Friday, September 11, 2026

Ballard 1.10

End of the Line

Gary Pearlman goes on the run. The LAPD mobilizes to try and catch him. Ballard assumes that he's going to want to come back for Naomi Bennett. He leaves a trail that makes it look like he crossed into Mexico.

Rawls dies from the gunshot wound he received. He gets a buried with honors. The rest of the cold case team is ready to move on but Gary returns and tries to kill Ballard. She stops him. He gets arrested. He confesses. 

The District Attorney's office brings charges against six of the seven officers who were arrested by internal affairs. Olivas is the only one who gets off. It looks like he was able to do that because he knew more than the others. Ballard goes to see him. They have words. He acts like he is going to be okay but Ballard feels otherwise.

The episode ends with Ballard getting arrested for the murder of Olivas.

Thoughts

Bosch shows up towards the end of this episode but he doesn't take part in any of the action. Aaron was not in this episode. He did say he wasn't sure about his relationship with Ballard in the previous episode but I was still a little surprised that he wasn't in this one.

I thought this was a solid first season. It was a little more melodramatic in places than I thought it needed to be but on the whole I'm very glad that I watched it. I look forward to watching the second season when or soon after it drops.

Who will be in the second season? I know that there will be a few new recurring characters. I assume that the main cast will be returning with one notable exception. I don't know how much of the second season will be devoted to getting Ballard exonerated. 

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