Ah. I remember this one. I guess this aired out of order because this definitely came before The River as I taped these shows during the original broadcast. Anyway, this one has Barbara Arno getting gunned down at a Rave Party. The Cop on the scene then proceeds to question each member of the Arno Family to get to the root of what happened. But each member tells a different story, thus the clever title which comes directly from Rashomon.

A little interesting observation here while watching this episode, I see the series went back and used the scene from Beauty Marks and dropped in the Western Metal Supply Co. exterior as the place where the Rave was taking place.

I gotta laugh at the sight of Chris Owen as a Investigator, looking into the murder of a Teacher at a school by one of the students. You may not know his name, but you certainly know his face and the role he played in the American Pie movies as Chuck Sherman, "sophisticated sex robot, sent back in time to change the future for one lucky lady"....Oh, never mind.

Anyway, Danny poses as a teacher himself so that he can crack this case from the inside. If there is one thing I wouldn't do if I were Danny, I certainly wouldn't have my 2 daughters in school working undercover, especially if this student will act out, putting them in grave danger. But nothing is ever going to be as dangerous as Chris Owen's lame attempt at growing an Abe Lincoln beard for his role here. Haha. This is funny stuff.

It's so weird to get "new" episodes (Viva Zapatos and Sub Zero) of a series cancelled, 11 years after the fact. Although Viva Zapatos is a lot better than The River, it's still an average episode. This one finds Mario Lopez as Lazaro Chaveco, a Cuban soccer player who defects to America. His agenda for doing so is questionable since he may or may not be doing this to commit terrorist acts in the US. Overall, the acting was horrible as Mario's Koo-ban accent at times was his interpretation of Al Pacino in Scarface. Bah. As bad as Mario was in this, I'm pretty confident in what truly killed this show was.....


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Chris Owens

I thought the last episode with him was just a one-off. Apparently they were grooming him to be Danny's new partner. Really? Him? His acting here was atrocious and makes Hayden Christensen in Stars Wars look....awesome! The acting is so bad here that Chris Owens makes himself in the American Pie movies look Oscar worthy. Props to Danny (Peter Dobson) for making fun of Chris Owens "beard".

That brings to a close, Cover Me. The final scene with the picture frame was a nice way to end the series. I wonder if the writing was already on the wall and they shot this scene to reflect that. Getting the chance to re-watch this series again, it's was very clear that the show really started going downhill after they moved from San Diego to Utah.