ABC Female Cops: Ana-Lucia Cortes and Andrea Battle
By now, those of you who followed the canceled drama Day Break should have seen the finale online by now on ABC.com - but if not, this is fair warning… I will be posting an analysis soon.
But this blog entry is a comparison of two female cops who occupied the same time slot on ABC, at least briefly. Every time I saw Hopper’s partner Andrea Battle on Day Break, I knew she reminded me of someone. It took me an episode or two to figure it out… but it was Ana-Lucia from LOST.
Aside from the obvious physical differences, like Andrea’s blondeness and Ana-Lucia’s silky black hair, the two women present themselves very similarly. It was hard to find the screencaps I wanted, especially for Andrea, but I found this decent promotional photo and a reasonably similar screencap of Ana-Lucia.
Any time either character entered a room, whether it was in the police station or another location, neither of them simply walked. They slinked. Or sauntered. There was a certain swish of the hips and set of the eyebrows that implied a powerful combination of sexiness, self-confidence, and strength. These two lady cops dominated a room with their presence.
Both Andrea and Ana-Lucia had their moral gray areas… well, maybe not so gray. Andrea was the subject of an Internal Affairs investigation (over and over and over again…) because she was working with a drug dealer to feed her on-again-off-again ex-cop boyfriend’s habit. Ana-Lucia killed a man in cold blood. Granted, he’d shot her and killed her unborn child - but she intentionally failed to identify him in a lineup so she could take matters into her own hands and murder him herself.
So while neither of them have made the best choices in their lives, Andrea and Ana-Lucia have certainly got Charlies Angels beaten. If I could have any fictional law-enforcement officers on my side, these two would be right up there on my list. Loyal to their friends and loved ones, they would definitely do what it takes.
