Additional names include Allan Havey, Marco Rodriguez, Ron Vawter, the white-haired lieutenant, the gallery assistant and the cousin at the bar; several role identities remain unresolved in the discussion.
The unusual sexual slang root, made ironic by Peck's affair with Van's wife.
Unfinished suburban developments as crime-film locations and suspiciously expensive houses revealing corruption.
Faye Grant's performance and the tense Garcia–Travis marriage, with her sexual frustration and his fixation on work. — Bill Simmons
Peck's unconventional co-parenting and the dirty-cop excuse that a woman is his informant.
Replacing the convoluted original ending, with a threatened assault, shooting, window fall and apparent drowning, after hostile test reactions. — Bill Simmons
Xander Berkeley as Rudy and cops forced to work second jobs as mall security.
The cuckolding theme is much more widely recognized in contemporary culture.
The judge is nominated while the actor’s Preston/Prescott surname is uncertain in the discussion. — Bill Simmons
The opening interviewer remembered as Beverly Hills 90210’s Garrett Slane is the stated winner, though the actor’s name is not recalled. — Bill Simmons
Xander Berkeley is added as Sam and Danny’s boss, with his Heat role invoked.
Santiago’s actor Michael DeLorenzo is discussed as a possible fit, though recognition from New York Undercover complicates the category.
Folsom Prison and LAPD detective research; Kevin Gage called Waingro in prison; the real Chicago Waingro; the Wilshire diner's closing; Neil's gray suits and starched collars; Xander Berkeley in L.A. Takedown; the BJ's on Alvarado tweet
Research cited says the cast spent time at Folsom Prison and with real LAPD detectives. — Bill Simmons
Research cited says Kevin Gage, in prison for two years in 2003, was universally called Waingro by inmates and guards. — Bill Simmons
Per Mann, as cited, Waingro was based on a real Chicago criminal who ratted out influential criminals, went missing and was found nailed to a shed wall in northern Mexico. — Bill Simmons
The diner where the diner scene was shot (table 71) on Wilshire was a favored spot, visited with both kids; the hosts say it closed in 2014 and a billionaire should have saved it. — Bill Simmons
Per Mann's commentary, as cited, Neil's gray suits were meant to blend into a crowd and his collars were starched the prison way. — Bill Simmons
Research cited says Xander Berkeley, who plays Ralph, played Waingro in L.A. Takedown, and a Trail Blazers sideline reporter tweeted in 2015 that BJs on Alvarado does not exist. — Chris Ryan
