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Nina Metz Chicago Tribune You don't see cop shows like this on TV anymore. Stark. Naturalistic. Unafraid to let small moments count just as much as the big ones, sometimes even more. Feb 19, 2020 Full Review Brian Lowry Variety The final episode was emblematic of a series that, creatively speaking, appears to have gone out the way it operated - on its own terms, making no allowances for those who might call it too dark, too depressing or too inaccessible to deliver commercially. Nov 19, 2013 Full Review Mike Hale New York Times Southland still gets it right most of the time, and stands above the more popular police and forensic dramas that satisfy our appetite for predictability while insulting our intelligences to greater or lesser degrees. Nov 19, 2013 Full Review Jace Lacob The Daily Beast Southland remains one of the most morally complex and insightful dramas on television today. Feb 19, 2020 Full Review Dorothy Burk Vasquez PopMatters Season five is shaping up to be yet more intense than the previous seasons of Southland. Rated: 9/10 Feb 14, 2020 Full Review Mark A. Perigard Boston Herald Rest easy: The premiere is good; next week's episode is flat-out superb. Rated: B+ Nov 19, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Feb 13, 2013 Hats and Bats John Cooper clashes with a veteran from Afghanistan; Lydia struggles to balance detective work and motherhood; Ben Sherman falls in with a questionable crowd; Sammy Bryant battles Tammi for custody. Details Episode 2 Aired Feb 20, 2013 Heat Mendoza is injured in a drive-by; Ben works to solve the drive-by case; Lydia investigates the murder of a female boxer's husband; Cooper and Steele face off during a traffic stop. Details Episode 3 Aired Feb 27, 2013 Babel LAPD's dispatch system breaks down; Lydia reaches out to an old flame; John is assigned a new partner; Ben and Sammy's partnership is strained. Details Episode 4 Aired Mar 6, 2013 Under the Big Top Lydia and Reuben search for a killer who cooked a man's body; John and Lucero have a day filled with strange calls; Ben and Sammy respond to a bank robbery. Details Episode 5 Aired Mar 13, 2013 Off Duty John considers life after the LAPD; Lydia connects with a man she sent to death row; Sammy becomes a celebrity after a public act of heroism; Ben decides to get a drug dealer arrested; Dewey is put in danger during a foot pursuit. Details Episode 6 Aired Mar 20, 2013 Bleed Out A baby's death shakes Lydia to her core; Sammy is questioned about his altercation with Tammi; Cooper seeks solace in Hicks; Ben grows more involved with Brooke while continuing to see Elena. Details Episode 7 Aired Mar 27, 2013 Heroes John takes drastic measures to try to save Hicks; Sammy's lie weighs heavily on his conscious; Lydia and Ruben track down a John Doe; Ben's relationship with Elena grows serious. Details Episode 8 Aired Apr 3, 2013 The Felix Paradox A drug dealer's funeral brings gangsters out into the open; Lydia and Ruben investigate the murder of Sgt. Hill's son; Ben suspects that Sammy did not destroy the tape; John sinks into loneliness. Details Episode 9 Aired Apr 10, 2013 Chaos Cooper and Lucero are kidnapped and held hostage; Sammy searches for Strokeface; Ben tries to throw Sammy off the trail; Brooke becomes increasingly irrational. Details Episode 10 Aired Apr 17, 2013 Reckoning John deals with the aftermath of his kidnapping; Sammy closes in on the robbers; Lydia pursues John's kidnappers. Details

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