On Call (TV series)

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"Pilot"

Eriq LaSalle

Tim Walsh & Elliot Wolf

January 9, 2025 (2025-01-09)

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In Long Beach, Officer Maria Delgado is shot while performing a traffic stop. The car flees and Delgado dies in the street. Rookies Holt and Alex Diaz report for their first day as patrol officers. Diaz is paired with Officer Traci Harmon. Lieutenant Bishop informs Harmon, Diaz, Holt, Sergeant Lasman, and other officers that Eddie Watson has been identified as Delgado's shooter and that Juan Cortez was driving the vehicle. Bishop also says Watson uses the alias "Maniac" and that they are part of a street gang called East Barrio. It is believed they fled because they were trafficking drugs. Harmon gives Diaz a Get Out of Jail Free card. When the two respond to a domestic dispute; Harmon threatens the abuser, which is captured on Diaz's body cam. They receive a radio call that a Mustang with ties to East Barrio has been spotted. Harmon locates the vehicle and gets into a high-speed pursuit. After it crashes, Maniac runs on foot and Diaz disobeys an order by pursuing him. Diaz loses him and is reprimanded by Harmon. Harmon is also chastised by Bishop. Harmon admits to Diaz that Delgado was one of her trainees.

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"Laws of the Universe"

Eriq LaSalle

Tim Walsh & Elliot Wolf

January 9, 2025 (2025-01-09)

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Harmon and Diaz are dispatched to a street takeover where Officer Rolland is assaulted. Lasman and Harmon disagree on the best way to handle the situation. Diaz is irritated that he wasn't permitted to chase the instigator; Harmon takes him to where Delgado was murdered as a lesson over safety. The two are called to a homicide at a homeless encampment where a severed head was found. One of the residents tells Harmon that "the Sherriff" was recently spotted there and is looking for her. Diaz and Holt search a backpack two residents were fighting over, finding a hand that has a tattoo associated with East Barrio. Harmon and Diaz back up Detective Sergeant Tyson Koyama, who found a rival gang vehicle transporting drugs. One of the occupants says that East Barrio has vanished like La Llorona after Delgado's murder. At the end of shift, Harmon tells Diaz that he is better than his brother, who is in prison for armed robbery. Bishop informs Harmon that the hand was identified as belonging to Cortez, but that Maniac is still missing. Lasman asks Diaz if he witnessed Harmon threaten a suspect, showing him body cam footage from the domestic dispute; Diaz refuses to answer.

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"South of Heaven"

Brenna Malloy

Molly Manning

January 9, 2025 (2025-01-09)

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Harmon, Diaz, Holt, and Barlowe, Holt's training officer, pursue a suspect accused of robbing a 7-Eleven with a hatchet. Diaz rescues a bystander who was pushed over the edge of an elevated walkway but his service weapon falls to the ground below. Holt later returns Diaz's weapon and suggests he leaves it out of his report; warning him that Harmon can't be trusted because several officers, including Lasman's former partner, were fired because of her actions. Diaz questions Harmon about this allegation but she gets defensive. Harmon later believes that this conversation with Diaz is affecting his training. Koyama tells Harmon that he wants her to take an open spot in his unit, but she doubts her transfer will get approved. He also says that detectives believe Maniac has fled to Mexico. Harmon visits Smokey, a local bar owner with ties to East Barrio. Their conversation leads her to believe that Maniac is still in Long Beach. Harmon and Diaz return to the homeless encampment when a woman is accused of torching area vehicles. While Diaz and Holt search the camp, Holt accidentally gets stabbed with a needle and overdoses, causing Diaz to give him Narcan.

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"Unsung"

Brenna Malloy

Bryan Gracia

January 9, 2025 (2025-01-09)

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Holt takes an extended leave after receiving medical treatment. As Harmon and Diaz get to know each other, she tells him that her sister used to be a cop, but moved to Los Angeles after an injury on the job. Following Delgado's funeral, Harmon and Diaz respond to a dispute at a motel. One of the suspects tells Harmon that members of East Barrio had been partying there the night before. She uses this information to flip the other suspect and gain a confidential informant, who tells Harmon that Maniac will be at a second motel later that evening. She and Diaz perform a stakeout; Harmon acquires Maniac's room number from the motel employee before calling for backup. When performing a tactical raid, several members of East Barrio are found, and Maniac flees. Harmon follows him to an abandoned Walmart where the two get into an altercation. She gains the upper hand and holds him at gunpoint until Lasman arrives as backup and arrests him. Bishop questions Harmon on how she managed to single-handedly find Maniac, when an entire team of detectives were unable to. Harmon confides in Bishop, believing they are talking as friends rather than colleagues.

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"Not Your Savior"

Eriq LaSalle

Tiffany Bratcher

January 9, 2025 (2025-01-09)

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While on patrol, Diaz visits his mother who tells him that East Barrio has put a hit on his brother as retribution for Diaz arresting Maniac. Harmon and Diaz respond to an ex-couple fighting over custody of their child. Afterwards, Diaz asks Harmon if they can visit Smokey as an attempt take the hit off of his brother, but she insists that it's a lost cause. Harmon suggests protective custody, but Diaz says his brother won't accept it. The two witness an erratic vehicle and discover that the impaired driver left an area hospital without being discharged. Harmon and Diaz get into a heated argument when he asks about seeing Smokey once more, causing friction between them. They are interrupted by a couple arguing at a nearby gas station. The husband douses himself in gasoline before setting himself on fire, nearly killing their young son. After shift, Harmon explains to Diaz that she intervened when Lasman's former partner assaulted a suspect. She says she did not report it to internal affairs, but that several other officers believed she did and blame her for their firing. As a result, Lasman lost a promotion to lieutenant that Bishop received instead.

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"L.A. Woman"

Eriq LaSalle

Molly Manning

January 9, 2025 (2025-01-09)

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When responding to a fight between an alleged reckless driver and a local homeowner, Harmon and Diaz find that a stray dog has been hit by a vehicle. Animal control is unable to provide assistance so Lasman euthanizes it on the scene. After Diaz tells Harmon that his brother had been attacked, she changes her mind and stops to see Smokey says the only way to call off the hit is if they arrest members of a rival gang. East Barrio meanwhile, whose leaders believe Smokey gave up maniac, has been having internal conflicts. The two then answer a call where three teenagers overdosed at a party. They provide medical assistance until the paramedics arrive. Afterwards, Harmon and Diaz head to the homeless encampment once more where she clarifies that her sister, Jen, got addicted to narcotics while recovering from her injury, which is what actually caused her to lose her job. Jen lives there where she is known as Sheriff. Harmon wants to arrest Jen but Diaz urges Harmon to take her to a safe house instead, to which Harmon agrees. Harmon then proposes that they move Diaz's brother to a different prison facility where East Barrio won't be able to get to him.

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"War Machine"

Brenna Malloy

Bryan Gracia & John Conley

January 9, 2025 (2025-01-09)

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Harmon shows Delgado's parents Maria's plaque on the fallen officer wall at the station. Diaz's mother then visits him there where she inquires about his brother. When things get tense, Harmon breaks it up; Diaz's mother then thanks Harmon for saving her son. Harmon and Diaz then get called to a robbery at a dispensary belonging to Smokey where two people were shot and a safe was broken into. While collecting evidence with Barlowe, they receive a secondary robbery call with suspects meeting similar descriptions at a nearby residence. There they find Smokey's daughter Leona injured, and a missing wall safe. Lasman decides that the best way to handle East Barrio is to issue a tactical alert and arrest everyone in the area with known affiliations and warrants but Harmon disagrees. Diaz visits Leona in the hospital and talks her into giving up the name and address of one of her attackers. Believing that Smokey also knows this information, Harmon and Diaz rush there only to find the two occupants shot. Harmon and Lasman argue over the successfulness of the tactical alert. Koyama then tells Harmon that he has a way to arrest Smokey and asks if she wants to help.

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"How the West Was Won"

Brenna Malloy

Tim Walsh & Elliot Wolf

January 9, 2025 (2025-01-09)

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Diaz mentions that his 60-day review is soon and Koyama says that his commander has approved Harmon's transfer to his unit but that it still needs to be approved by a superior. After convincing an associate of Smokey's to cooperate, Koyama's team, along with Harmon and Diaz, stakeout a truck stop where Smokey is expected to receive a drug shipment. However, instead of Smokey, Leona accepts the drugs. A gunfight then erupts between her and other members of Smokey's crew. Diaz chases Leona but finds Smokey instead. Leona catches Diaz off guard and shoots him but Koyama kills her before she can kill Diaz. Harmon then finds Smokey and arrests him. Diaz recovers from his injuries and Harmon discovers that her transfer was denied. Believing that Lasman was responsible, Harmon confronts him, but he says it wasn't him. In Diaz's review, Harmon suggests that his probation period be reset. Harmon asks Bishop if she is the one who denied her transfer and she admits to doing so, saying it's because of the way Harmon located Maniac. Harmon then requests that she be allowed to continue training Diaz to which Bishop reluctantly agrees. Diaz gives Harmon his Get Out of Jail Free card before the two head out on patrol.

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Rating

Metacritic

48/100

Rotten Tomatoes

56%

Review scores

Source

Rating

But Why Tho?

7.5/10

Collider

6/10

Chicago Tribune

Comic Book Resources

9/10

Looper

3/10

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