Won't you take me to Freaktown?

Boomtown was a short-lived police drama set in Los Angeles that came out in 2002 to critical acclaim. It's artsy claim-to-fame was its non-linear approach to storytelling, with episodes featuring different points of view, including the perspectives of detectives, patrol cops, lawyers, reporters, paramedics, victims, and criminals.

Airing on November 3, 2002, "The Freak" is a pivotal episode of this series. This episode focuses on Mykelti Williamson's Detective Bobby "Fearless" Smith, with Donnie Wahlberg, Neal McDonough, Gary Basaraba, Lana Parilla, Nina Garbiras, Jason Gedrick, Annika Peterson, and Miguel A. Núñez Jr. rounding out the ensemble.

In this episode, Fearless promises to protect a mother and child after they witness a Russian mobster gun a man down in a restaurant. But ... what's this? Our charismatic detective keeps sadly looking off into the distance, while music from La Strada plays in the background? Could it be that an old friend from the war has returned from beyond the grave to remind Fearless of the importance of keeping promises?

Buckle up, because things are about to get freaky. We're talking ghosts-and-guns-akimbo freaky. Because we're not in Boomtown anymore.

Tune into Áine and Kevin getting their freak on and losing their damn minds talking about this wild episode of television.

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