Line #31 Series/NYC22


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3	''NYC 22'' is a CopShow following [[NewMeat six NYPD rookies]] from their first day on the job with the 22nd Precinct. It aired on Creator/{{CBS}} for a month in 2012 before being cancelled due to consistently poor ratings.
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5	The rookies are:
6	* Ray "Lazarus" Harper (Creator/AdamGoldberg): A newspaper reporter laid off due to budget cuts, who apparently had to threaten to sue the department to be allowed into police academy. He is partnered with...
7	* Tonya Sanchez (Creator/JudyMarte): An officer from a family with a criminal history.
8	* Ahmad Kahn (Creator/TomReed): An Afghan immigrant who fought his way to freedom and has a serious chip on his shoulder because of it. Partnered with...
9	* Kenny [=McClaren=] (Creator/StarkSands): His family's been wearing blue since before he was born.
10	* Jennifer "White House" Perry (Creator/LeeleeSobieski): A [[SemperFi former Marine]]. Partnered with...
11	* Jayson "Jackpot" Toney (Creator/HaroldHouseMoore): A former NBA player who apparently squandered his career.
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13	The precinct's senior officers:
14	* Sergeant Daniel "Yoda" Dean (Creator/TerryKinney): The rookies' Field Training Officer, a veteran cop and ReasonableAuthorityFigure.
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17	!!The series provides examples of the following tropes:
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19	* TheAlcoholic: Harper "was drunk for a year" following being laid off, then got his act together. He still drinks too much, though, and Yoda's told him to find a group.
20	* CunningLinguist: Kahn speaks English and at least one Middle Eastern tongue, and once yells at a Middle Eastern taxi driver in his native language while he and [=McClaren=] are breaking up a fight between him and another motorist. Cut to Kahn very politely telling him in English to be a little careful and to let the other driver leave first.
21	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Ahmad seems to have one. He's from Afganistan, and his back is covered is scars, possibly from a whipping. "Don't ask".
22	* InSeriesNickname:
23	** Their Field Training Officer, Sgt. Daniel Dean, really dislikes being called [[Franchise/StarWars "Yoda"]].
24	** Ray Harper's called "Lazarus" because he's easily a dozen-plus years older than his fellow rookies.
25	** Toney calls Perry "White House" because she was White House color guard after coming home from Iraq. Toney himself had the nickname "Jackpot" during his abortive NBA career.
26	* OneSteveLimit: Aversion played for laughs in the pilot. Sanchez has trouble finding her locker because there's at least two other Officer Sanchezes in the 22.
27	* OpenHeartDentistry: {{Discussed}}. When searching for a wounded gunman, Harper and [=McClaren=] look for him at various non-hospital medical facilities. [=McClaren=] notes that in the movies, it's ''always'' a veterinarian. The shooter turns up at a tattoo parlor.
28	* NewMeat: Police Variant, TheSeries.
29	* SemperFi: Perry served as a Marine MP in Iraq, then as White House color guard (hence the nickname).
30	* SergeantRock: Daniel Dean, their Field Training Officer.

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