"In a war movie, the guy who shows the hero a picture of his girl back home and says, “I’m gonna marry her when all this is over” – that’s the guy who’s as good as dead in the next scene. It’s the war movie equivalent of red shirts in Star Trek."

The equivalent in cop movies is the dedicated and honest old-timer who only has three weeks to go before retirement. 100%, that sucker is dead meat before the credits roll.