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| L.A.'s finest! Regina King as Detective Lydia Adams in SOUTHLAND. Images: TNT. |
Last years season of the hit Los Angeles police drama SOUTHLAND was hard on all of its main series characters with regards to its realistic, often brutal story lines and subplots (and just the way we viewers like it, too!), but especially the case for the always likable detective Lydia Adams, played with confident and amiable ease by Regina King. Yep, it was a pretty cruddy time for Lydia: firstly, she suffered an unwarranted suspension period after the partner she enjoyed working with and cared for, Detective Russell Clarke (Tome Everett Scott), prior injured and facing a rough time for the future on an invalid pension, ended up betraying her confidence and trust for good, making a lot of money out of some stolen celebrity murder crime scene pictures that she had taken, then she had an on and off relationship with her new female partner, the fiery Mexican Josie Ochoa (Jenny Gago), who, just as they were finally establishing an effective working partnership, accused her of being a "cradle snatcher" when she found out she was dating her police officer son- Lydia, for a short period, having been previously unaware of his parentage. And then, towards seasons end, having no choice but to single-handedly, and extremely bravely, take on a loony-tune machine gun wielding maniac in a tensely atmospheric warehouse/factory building siege situation. Meanwhile, outside of her work (which she most of the time adores), her romantic life remains at its lowest ebb, with her mother Enid (LOST's L. Scott Caldwell), now returned from overseas, continuing to enjoy more between-the-sheets relationship action than she is!
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| On the night-watch: Officers Ben Sherman (Ben McKenzie) and John Cooper (Michael Cudlitz) and Detectives Lydia Adams (Regina King) and Sammy Bryant (Shawn Hatosy). |
And yet, despite all this, Lydia Adams is a born survivor-one of the best and brightest of the LA PD, who'll take things on with determination and natural ability. She's brilliant at her job: gutsy, one of the boys in some respects, and intuitive- not afraid to pursue a line of enquiry to the end wherever it takes her, and however it affects her and her relationships. She's also a caring and compassionate woman whom viewers resonate with and respect-check out last seasons tragic storyline where she comforted a key witness to a murder dying from a ricocheted bullet in the brain. Despite a long and strong list of film and TV credits over the past ten years, this may well be Regina King's finest role yet, and one she was born to play. We look forward to future developments for Lydia (including working with her new partner: Southland Regina King Dorian Missick New Partner N0ew Mentor - YouTube), alongside further deepening character acting opportunities for Miss King, within the new series, which has just started its new fourth season run on the TNT channel States-side (and which will hopefully come to the UK's MORE4 channel by at least late Summer).
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| Lydia is firmly in the driving seat for the now airing SOUTHLAND Season Four. |
Season Four promo: Southland Season 4 promo - YouTube
That SOUTHLAND- created by Ann Biderman: one of US television's best and standout series of the last few years, and with its talented actors and behind the scenes team - was not nominated in the Golden Globe Awards this year, or for the Emmy's last, was, in my book, damned frustrating. Let's hope that 2012 finally provides the effective wake-up call that gets the attention of the industry insider voters!
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