Training Day (TV series)

Training Day is an American crime-thriller television series that aired on CBS from February 2 to May 20, 2017. The series serves as a follow-up to the [Training Day|2001 Training Day|film of the same name]. It stars Bill Paxton and Justin Cornwell, and is known for being one of Paxton's final performances prior to his death in February 2017.

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Premise

Fifteen years after the events of the film, the series follows Officer Kyle Craig as he infiltrates the LAPD Special Investigation Section by becoming a partner with the morally ambiguous Detective Frank Roarke, whose off-the-books record has attracted the attention of the LAPD.

Cast and characters

Main

Bill Paxton as Detective Frank Roarke, maverick head of LAPD's SIS whose penchant for operating in a gray area to fight the war on crime is called into question.
Justin Cornwell as Officer Kyle Craig, a rookie cop posing as Frank's new partner in order to keep an eye on Frank.
Julie Benz as Holly Butler, a Hollywood madam who is in a romantic relationship with Frank.
Katrina Law as Detective Rebecca Lee, an officer with the SIS, a unit that goes after the worst of the worst. She was rescued from human traffickers by Frank when she was four years old, and looks up to him as the father she never had.
Drew Van Acker as Detective Tommy Campbell, another SIS officer and a former pro surfer.
Christina Vidal as Detective III Valeria Chavez, an investigator in Robbery Homicide Division.
Lex Scott Davis as Alyse Arrendondo, a history teacher who is Kyle's smart, cynical wife.
Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Deputy Chief Joy Lockhart, Frank's former supervisor and Kyle's current supervisor who sent him undercover to investigate Frank.

Recurring

Noel Gugliemi as Moreno, who appeared in the original film.
Max Martini as Jack Ivers

Guest

Jamie McShane as Special Agent Gerald Lynch
Charles Baker as Clancy Trussell
Louis Herthum as Henry Hollister
Lou Diamond Phillips as Thurman Ballesteros
Brian Van Holt as Jeff Cullen
W. Earl Brown as Chief Wade
Eugene Byrd as Detective Windowski
Jim Piddock as Abel Cribbs
Thomas F. Wilson as Gary Millstone
Tom Berenger as Asst. District Attorney Stan Gursky, who appeared in the original film.
Raymond J. Barry as LAPD Capt. Lou Jacobs, who appeared in the original film.

Production

Development

On August 7, 2015, it was announced that Antoine Fuqua had decided to develop a television series based on a movie, and had teamed with Jerry Bruckheimer to develop the concept. Warner Bros. Television was shopping the show to the American broadcast networks. Will Beall would write the series, while Fuqua would serve as executive producer, and would direct the potential pilot. CBS ordered a pilot on August 14, 2015. In addition to Fuqua, Bruckheimer, Beall, and Jonathan Littman will serve as executive producers for the series, which is set 15 years after the original film. On February 19, 2016, it was announced that Danny Cannon would direct the pilot instead of Fuqua.

Casting

On February 26, 2016, it was announced that Bill Paxton had joined the production as Frank Rourke, an older, veteran police officer similar to Denzel Washington's character Alonzo Harris in the original movie. Several additional cast members were announced in March 2016. Katrina Law plays Detective Rebecca Lee, an officer with the LAPD's Special Investigation Section, a unit that goes after the worst of the worst. Drew Van Acker is Tommy Campbell, another S.I.S. officer who is a former pro surfer. Lex Scott Davis is Alyse Arrendondo, a history teacher who is Kyle Craig's wife. Julie Benz is Holly Butler, a Hollywood madam who has a tacit understanding with Frank. Finally, Justin Cornwell was cast as Kyle Craig, Frank's young partner and an analog of Ethan Hawke's character, Jake Hoyt, in the original movie.

Cancellation

On February 25, 2017, lead actor Bill Paxton died of a stroke at age 61 due to complications from heart surgery. A day later, CBS stated that all 13 commissioned episodes had already been filmed before his death, as shooting already wrapped up in December 2016. On May 17, 2017, CBS announced it would not be commissioning any further episodes of Training Day in light of Paxton's death.

Reception

Training Day received generally negative reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has a rating of 24% based on 33 reviews, with an average rating of 4.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Training Day falls short of recapturing the excellence of the film in its television incarnation -- and fails to distinguish itself from the current squad of tired police procedurals." On Metacritic, the season has a score of 38 out of 100, based on 27 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".