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mikeyg24 — 15 years ago(May 19, 2010 05:44 PM)

Was bringing back Zed. The guy's hillarious. Other than that it would have been the same old crap.
Good guys may not finish last but they sure as sh*t don't finish first!

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Callaghan wasn't in part 2 and it was great. Police Academy was always an ensemble effort. It was never great just because of one character.

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I'm think Callahan is the reason as well?

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Harris getting to run the Academy was also a new angle. Even though it was temporary it was great to see him in charge and try to spoil Lassard's program from the top spot.
Zed's story was great. I think Harris treating him like dirt was the first time we'd seen Zed allow someone to talk to him like that without going nuts and attacking them.

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You beat me to it.
Sometimes other characters are used inventively, but Zed - and especially Bobcat Goldthwait's portrayal of him - go above and beyond.
Maybe the writers found it easier to write for him, as there's little of Zed that feels rehashed at least between II-IV, and IV is clearly Zed's best film

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I liked it that he had a relationship with that girl too. The sequence where he is talking about how people don't understand him is touching. I also liked seeing Harris again and loved him telling Zed off. Interesting he didn't tell him to report to the Academy barber.

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They were part of why I had a huge crush on Leslie Easterbrook at the time.Then again,didn't every teenage boy my age at the time?

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We all know why Easterbrook had her head over water cant sink with thosse 😉
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