Ben’s TVGuide.com Blog: Phase Three

by on Mar.02, 2010, under Cast, Cast Blogs, Reviews

Southland‘s Ben McKenzie Thanks Fans, Previews “Phase Three”

by Benjamin McKenzie

Benjamin McKenzie as Officer Ben Sherman

I will be blogging the new episodes of Southland, which begin airing March 2 on TNT. In future posts, I’ll try to provide funny and/or insightful commentary (emphasis on the word try), but I’d like to devote this first post surrounding the Season 2 premiere to a different purpose: to say thank you.

The title of this episode is a reference to the third and final phase of a rookie officer’s probationary period in the LAPD. But I believe it also serves as a decent metaphor for the experience all of us have had working on Southland. A probationary officer only enters into Phase Three after enduring an enormous amount of grief. He must prove himself over and over again, both to his training officer and to others on the force. He must show that he is worthy of wearing the uniform. Nothing about his experience is easy. And nothing about making Southland has been easy either.

Read more at http://www.tvguide.com/News/Southland-Ben-McKenzie-1015541.aspx

Photo credit Mitch Hasaath

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