YMMV / The Good Guys

• Awesome Music: Frequently accompanies the car chase. Where they get their music budget is anyone's guess, but every single episode used classic rock favourites. The Pilot Episode had the pivotal car chase accompanied by "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC. Yeah, it's that kind of show.
  • The first episode also features I Fought the Law (The Clash version, even though the Bobby Fuller Four version would have fit the Texas setting).
  • As of the November 5 2010 episode, Dan's phone now has "Slow Ride" by Foghat as a Crowning Ringtone of Awesome.
• Ensemble Dark Horse:
  • Pedro from the first episode. Being played by HITG Andrew Divoff didn't hurt.
  • Quirky, dependable lab tech Samantha only appears in the last seven episodes, but she isn't far behind Dan and Jack, the two leads, in popularity.
• Heartwarming Moments:
  • The denouement of "Old Dogs". Stark reveals his episode long Batman Gambit to Jack, the end result of which is that the con Jack's uncle was pulling fails. This in turns means that Jack's career is safe (as Jack vouched for this uncle which allowed him to gain access to 100K) and prevents any sort of emotional fallout from the act (as Jack was initially hesitant to trust his uncle). They hug. But the most heartwarming part of all is the note Stark leaves for Jack's uncle: "Stay the hell away from my partner. He's my family now."
• Genius Bonus: In Dan On The Run, Dan's police sketch looks exactly like the Unabomber's
• Magnificent Bastard:
  • "Pilot" Pedro is the CIA-trained second best hired assassin in the world. The Cartel hires him to kill a thief and retrieve some stolen money. Pedro effortlessly disables the alarm system of the thief's plastic surgeon, and intimidates him into giving up the pawn shop owner with the bag of money. Pedro demonstrates superb gun-slinging skills when he runs across Dan and Jack, but also doesn't go out of his way to try and kill them. He is frustrated but professional, at least until the cartel threatens his sons, when his boss hires his hated rival, the best assassin in the world to join the hunt. He helps Jack save an innocent hostage during the climactic shootout, then gets into a Mexican Standoff with the best assassin for several minutes before killing his rival and claiming the title of best assassin. He peacefully surrenders to the police but then uses his CIA contacts to make them release him. Pedro then returns to his sons and sends Jack and Dan a letter complimenting their bravery and skills.
  • "Vacation": Beau Teauge is a prison warden who breaks convicts out of prison for money, bribing guards and other inmates, arranging for transfers that can be ambushed by his clients, and more. Even when the protagonists blunder into his operation by luck, he calmly lies to Lt. Ruiz and doesn't abandon the operation to avoid the risks. Teague is affable toward his clients and defiant in the face of arrest, but he's also a ruthless man who's willing to get the guards under his command injured or worse to facilitate his racket. Even when Dan and Jack bust his clients, Teague is poised to stay beneath suspicion until he's caught spending marked money that only got put into circulation by accident due to Dan's unpredictable and poorly thought-out antics.
  • "Common Enemies": Roland the Tech Bandit is a dedicated food blogger who finances his passion by stealing software from tech companies. He uses his acrobatic skills to break into highly secure corporate buildings without leaving a trace. When Dan and Jack catch him, he takes it with grace and amusement while saying that he's glad that it wasn't a Jerkass whose been after him for years who finally closed the case. Roland is released from jail to help rescue Liz and Ruiz from a hostage situation, and he succeeds in saving the day but then promptly escapes despite his earlier promise not to. The episode ends with Roland preparing for his next heist and his next restaurant review, while being accompanied by a filmmaker who originally set out to make a documentary about his pursuers but finds Roland more interesting.
  • "Little Things" Alfredo and Tico are two Mexican cartel members with a Start My Own scheme. They fake their own deaths and go to America, purchasing fake identities to use in their drug empire. Alfredo and Tico kill everyone who encounters them at this point in their plan to eliminate threats of exposure, but they generally do so with regret and introspection. At one point, Alfredo gives one man they plan to kill a wad of money first to Let Them Die Happy. The two also maintain a good Villainous Friendship and take their arrest with disappointment but dignity.
  • "The Getaway": Mild-mannered Carson Pulaski is roped into a criminal career by his domineering wife Marion. Carson steals their biggest haul after $2 million armored car robbery, apologetically running out on Marion and her brother Tyler. He uses the money to finance an honest life as the owner of a stylish motel. Months later, Jack visits his motel and becomes suspicious of Carson's past despite his pleasant nature. Carson does a good job of lying to Jack, but Jack’s background check inadvertently summons Tyler and Marion, who take Jack, Dan, and Carson prisoner. Carson tries to convince Marion and Tyler to spare the two detectives and join him as honest hoteliers but fails. He says a dignified goodbye to the hotel he built as Marion prepares to kill him, but Jack and Dan save him by capturing Marion and Tyler. Carson almost escapes in the confusion, but when arriving cops arrest him for the armored car robbery, he shows no malice toward Jack for causing this, and says he hopes Jack enjoyed staying at his motel.
  • "Cop Killer": Dekker is a blind veteran and owner of a store that sells military-grade weapons. His best clients are dangerous criminals who he maintains Villainous Friendships with and recognizes by voice. He willingly helps in their efforts to kill police informant Julius Grant. He remains unworried and careful when being questioned by the police and turns their visits to his advantage by training his preteen granddaughter and shop assistant to spy on visitors who venture out of his earshot. Through this strategy, he ends up learning far more information from Dan and Jack then they do from him, and passes this information on to his customers. At the end of the episode, he remains free and in business even after Jack and Dan bust his customers.
• Moe: Samantha is pretty huggable due to her excited Jumped at the Call efforts to help the detectives, her Bespectacled Cutie appearance, her talkative nature, and the shy way she crushes on Jack.
• Most Wonderful Sound: The gunshot sound used for the important scene changes. May or may not come with actual gunshots in the scene.
• Pastiche: The reason it doesn't know if it's a Parody, Deconstruction, or Reconstruction is because it's all of the above at different times, an affectionate homage to a bygone era, for good or ill, flaws and all.
• So Bad, It's Good: "Savage & Stark".

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