Writer:	Kim Clements
Director:	Dean White
Star:	Kenneth Johnson (Detective Curtis "Lemonhead" Lemansky),  Benito Martinez (Councilman David Aceveda),  Catherine Dent (Officer Danielle "Danny" Sofer),  Walton Goggins (Detective Shane Vendrell),  Reed Diamond (Detective Terry Crowley - (Pilot Only)),  Michael Jace (Officer Julien Lowe),  Jay Karnes (Detective Holland "Dutch" Wagenbach),  Michael Chiklis (Detective Vic Mackey),  CCH Pounder (Detective Claudette Wyms)
Recurring Role:	Kenneth Colom (Lucas),  Frankie Rodriguez (Diagur),  Melanie Myers (Paula),  Monnae Michaell (Vanessa),  Camillia Sanes (Aurora Aceveda),  David Rees Snell (Detective Ronnie Gardocki),  Cathy Cahlin Ryan (Corrine Mackey),  Michele Hicks (Mara Sewell)
Guest Star:	Kurt Caceres (Juan Rizano),  Clark Gregg (William Faulks),  Rebecca Pidgeon (Joanna Faulks),  Wilmer Calderon (Ricky),  DeLane Matthews (Stella Sewell),  Larry Sullivan (Detective Craig Milne),  Rif Hutton (James Freeman),  Hunter Bodine (Henry),  Paul Saucido (Carols),  Lori Yeghiayan (IAD),  Damon Standifer (Jarod),  Jocko Sims (Anquoin),  Yuji Hasegawa (Korean Man),  Angela Gardner (Kara),  Victor Cohn-Lopez (Vido),  Lenore Perry (Sara),  Wanya Green (Taniesha),  James Budig (Neil O'Brien),  Patrick Montes (Dr. Ausanta),  Katherine Anderson (Yolanda),  Sofie Calderon (Elisa)

Deleted scenes from this episode on the Season 3 DVD include Claudette visiting Dutch in the middle of the night, Juilien and Danny dealing with a pregnant woman, and Aceveda telling Vic to hold his gun. (edit) Several episode titles were considered, with the usual amount inside the episode. The title What Power Is... was chosen based off what Aceveda did to get his revenge, and what he'd do if he couldn't. (edit)

Aceveda:(To Juan) I know you're working stolen credit cards for your gang. And I know you're skimming profits off the top even though Elisa keeps telling you its gonna get you killed. I know about the headaches you get. I know about the uncle who molested you when you were twelve. I know about your cousin who's trying to get a scholarship to U.C. Irvine, I know which magazines you jerk off to that you think Elisa knows about, I know about your brother in Fresno, I know the inmate who tried to shank you twice at Terminal Island, his core in Heresey Denton, and I know the number to call to clear up a bunk in his cell just for you. (edit) Vic: The dead guy watched me shove a bong down his buddy's windpipe.
Shane: Twenty bucks says his buddy's one of the shooters.
Lem: Come on, a Captain in the middle of the night, and he runs into them? That's a pretty big coincidence.
Vic: Unless it's not a coincidence. (Body gets carried out) What if these are the guys Diagur sent to get the money out of the freezer?
Lem: What, the ones you told him to send over?
Shane: Well if it's true, then these are the assholes who kicked the shit out of Aceveda. Took his gun. Which means he was tracking them here when this thing went down.
Lem: And he might track them right back to us and that marked cash.
Vic: Let's not get premenstrual until we talk to Diagur. (edit)

Dutch got 98% on his Detective's exam and got the position when he was 35 years old. If you do the math from previous episodes, that makes Dutch about 39, which means he was a uniform cop for nearly 10 years. (edit) Watch and listen when Dutch pounds on the door. The sound effects added miss by half a second. The slams happen just after he pulls his hand away each time. (edit) Aceveda has his weapon raised when the Strike team breaks in, but when Vic comes around the corner, his gun is now lowered to where he can't even shoot at Juan's knees. (edit) According to the timeline, Aceveda found Juan's picture in the last episode, and has been following Juan for three weeks which leads up to this point. But if you compare this story Shane's $7,000 story, it doesn't make sense. How could Mara's mother hold onto $7,000 for three weeks? Aceveda must have either found the picture earlier, or Stella is a slow spender. (edit)

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