Training Day is an American television drama that aired on CBS from February 2 to May 20, 2017. This was a series is based on 2001 film of the same name.

The series was officially cancelled on May 17, 2017, after one season.

Plot

Fifteen years after the events of the film, the series follows Officer Kyle Craig (Justin Cornwell) as he infiltrates the LAPD's Special Investigation Section (SIS) by becoming a partner with the morally ambiguous Detective Frank Roarke (Bill Paxton), 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.^[1][2]
• Justin Cornwell as Officer Kyle Craig, a rookie cop posing as Frank's new partner in order to keep an eye on Frank.^[3]
• Julie Benz as Holly Butler, a Hollywood madam who is in a romantic relationship with Frank.^[4]
• 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.^[5]
• Drew Van Acker as Detective Tommy Campbell, another SIS officer and a former pro surfer.^[6]
• 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.^[7]
• 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.

Episodes

• Apocalypse Now (2/2/2017)
• Tehrangeles (2/9/2017)
• Trigger Time (2/16/2017)
• Code of Honor (2/23/2017)
• Wages of Sin (3/2/2017)
• Faultlines (3/9/2017)
• Quid Pro Quo (4/8/2017)
• Blurred Lines (4/15/2017)
• Bad Day at Aqua Mesa (4/22/2017)
• Sunset (4/29/2017)
• Tunnel Vision (4/2017)
• Elegy (5/13/2017)
• Elegy Part: 2 (5/20/2017)

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. 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 (S.I.S.), 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.

Reception

Critical response

Training Day received generally negative reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has a rating of 21% based on 29 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".

External links

• Training Day on Fandom
• Training Day (TV) on Wikipedia