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"Ben McKenzie has revealed what he wants to happen in the new season of Southland. The drama was renewed for a fourth season in March but is not expected to return until January. However, McKenzie told Entertainment Weekly that he already has some ideas for the new episodes. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ve only seen my character [Ben] in the context of his relationship with his training officer [John, played by Michael Cudlitz],&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;So I&amp;#039;d like to know what happens when their relationship is totally different. And when he&amp;#039;s dealing with someone who&amp;#039;s a little bit more senior than he is but much more his equal.&amp;quot; McKenzie also revealed that he would like to see Ben being forced to police some more difficult areas. &amp;quot;One of the things they do - if we were to follow what happens in real life - is take some P2 dogs who have just graduated from being a Boot, a P1, into a P2 and full of testosterone, then put them in the toughest gang areas,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;It might be an opportunity to put him and Sammy - who is very aggressive and explosive - and put them in that situation, in the thick of the gang suppression stuff. It could be fun.&amp;quot; Southland&amp;#039;s executive producer Christopher Chulack has previously suggested that the crimes on the show are just a &amp;quot;backdrop&amp;quot; and it is really about &amp;quot;the human condition&amp;quot; of police officers. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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