Harrah's Hotel Reno

New Recruits Tryout for the Reno 911 force...

 In this episode of Reno 911, new recruits compete to be the newest member of the Reno 911 police force.  The show opens with shots of some of Reno's finest pawn shops, the Cal-Neva hotel, and the downtown Reno skyline.  Dingle heads out to pick up some new Ostrich skin Western wear to add to his wardrobe. But when Dingle returns to his bike - he finds it "poled" with the bicycle frame embedded on a 20 foot light pole.  Dingle's astounded look  is priceless to see! 

 Afterwards, the new recruits are reviewed in an army-style lineup.  The cute female recruit "Sullivan" takes down a criminal by running after his bicycle and engaging in a strenuous wrestling match on the street.  The Reno deputies are astounded at her physical prowess and willingness to put herself on the line.

A Southwest airlines jet touches down in Reno to start the next sequence of hilarious events.  A few Jehovah's witnesses are preaching in Reno neighborhoods.  When the Reno cops ask them for their permit to sell door-to-door - they refer the cop to the special Jehovah's witness "Thor".  Thor - a quite muscular fellow - puts the deputies in a headlock and begins explaining the lord's teachings.  The permit is not mentioned again.

The Reno sheriff spends a few minutes thinking about the need for new recruits.  The current force are "fudge ups" in a "fudge packing district".    He then describes a recipe with many ingridients that "makes nothing".  These difficult comments are followed by scenes of the Reno train trench and the Golden Phoenix hotel. 

A promising new recruit "Reese" helps to handle a potential suicide jumper atop a Reno hotel parking lot.  Reese advises the jumper to just "believe in yourself".  When the deputies hear a struggle on the roof (they are too lazy to go up) - they run up with guns drawn.  The Reno deputies find Reese sitting on the roof giving some impromptu counseling to the suicide jumper.  Reese gets a little testy at the other deputies and tells not to "invade their space."

The next scenes are preceded by rapid shots of the Reno / Tahoe International Airport; the Reno downtown arch, and the Reno Circus-Circus hotel.  The wrestling recruit "Sullivan" climbs up on a roof to nab a purse snatcher.  Again - the other deputies remain on the ground - flabbergasted at the new recruits go-getter attitudes. 

A bank robbery investigation scene is preceded by rapid cut shots of Harrah's Reno hotel, the Reno Hilton, the Reno spaghetti bowl highway intersection, and Washoe Medical Center (one of two main Reno hospitals).  Out at a squalid trailer with kids running around, the deputies interrogate a potential bank robbery suspect known as "frisbee".  The bank robbery was done with a crossbow, and they are looking for the blue ink from the bank bag.  There are many similarities of Frisbee and the bank robber including a pregnant & underage getaway driver (Frisbee's wife) and 6 kids in the back of a pickup.  The deputies are about to leave when Frisbee shows his hands to be void of dye -- but when his kid runs out with a crossbow, covered in blue dye -- another Reno case is cracked!

Another scene of Harrah's Reno hotel precedes recruit Reese practicing tai-chi in the parking lot.  When another deputy ridicules his tai-chi-- Reese rapidly sucker punches him in the neck and takes him down.  The women deputies are very enamored of Reese, and describe him as a "grape" that they would like to suck the love juice out of....   The women deputies gossip about Reese who is clearly their favorite of the potential new recruits. 

In perhaps the most bizarre scene of a wild show, Deputy Weigel pays a conjugal visit to her lover at the Nevada State prison.  The stark furnishings of the prison trailer for conjugal visits is offset by the wild S&M leather outfits for Weigel and her lover.  They attempt to play out a lengthy "sexy"? scenario where they work in a corporation - but it goes nowhere, and the limited-time conjugal visit ends with no consummation.

In the show's finale of this episode, the deputies meet in the conference room for the controversial announcement of the new deputy.  One recruit is joining the National Guard; and Sullivan is entering the Ultimate Fighting Championship.  Dingle makes clear that he is the one and only vote for the new deputy and that the other deputies votes "just don't count".  Kimball - the tough Southern cop is chosen as the new recruit.  In her intro speech she describes herself as "woman on the outside, but inside I'm pudding..."  Dingle drags her off lectern and the episode ends. 

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