The fourth and final season of this award-winning Canadian cop drama sees the end of the narrative about departmental corruption and organized crime moving into Montreal, but the day-to-day stories of the beat cops in the dangerous neighborhood continue on. Partners Nick Barron (Adrian Holmes), the district veteran, and Ben Chartier (Jared Keeso), who moved to the city from a rural post, have overcome their personal conflicts to trust one another as they discover how deep the corruption runs, and the rest of the squad members have their own issues to confront. 19-2 offers a mix of edgy street drama, volatile personal stories, and a portrait of departmental politics and corruption—sometimes to the point of melodrama—but it's also a show that pulls no punches in its portrait of how working in a rough neighborhood of poverty and high crime takes its toll on the officers. Over the course of its run, the show took on alcoholism, domestic violence, PTSD, rage, abuses of power, and suicide, and it wraps up on a good day with a party that unites most (if not necessarily all) of the unit patrol officers—a satisfying close to this fine ensemble beat cop drama. Compiling all eight episodes from 2017, this is recommended. (S. Axmaker)
19-2: Season 4
RLJ, 2 discs, 354 min., not rated, DVD: $49.99 Volume 33, Issue 1
19-2: Season 4
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