Fort Apache, the Bronx (1981)

The delicate balance between a decaying police precinct and the impoverished neighborhood it serves is thrown when a drugged out Pam Grier, playing against type, shoots two officers point blank. This leads newly appointed captain Ed Asner to take a hardline against the surrounding community. Cynical precinct veteran Paul Newman, partnered with a young Ken Wahl, provides the moral compass in a squad filled with corruption. It’s gritty as if from the previous decade but also feels like the pilot to the police procedurals it would later inspire.