| Southland Episode | |
| Season 3, Episode 10 | |
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| Air date | March 8, 2011 |
| Written by | John Wells Heather Zuhlke |
| Directed by | Christopher Chulack |
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Graduation Day is the tenth episode of Season Three of Southland.
Summary[]
Ben Sherman faces his final day of probation and has to deal with John Cooper's addiction to painkillers. Lydia Adams and Josie Ochoa rescue three captured teenage boys, who have all been tied up, gagged and kidnapped. At the same time, Ochoa finds out who Adams has begun to date, making her question if she can continue to work with her. Sammy Bryant is assigned a new partner but questions his future as a gang crime detective in the LAPD, and asks to be transferred to patrol so he can help train new officers.