"10-8: Officers on Duty" (2003) TV series 2003-2004

Creators:

Louis St. Clair
Jorge Zamacona

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

28 September 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Crime

Plot:

Rico Amonte was brought out to LA by his older brother Angelo, a detective in the LAPD Robbery/Homicide Division...

Plot Keywords:

Deputy | Police | Lapd | Detective | Police Officer

Cast

Danny Nucci	...	Deputy Rico Amonte (15 episodes, 2003-2004)
Ernie Hudson	...	Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes (15 episodes, 2003-2004)
Scott William Winters	...	Senior Deputy Matt Jablonski (15 episodes, 2003-2004)
Michael Dotson	...	Deputy Jackson (15 episodes, 2003-2004)
Travis Schuldt	...	Deputy Chase Williams (14 episodes, 2003-2004)
Christina Vidal	...	Deputy Gabriela Lopez (14 episodes, 2003-2004)
Miguel Sandoval	...	Captain Otis Briggs (14 episodes, 2003-2004)
Charlie Shanian	...	Deputy Mike Moran (14 episodes, 2003-2004)
Jamie Luner	...	Senior Deputy Ryan Layne (8 episodes, 2003-2004)

Also Known As:

10-8 (USA) (short title)
10-8: Police Patrol (UK) (promotional title)

Runtime:

USA:60 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Hungary:16

Filming Locations:

Highland Park Police Station - 6045 York Blvd., Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Spine Films

Trivia:

Ernie Hudson, who plays Los Angeles Sheriff's Department Deputy John Henry Barnes, is in real life a Reserve Deputy for the neighboring San Bernadino County Sheriff's Department.

Quotes:

Man in jail: I'm sad!
[crying]
Deputy Rico Amonte: Well, why are you sad?
Man in jail: Larry!
Deputy Rico Amonte: Larry?
Man in jail: The guy you found in my truck. How is he?
Deputy Rico Amonte: Well, you know he's dead, so there's that.
Man in jail: I know, but they'll bury him proper, won't they?
Deputy Rico Amonte: Of course they will.
Man in jail: Good. He was like my family.
[...]

Very weak and clichéd police show

This show was really bad, and it was so clichéd that who ever green-lighted it should be put in a dress and a blond wig and thrown into the showers at Riker's Island. The main character, Amonte, who is fresh out of the academy and very idealistic, is paired up with the veteran, Barnes, who seems cynical but is really a good guy and a faithful community servant. And of course they come from different cultural backgrounds. This is so predictable, and basically out of the "T.J. Hooker"-handbook for creating a mediocre cop show. The worst part about the show, however, is the voice-over done by the Amonte-character. There is a voice-over throughout the show and always a closing epilogue, just to make sure that we, "the stupid audience", understand the vaguely hidden moral points of today's episode, here are some examples: "Cops may seem insensitive but it is a necessary facade", "It is important that kids have positive role models", "Violence never solved anything". If you find this show to be anything than a huge insult to your intelligence, then you probably think that "The Simple Life" is a greater cultural gem than Shakespeare's "Macbeth".