The Other "L" Word

THIRD WATCH
THE OTHER "L" WORD
01-21-2005 9:00PM

RADIOACTIVE TERRORIST CLEARS THE STATION HOUSE AS EMERGENCY GRIPS
CITY'S PROTECTORS -- MYKELTI WILLIAMSON ("BOOMTOWN") GUEST STARS -- The
55th precinct police station is secretly evacuated when a dying Islamic terrorist is detected to have high
levels of radiation on his body while Detective Cruz (Tia Texada) and a federal agent (guest star Mykelti
Williamson) desperately search for accomplices or a source of the deadly material that could turn New
York into a permanent dead zone. Elsewhere: the police learn that one of their top brass is found dead;
recuperating Bosco (Jason Wiles) is told that he can leave the hospital; and Carlos (Anthony Ruivivar)
re-considers his decision to end his relationship with fellow paramedic Levine (Yvonne Jung). Coby Bell,
Cara Buono, Bonnie Dennison, Nia Long, Molly Price and Skipp Sudduth also star.

~*~

The Other L Word

So what's the L word? I can think of lots of words for those opening seconds of the show and none of
them start with "L". Most of them are synonyms for nausea. Mostly, I just wanna say
EEEEWWWWWWW!!!!!! Ick! Yuck! Blech! Did I turn on Medical Investigation by accident?
Please don't do that to me again.

Jelly: Whoa, Cruz. Nice shirt.

*snickers* I love Jelly. Cruz is disobeying a direct order because, yeah, she looks pretty panicked.

And the JTTF guy - George Jr. Jr.? "We don't know what it is." Yup, he works for the Federal
Government. I'm surprised he didn't say he just had a sour stomach and all the radiation was just an
equipment malfunction.

Carlos: His teeth were falling out on the table. You thought it was a cold?

George Jr. Jr.: You know this is a delicate situation here.

Carlos: So are my testicles.

BWAHAHAHAHA!! Leave it to Carlos. I like George Jr. muttering about Carlos's testicles as he
walked away. This should not be as funny as it is.

PapaSwersky is the coolest. I love Jelly at the firehouse. And DK the coffeecake police. This episode is
about a serious situation and I can't stop laughing.

Jelly: Whoa! You got DVDs?

*snickers more*

I got the eeriest feeling when that phone started ringing in the empty precinct house. Leave it to Cruz to
flirt with George Jr. Jr. while they're waiting to find out about what the guy was carrying. I swear she's a
female Bosco. Next she's going to explain the difference between a burglary and a robbery and ask what
kind of gun he carries.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

"Casablanca" *sigh* I love that movie.

Jelly: How can you watch a movie without any snacks?

I see Jelly taking the fire exam. You know, I would absolutely love it if they would give us a special hour
long version of Sully and Jelly invade the firehouse. Lt. Sugar and PapaSwersky have their hands full.

Sully: How 'bout BUCKETBOY!

Hey, if the fire hose fits.

According to my preteen son, nobody ever says a song is "tight". He won't work for ice cream, but I
think he'd work for pizza. He's his mother's son, so he'd work for CDs. We love Maroon 5. *sings
along* "Come and rest your bones with me." Sorry.

I love the Faith/Emily interaction. I expected more reaction from Faith about Finney being dead. It's also
an entire different ball game on the work front for her.

Emily: What's that mean?

Faith: It means I'm glad I'm not workin' tonight.

Of course, she knows Bosco's still at the hospital so she doesn't need to worry about him being involved.
You're surprised that I have a one track mind? Come on.