVille, the Criminal Sheriff of New Orleans. Boulet, Cobb, “Love Tap” and “Glue Boy” uncover evidence left behind from the prison escape and a money trail, which exposes a deplorable cover-up in the “Cobb’s Web” episode of K-VILLE Monday, Sept. 24 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (KV-103) (TV-14; L, V ) CC-HDTV 720p-Dolby Digital 5.1

Cast: Anthony Anderson as Marlin Boulet, Cole Hauser as Trevor Cobb, Tawny Cypress as Ginger “Love Tap” LeBeau, Blake Shields as Jeff “Glue Boy” Gooden and John Carroll Lynch as Captain James Embry.

Guest Cast: Amanda Righetti as A.J. Gossett, Milena Govich as D.A. Lyndsey Swann, Jamie McShane as Deputy Carlsson, Wayne Duvall as Terrence Deville, Chad Todhunter as Tim Dunlevy, Thomas Elliott as Chris Green, Alex Rayme as Fredi Leon, Maria Soccor as Laurenencia Leon, Rhoda Griffins as Cora Dunlevy, Andrew Masset as Tim Dunlevy, Sr., Mariana Klaveno as Kelly Vert, Rio Hackford as Bartender and David Jensen as Lanky.

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“Blood is Thicker than Water” - Pitbull
“Wade in the Water” Fahnlohnee Harris
“Currently” Fahnlohnee Harris
“Riverwalk Shout” - Riverwalk Jazz Band
“Feel Better” - True Music
“I Got Love” - Nate Dogg
“Everyday Life” - Alchemy
“Blues All Night” Nelsen Adelard
“Cupid Shuffle” - Cupid
“Who’ll Stop the Rain” - COVER BY Vaughan Penn

music, kville, new orleans, pilot, cover

This is a total spoiler. Don’t read on if you don’t want to be spoiled.

When Katrina hit, Marlin Boulet, an NOPD cop did his best to help the people of his city. His partner despaired of the death and destruction and freaked out. He took the patrol car and drove away leaving behind and unbelieving Martin.

Flash forward to today, in New Orleans. Marlin is doing a bit of drinking, a bit more than he should. Today he gets a new partner and runs into the old one. He doesn’t know if he can trust the former because he knows he can’t trust the latter. Both will work to gain his trust.

Partner “nut job”, aka Trevor Cobb, is an afghan vet, specifically Kandahar. He’s a cop from up north. Or is he? Hmmmmm. He’s refers to the neutral ground as the..er..neutral ground. He also knows the streets around town awfully well for a newbie.

While covering a fund raiser, Kasha Fontaine, a singer and close friend of Marlin’s, is shot. The bad guys escape in an old gold beater car. Obligatory car chase ensues. We are treated to a tour of New Orleans at speeds I have not traveled since I was a teenager, ironically on some of the exact same streets. ;-0

The chase ends at a casino. The perps escape into the casino, on foot and are followed by our intrepid heroes. The perps escape but we find out that the cameras in the casino have been moved around so that no video images are captured. Voila! It’s a clue.

Marlin assumes that an old boyfriend of the singer is the guilty party and takes him trawling. Well, dunks him. Best pun of the show: while Marlin is dunking the boyfriend off the side of a shrimp boat, Trevor asks him, “Don’t you think this is overboard?” Bwahahahaha.

At home, Marlin’s wife and little girl can’t deal with the lack of services, schools, crime, etc. They need to leave. They want to head back to Atlanta. Marlin decides he can’t leave. This is his city and someone has to stay behind to take control back from the thugs.

Sometimes you have to stand and fight for what you believe in.

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