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Southland Season 2 Episode 5

What Makes Sammy Run?

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AIRED: 3/30/10

Two gangbangers are killed when gangsters open fire in a crowded night club and the shootings are connected to an officer. Tensions rise between Det. Salinger and Det. Puente on the gang task force. Marital problems are exacerbated when Sammy Bryant learns Tammi has been photographing gang members as he tries to prevent a young boy from destroying his life by joining a gang.moreless

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Arija Bareikis	Officer Chickie Brown
Regina King	Det. Lydia Adams
Michael McGrady	Det. Daniel "Sal" Salinger
Kevin Alejandro	Det. Nate Moretta
Ben McKenzie	Officer Ben Sherman
Shawn Hatosy	Det. Sammy Bryant

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Laz Alonso	Det. Gil Puente	Guest Star
Wood Harris	Trinny Day	Guest Star
Jonathan Castellanos	Lil Casper/Juanito	Guest Star
Emily Bergl	Tammi Bryant	Recurring Role
Lex Medlin	Det. Andy Williams	Recurring Role
Mario Cortez	Munoz	Recurring Role

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TRIVIA (1)
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- Although credited, Regina King (Det. Lydia Adams) does not appear in this episode.
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QUOTES (1)
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- Opening Voiceover: Veteran cops know better than to take work home with them. Detective Sammy Bryant had to learn this again the hard way.
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NOTES (2)
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- The song heard in the opening scene was "El Principio" by Akwid-feat.
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- The day this episode wrapped (October 8, 2009) was the same day NBC announced the series was canceled.
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- 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.
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