Featured Friday

Featured Friday: Buddy Cops

Drew Marquardt

28 Mar 2025 — 1 min read

I wonder if these two will learn to work together?

Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week.

This week, we look at the many different iterations of the buddy cop character dynamic and the benefits of a clearly-defined central relationship.

Our collection includes:

21 Jump Street by Michael Bacall
22 Jump Street by Oren Uziel
Bad Boys for Life by David Guggenheim
Hot Fuzz by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright
Lethal Weapon - “Pilot” by Matt Miller
Men in Black by Ed Solomon
Point Break by James Cameron & Kathryn Bigelow
Rush Hour by Ross LaManna
Se7en by Andrew Kevin Walker
The Heat by Katie Dippold
The Nice Guys by Shane Black & Anthony Bagarozzi
The Other Guys by Chris Henchy & Adam McKay
Training Day by David Ayer
True Detective - “The Long Bright Dark” by Nic Pizzolatto

Read these and other featured collections only on Weekend Read 2, available on all Mac and iOS devices. Download for free!

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