Season one, episode two “Mozambique” trivia:
– The restaurant in the opening scene is the one Tim Roth and Amanda Plummer hold up at the beginning of Pulp Fiction.
– Song heard at end of the episode: “Tears Dry On Their Own”
(uncredited)
Written by Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson
Performed by Amy Winehouse
– Quote:
Skylar Joel: What the hell was that?
Det. Russell Clarke: Bean bag.
Skylar Joel: Please, don’t shoot me with that again.
Ofcr. John Cooper: Don’t go pullin’ knives on cops, asshole.
Skylar Joel: I’ve been shot, I have been stabbed, and that *hurt*, man.
Source: SouthLAnd’s IMDB page
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Season one, episode one “Unknown Trouble” trivia:
Executive producer John Wells told interviewer Michael Jensen at afterelton.com that the scene in which the bar that Officer John Cooper visits is revealed to be a gay bar was originally much longer and less subtle, but the first cut of the pilot went seven minutes over. They had to cut some of that content.
Source: SouthLAnd’s IMDB page
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Season two, episode five “What Makes Sammy Run” trivia:
The day this episode wrapped (October 8, 2009) was the same day NBC announced the series was canceled.
The song heard in the opening scene was “El Principio” by Akwid-feat.
The title of this episode is also the title of the 1941 Budd Schulberg novel What Makes Sammy Run? about a man who escaped the deprived Jewish Lower East Side in his youth to become a successful Hollywood writer.
Source: tv.com
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Season four, episode four: The title of this episode, “Identity,” is also the title of the episode of Criminal Minds that Michael Cudlitz appeared in.
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Kirk says:
February 18, 2012 at 9:26 pm
A little Southland trivia from the actor that played Crazy Bob scene in Identity episode, we improvised all of the endings of that scene. I started ranting random stuff, apple pie, soft hands, he can see me, etc and Michael and Lucy just followed. Plus the people you see taking pictures on the street corner were real tourists, not extras. We shot that scene at Hollywood and Vine.
Lee Lofland says:
February 18, 2012 at 10:58 pm
Kirk – Thanks for stopping by to share the trivia. Interesting to say the least. You played a very realistic part, by the way. In fact, I was sure I’d arrested you a few times during my career.
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In S4E2, Ben and Sammy talk to a hooker on the street named Crystal. She gives them info on Day-Day so they wouldn’t arrest her. She said Ronnie would beat her up if she got arrested. (but we never actually see ronnie)
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In S4E8 when Ben and Sammy go into the house where all the hookers are – and where they run across the mom and daughter that Ben is so concerned about – Sammy walks into the room where everyone is sleeping to roust them out. He calls one of them by name – Crystal. And the pimp’s name is Ronnie. He’s the pimp for the mother and daughter and he’s the one that was shooting at Ben in Episode 9.