Lt. Chet Atkins(Jere Burns) is the constantly agitated precinct leader.
I imagine he has high heartburn, but goddamnit if he doesnt care about his cops.
But could he break the mold and build a rapport with the tough-as-nails Tribeca?
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And maybe even kiss her on the mouth?
They are definitely the second-best crime-solving duo on the show.
Dr. Monica Schollsis the medical examiner (Andree Vermeulen).
the Wednesday night nude-drawing class at Verdugo Valley College.
The perp
The case unravels after Tribeca undresses and sneaks into Verdugo Valleys figure-drawing class.
The professor happens tohatetattoos andloves$4,000.
Nancy Carrell, the shows co-creator, is the extremely hospitable and baby back ribs-loving mayors wife.
Gary Cole is as cleverly dry as ever as Prof. L the college figure-drawing instructor.
The best lines
Lt. Chet Atkins:Im tough, but Im fair!
Mayors wife:No, no, I have my playthings.
Are you shing me??
Mayors wife:Who would take a stab at extort money from my husband?
Angie:Oh, I dont know, how about… YOU?
Mayors mistress:Oh, Ive already destroyed him sexually… catch my drift?
Angie:I dont drink beer, Irentit!
[wild, uncontrolled laughter ensues]
Dr. Edelwiess:Magnify.
[nothing happens.]
[nothing happens.]
But this baker happened to be hiding cocaine in his cakes.
The wedding planner was the last person to see the baker alive.
But Toms Flour, the bakers supplier, might have a hand in it as well.
Well, yeah, the wedding planner did it.
But Tribeca and Geils have to get fake-married to catch her in the act, despite Tribecas reservations.
She doesnt have a good track record with marrying partners (more on that later).
Tanner and Hoffman lay low in the episode, other than their great coffee bit early on.
Dr. Edelweiss enters the episode seemingly blind (hes not).
Adam Scott kicks things off as the hapless doctor whos not unlikeArrested Developments Dr. Fishman, a.k.a.
The inimitable James Franco appears in flashback scenes as (wait for it) Sgt.
Gillian Vigman plays Jean Nate, the exacting, floral-print-clad celebrity wedding planner.
Tribeca:Im thinking you want us to look into the baker?
Atkins:No, leave that to the coroner.
You two just figure out why hes dead.
Pepper:Youre under arrest… for stealing my heart.
You have the right… to stay beautiful.
Anything you say… will only make me more in love with you.
Angie:What are you doing?
Are you cuffing my finger?
Pepper:Thats a ring.
Will you marry me?
Tribeca:Youre disgusting.
Warehouse Sweeper:Im a warehouse sweeper.
What we you expecting?
Wedding Planner:Ooh la la, thats a lot of drug… cake.
Its traditionally very well thought-out and rehearsed.
The ventriloquists wife, Mrs. Parsons, is the lead suspect.
But Mr. Parsons also had some mistresses, and they cant be ruled out either.
But yeah, it was Fisher Price.
He broke the biggest v-quist rule of all: Always keep your mouth shut.
He tries to shoot Tribeca in the end, but luckily shes wearing her bulletproof bustier.
Unfortunately, he gets nothing out of him.
Dr. Edelweiss walks into the episode with two full-arm casts before quickly shaking them off.
Lt. Atkins reaches peak exasperation but still manages to not have a heart attack.
Sarah Chalke is Mrs. Parsons.
She has OCD, which forces her to constantly keep her records straight.
Actual famous v-quist Jeff Dunham plays fake famous v-quist Fisher Price.
Hes a little creepy (in the show… and maybe in real life?).
Geils:My parents got me a present, and it was a real Humdinger.
It was a ventriloquist dummy, and everyone knew that Humdinger made the best ones.
Geils:I knew the stats of all the best v-quists.
Thats what us insiders called them.
Mrs. Parsons:c’mon, why dont you come sit down on my off-white linen sectional.
Angie:Thank you, maam, but we think it was a human who did it.
Geils:This isnt my first rodeo.
Dr. Scholls:This isnt a rodeo.
There is a rodeo in town, though, if you want to go with me later.
Geils:No way a v-quist never leaves his dummy.
Tribeca:Hey, Im dummy.
Now go get him.
She, in fact, was the inspiration for The Thumb.
Could it have been him (the doctor or the statue, orboth)?
This ones got a lot of misdirection.
At first, Randy seems to have stolen the artwork but it turns out, his is a forgery.
He points to his brother as the real criminal.
But its a switcheroo Randy was guilty all along.
Were introduced to Det.
Dolby, the man in charge of background noise at the station.
Tanner and Hoffman help out on the case by sniffing around the museum/barking at paintings of mailmen.
John Michael Higgins plays Mr. Zaius, identical brother of Dr. Zaius.
Oh, and he also plays Dr. Zaius, of course.
Museum guide:All right, now lets move on to the room with the boring pots in it.
Mr. Zaius:Oh no, Dr. Zaius is my brother.
Im just… Mr. Zaius.
You guys can call me Randy.
Angie:I dont know, I think this one we just leave unsolved.
Angie:Youre under arrest for Grand Theft Arto.
Dr. Edelweiss:Wrong, detective youve just shot therealMona Lisa, and the lab technician behind it.
Tanner:[laughing, at the station] Hows jail treatin you, Randy?
Randy:You literally brought me in here 5 minutes ago.
Tanner and Hoffman the man (and dog) the surveillance truck outside the club.
David Koechner plays Police Commissioner Niles J. Bigfish.
Geils:Of course no ones approached you, you look like an Amish accountant!
Geils:Im in town for the Rick Lonely Businessman Conference.
Stacy:Oh, the RLB Ive heard of it.
Stacy:Tell the concierge you want to pay for sex.
Shell know what you mean.
Dr. Scholl:Thats right, but thats not all.
We also…. oh, no, wait, that is all.
Lt. Atkins:Im very conflicted right now, its a moral dilemma.
This is my vulnerable side!
Bigfish:Theres not a jury in the world that would convict ababy.
Random man, to Geils in a sailor hat:Youre a disgrace to the U.S. Navy!
NEXT: Episode 6
EPISODE 6: FERRET ROYAL
Ferrets!
Helmut Frontbuts cuff links are found inside their first confiscated ferret, so signs point to him.
Hes an eccentric, apparently German rich guy who runs an animal charity.
Also, he has a giant front-butt.
Anyway, could this man who supposedly lives to help animals really be the perp?
Well, yeah, it was Mr. Frontbut all along.
No one with that kind of German accent can ever be innocent.
He gets pinned down at his own charity poker gala, where he confesses to his illegal ferret-smuggling ring.
We learn that he was once a veterinary gynecologist, at least until the judge ordered him to stop.
Tribeca:Youre looking at 50 years for possession of a ferret.
Dr. Edelweiss:As the expression goes, theres more than one way to look inside a ferret.
Geils:I dont have to listen to this, we won the war.
Tribeca:Take the lunch pail, leave the sandwich.
Mr. Frontbut:Shall we make it more interesting?
Tribeca:No, lets keep it exactly this interesting.
So you could say the case is for Tribeca to have a good time.
Meanwhile, Geils and Tanner have to work together to solve a death at a golf course.
Turns out, she had an affair with the deceased.
It turns out to be Samanthas husband, Short Game Stevens.
He gets taken down on the 18th hole when Hoffman tackles him mid-putt.
Atkins keeps coming to Tribecas apartment to use her apartment/remind her not to work.
Bill Murray(!)
swoops into the series as Vick Deacons, an employee at the supermarket where Tribeca shops.
Hes the manager of the paper-on-rolls department, though he used to work in finance.
He sparks a potential May-December romance with Tribeca.
He comes over to her spare apartment for a romantic bowl of cereal (with milk!).
Cecily Strong also comes in to play Samantha, though the role requires very little work from her face.
The best lines:
Lt. Atkins:Take the day off, Tribeca!
I want your badge and your gun.
Tribeca:Dont you have your own badge and gun?
Lt. Atkins:I want yours.
Vick Deakins:My name is Vick Deacons, but you might call me Vick Deakins.
Vick:Its obvious that youre married to your job.
Tribeca:You know what, I am.
And I want to have kids with it and grow old with it.
And when its too old to remember who I am anymore, I want to read it stories.
Could someone have it out against rich people?
Of course, Tribeca and Geils will have to go undercover on the flight.
But one thing is for sure: The victim is asthmatic.
Its Vivian, of course.
Meanwhile, Dr. Edelweiss spends about half the episode coming down one of those automated stair-chairs.
Lt. Atkins:Weve got a murder spree on our hands.
Geils:The word spree makes it sound fun, but it isnt.
Geils:Im sorry Im late, Vivian came down with a case of the vapors.
Or at least thats what she declared.
Geils:What does laymans terms mean?
Rude passenger:Bring me the can, sky whore.
Tribeca:Vivian Tribeca, prepare for landing… in prison.
A gang of cockney crooks posing as chimney sweeps manage to rob a bank vault from the inside.
But they didnt just steal the cash but also the banks customers security-question answers.
So Tribeca and Geils will have to godeepcover to infiltrate the gang.
Its the British gang, duh.
But not only does their cover get blown, they get stuck in jail for good.
From here, the parody shifts fromOceans Eleven-y toShawshank-y/Escape From Alcatraz-y.
Tanner and Hoffman help out by interrogating a British gangster in his own language.
Dr. Edelweiss is eyepatched this time, though he likes to switch between eyes since it limits his vision.
Danny Trejo shows up as, um, an actor in prison.
Gene Simmons, meanwhile, plays a, uh, rock star in prison.
Geils:He doesnt know where the loot is, but Tanner got the name of the hideout.
Its a pub in Little Liverpool called Robby McBanks.
Geils:This cant be a dogs dream, they cant see color.
British gangster:Tickle is cockney for kill.
Geils:Do you remember that movieThe Shawshank Redemption?
Theyre showing it tonight in the prison theater!
The best British gang members
The best kiss
Tribeca and Geils!
But what does it mean?
Well have to find out next episode.
The bartender/aspiring gym teacher who gave Geils a strange drink seems like a logical contender.
Its, uh, Wilson Phillips, of course.
Dr. Edelweiss enters the scene via Skype.
The connection is laggy, so he doesnt get to make much of an impact.
Tanner and Hoffman visit the coffee shop that the suspect frequents.
Lt. Atkins is pretty sure Geils is dead or will be dead.
Angie:You dont understand; Ive had 236 partner.
And Ive fallen in love with every single one of them.
And something bad has happened to every single one of them.
Angie:Lets do this.
I feel like a princess in an old-fashioned fairy tale!
But wait, let me go drain the lizard.
Barista:Ive got this mug he used yesterday with his fingerprints on it!
And I think he left his driver license too, want me to get it?
Geils:I made you some low-sodium muffins because I know your blood pressures an issue right now.
Reporter:Who are you wearing?
Tribeca:Lady Cop, by Valentino.
Tanner:He died doing what he loved.
Wilson Phillips:My life is ruined.
My wife left me.
My kids ran away and married each other.
Will they be together if so?
Youll have to wait until season 2 to find out.
(But also, yes, he lives, because hes in the trailer for season 2.)
