Boomtown - Season 1 - Eps 7: Insured by Smith & Wesson

Name: Eps 7: Insured by Smith & Wesson
Released: 2002-11-10
Rating: 3.3

2002-11-10 • ? min • ⭐ 6.5/10

Joel and David face off over negotiating with armed robbers who have taken hostages during the heist of a sporting goods store; stung when he fails to get a promotion based on not ""stepping up"", Ray insists upon going undercover as a paramedic to scope out the situation inside the store; after being recognized as a cop by one of the perps, Ray is beaten, tied up and threatened with death and must convince the store manager, a former actor who once played a cop on TV, to step up to the plate and resist the gunmen; when one of the robbers forces Ray to have a last telephone conversation with his wife, Ray calls Tom instead and gives him the information the swat team snipers need to end the standoff; in the aftermath, Ray discovers an unpleasant truth about the store manager, whose television character inspired Ray to become a cop.

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About Boomtown

Title: Boomtown

First Air Date: 2002-09-29

Last Air Date: 2003-12-28

Status: Ended

Rating: 6.5/10 (from 17 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 2

Total Episodes: 24

Network: NBC

Genres: Mystery, Drama, Action & Adventure

Production Companies: Nemofilms, DreamWorks Television, NBC Studios

Synopsis

Each episode of this series, set in contemporary Los Angeles, examines one crime from many different viewpoints - uniformed cops, detectives, witnesses, the media, the fire department and rescue squad, even the criminals themselves.