Dirty cops, Santeria ritualistic homicides of two shady police officers, and the "confiscation" of Crockett's Ferrari Spyder--you just know that you are in for a treat with this much going on. We see that Olmos' Lt. Castillo has extensive knowledge regarding the religion of Santeria and how he wants to talk with the man who killed the two cops, who had left behind certain tell-tale signs of why he committed the murders. Castillo turns to a priestess(played by Eartha Kitt!)with expertise in Santeria, perhaps with the ability to arrange a meeting with the killer. Brue MacVittie is the ringleader, officer David Blakeney, behind the group of dirty cops who had been skimming from drug dealers, using the money to pay off debts/bills, waging a war with them when the kidnapping of a boy leads to multiple murders on both sides, escalating in a major shootout at the end. Martin Ferrero returns as Izzy, Crockett's go-to street snitch, who tries to help Sonny get his Ferrari back from department debt collector Robert Trebor(who nearly becomes alligator food when he meets Elvis while looking for the keys to Sonny's car while looking in the cabin of Crockett's boat!). This episode is a bit more lighthearted that others, following Crockett's tribulations retrieving his Ferrari and how he instigates a bar fight with Blakeney and his boys which results in fisticuffs. WHATEVER WORKS is yet another episode which reveals aspects of the enigma which is Lt. Martin Castillo.
Review of Whatever Works
