Southland: The Complete Fifth and Final Season

TNT's gritty ensemble police drama prowls the streets of an unglamorous, dirty, and dangerous Los Angeles, where storylines (including a movie makeup-f/x artist being dismembered in the manner of his creations, and a macho young victim of a male serial rapist who is too ashamed to testify) play out against a backdrop of ongoing cop angst and drama, continually threatening to take these flawed LAPD enforcers off their game. Officer Ben Sherman (Ben McKenzie) unwisely juggles affairs with a schoolteacher and the sister of a Latino gang member, while his partner, hotheaded veteran Sammy Bryant (Shawn Hatosy)—locked in an ugly custody battle with his estranged, deadbeat-addict wife, Tammi (Emily Bergl)—runs afoul of Internal Affairs. Meanwhile, Detective Lydia Adams (Regina King) adjusts to single-parenthood, bereavement, and baby-daddy drama with her married ex-lover's suspicious wife. As a final season set, this doesn't offer a complete wrap-up, although a few key characters appear to be dead or dying at the fadeout of this critically acclaimed series. Compiling all 10 episodes from 2013, extras include a behind-the-scenes featurette and deleted scenes. Recommended. (C. Cassady)