Southland: Season 2

2010 · 6 episodes · ★ 8.4

What Season 2 of Southland

Season 2 of Southland returns to the officers of the Los Angeles Police Department with new partners and new cases. Lydia Adams works with Rene Cordero while Detective Clarke remains hospitalized, and she has to balance her investigations with her life with her mother. Chickie Brown starts out with Officer Ferguson and hopes to join SWAT. John Cooper keeps training Ben Sherman, who patrols alone for the first time and doubts he's cut out for the job. In the gang unit, the relationship between Salinger and Puente grows increasingly tense. The series focuses on the characters more than the cases.

6episodes

Mar 2, 2010released

Apr 6, 2010Latest episode

4.2 hrtotal runtime

Season 2 Episodes

2x01 Phase Three
Mar 2, 2010 · 42 min
Lydia and her new partner, Detective Rene Cordero, investigate the disappearance of an elderly man. Meanwhile, Nate and Sammy investigate a freeway shooting and inadvertently threaten the integrity of a major undercover operation. Elsewhere, Chickie finds herself in the middle of a mini-riot after her new partner panics and takes a shot at a 13-year-old boy.
Directing: Christopher Chulack · Writing: John Wells, Ann Biderman · Starring: Mario Cortez, Roxana Brusso, Jermaine Jackson, Robert Vazquez
2x02 Butch & Sundance
Mar 9, 2010 · 42 min · ★ 8.2
John and Ben are the first responders to a gruesome triple homicide in Hancock Park, where a mother is bludgeoned to death and her young daughters are found bound, gagged, raped and dead in their bedrooms. In investigating the case, Lydia and Rene realize they have two very different investigation styles. Meanwhile, Sammy continues to have problems with his wife and Ben confronts John about his increasing reliance on pain pills.
Directing: Nelson McCormick · Writing: Mitchell Burgess, Robin Green · Starring: Emily Bergl, Jonathan Castellanos
2x03 U-Boat
Mar 16, 2010 · 42 min
Ben, assigned to work on his own for the first time, responds to a call about a 9-year old girl who wandered off and finds himself emotionally distraught over a woman who is being harassed by an ex-lover with a tendency towards violence against women. Lydia and Rene spend the day checking assisting Brianna, the mother of the baby found crawling down the street. Over in Gangs, Detective Gil Puente leads the task force to take down ex-banger Trinny Day, but clashes with Sal and Sammy who find him loud and abrasive. When Chickie is assigned to ride with John for the day, he discovers she has no "command presence" and has lost her edge, suggesting it may be time for her to get out of police work.
Directing: Christopher Chulack · Writing: Ann Biderman · Starring: Tom Virtue, Lily Holleman
2x04 The Runner
Mar 23, 2010 · 42 min
Lydia and Rene are called to Compton to investigate the murder of a young SULA student, only to discover that the girl was not exactly who her parents claimed she was. Meanwhile, John takes Ben with him to Indian Wells to attend the funeral of his friend, a cop who committed suicide. On the way back, they stop at the rehab center to check in on Dewey.
Directed by: Guy Ferland · Written by: Diana Son · Starring: Roxana Brusso, Jonathan Castellanos
2x05 What Makes Sammy Run?
Mar 30, 2010 · 42 min
After two men murder a man in a crowded nightclub, Nate discovers his daughter was an eyewitness. Meanwhile, tensions rise between Sal and Gil on the gang task force, and Sammy confronts his wife, Tammi, after discovering she has been photographing gang members.
Directing: Félix Alcalá · Starring: Mark Elias, Emily Bergl, Mario Cortez, Jonathan Castellanos
2x06 Maximum Deployment Season Finale
Apr 6, 2010 · 42 min
John, Ben, and Chickie are sent out as part of a maximum deployment to capture the “Canyon Rapist,” a perp who's been impersonating a cop. Russell is back, but on light duty as he continues to struggle with his recovery after being shot. While working a double-homicide with his old partner, Lydia, he discovers he's no longer up for the job. Sal plans a special night out to commemorate his wife's promotion, but their evening is ruined when their daughter reveals Sal’s affair with TV news reporter Mia Sanchez. Chickie gets a chance to prove to herself -- and others -- that she still has what it takes to be a good cop.
Starring: Roxana Brusso, Micah Tayloe Owens, Avner Garbi, Denise Crosby