Training Day

5.6
201742m

Production

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Fifteen years after the events of the feature film, Kyle Craig is assigned to go undercover in an elite squad of the LAPD as Detective Frank Rourke’s trainee to spy on him and report on his off-book methods. As Frank starts teaching his principled trainee the way of the streets, they form an uneasy alliance that will change the course of both their lives irrevocably.

Seasons

13 Episodes • Premiered 2017

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1. Apocalypse Now

7.0

Young, idealistic officer Kyle Craig is tapped to go undercover in an elite squad of the LAPD where he partners with a morally ambiguous veteran detective.

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2. Tehrangeles

6.0

Kyle grows concerned that Frank’s rogue tactics will put a kidnapped girl’s life at even greater risk after a former member of Muammar Gaddafi’s Amazonian Guard becomes involved in the deal and ups the stakes for the girl’s return.

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3. Trigger Time

6.0

The rift between Kyle and Frank grows when Kyle refuses to adhere to one of Frank's morally ambiguous rules, but the pair must put aside their differences when they learn the notorious hitman known as "El Cucuy" is targeting members of the Russian mob in Los Angeles.

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4. Code of Honor

When Frank's longtime friend and informant is killed by Yakuza assassins, his quest for revenge puts him and Kyle at odds with an FBI agent whose operation against the Yakuza is jeopardized by Frank's actions.

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5. Wages of Sin

Deputy Chief Lockhart opens an internal investigation into a past shooting which could cost Frank his badge and freedom, forcing Kyle to help Frank clear his name or risk losing the one man who could help him solve his father’s murder.

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6. Faultlines

An investigation into weapons trafficking becomes personal for Tommy when an old friend becomes connected to the case. Also, Lockhart demands to see results from Kyle’s investigation into Frank’s actions, leading Frank to reveal surprising information to his trainee

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7. Quid Pro Quo

Kyle’s morals are put to the test when Frank involves him in a plan to take down a criminal defense attorney who has been helping his clients eliminate witnesses.

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8. Blurred Lines

The hunt for a father-and-son crime team becomes personal for Frank, who is forced to face the parallels between the duo and his own childhood as the son of an outlaw.

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9. Bad Day at Aqua Mesa

Frank and Kyle seek justice for a community organizer who is accidentally killed in a gang-related shooting.

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10. Sunset

8.0

Frank and Holly’s worlds collide when several of her call girls go missing, leading the SIS to investigate an eccentric, reclusive Hollywood producer.

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11. Tunnel Vision

The hunt for a suspected terrorist takes an emotional toll on Kyle who is convinced that he encountered the suspect during his service in Afghanistan.

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12. Elegy (1)

Kyle’s trust in Frank is shattered when he learns that Frank has been lying to him about the circumstances surrounding his father’s death.

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13. Elegy (2)

Kyle, Tommy and Rebecca must rescue Frank when he goes on a rogue mission to Mexico to locate intel linked to the murder of Kyle’s father.

Cast

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Bill Paxton

Frank Rourke

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Justin Cornwell

Kyle Craig

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Katrina Law

Rebecca Lee

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Drew Van Acker

Tommy Campbell

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Reviews

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GenerationofSwine

1/10

First off, it was doomed to failure from the start. Training Day wasn't a good movie, it didn't have a good plot, it didn't have a good story. What it had was Denzel Washington giving one of the best performances in recent memory. He did an epic job, and it's that work that made people like the movie.

People didn't watch Training Day because it was good, they watched it because Denzel was great. And Training Day without Denzel... sucks. No one is going to be interested in it, because it was a "meh" at best, with a performance from ONE man that people still talk about.

Give it another 20 years, people will probably still be talking about Denzel's performance in Training Day.

Let's be honest, they don't watch it for Ethan Hawke. People don't even watch it because they like the movie, they watch it because they loved Denzel's role in the movie.

But it was also 2017, and they had to race swap the bad guy, which people were already starting to roll their eyes at back then. It's also a big red flag. Washington was LEGENDARY in the movie, and that couldn't be made today because he's... Black. There, I said it.

Denzel Washington is Black and because of his race, we could possibly be deprived of another legendary performance because villainy in Hollywood is exclusively reserved for white men. Let that sink in for a moment.

The best role of 2001, a role that Denzel nailed, a role that he will go down in history for... and it can't be made today because Denzel is Black. Maybe they would cast him in Hawke's place, but that wouldn't give him the ability to pack the punch he had in the film. That role just wasn't as good, he couldn't take it away like he did.

So, 2017 comes around, they race swap the character and they attempt to make the film into a TV series without the one thing that people care about, the one thing that people liked about the movie... Denzel Washington.

You've reached the end.