[ SECRET POST #2976 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2976 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Homestuck]


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[NCIS: Los Angeles/Hawaii Five-0]


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[Left Shark (Katy Perry? Super Bowl?) and Bad-Dragon .com]


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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I think he gets a pass for being an asshole (even to say I say 'eh', he's not super polite but neither is he brutal) to suspects. That's generally how cop shows work. The difference between him and BBC Sherlock is that BBC Sherlock treats everyone rather condescendingly or manipulatively, depending on his mood or what he needs from them at the time and he's rarely called out for it, nor does he learn from past mistakes.

[meadowphoenix]

Now that you mention it, in contrast Gregson and Bell are much nicer to suspects than regular procedurals.

[(Anonymous)]

DA-- that's actually another thing I like about the show: Gregson and Bell are so good at staying professional and civil with suspects.

[(Anonymous)]

I like that too--I get so sick of being supposed to "like" cops who get physical with suspects or tease them about getting raped in prison or whatever. (I also get sick of being supposed to agree all defense lawyers are smarmy and unethical.)

[(Anonymous)]

Yep. Contrast this with something like Law & Order:SVU, where suspects are frequently yelled at, physically manhandled, etc. That seems to be the common take in most police shows. In Elementary, that generally does not happen. Bell and Gregson don't do it, and neither does Holmes or Watson. Kitty is the closest the show got to that sort of unacceptable vigilante type violence, and I suspect they did that because she was the character you'd least expect it from. Rape survivors aren't usually portrayed with that sort of agency and control.

[meadowphoenix]

Holmes definitely did in season 1, and sometimes gets close still, but he also get into trouble for it. He and Kitty have been suspended when that happens, which I do like.

[(Anonymous)]

DA-- yes, like in season 1, when he was about to torture Moran, and afterward Gregson's rage was spectacular to behold? I loved Gregson for saying, "No, NO, we DO NOT do these things," and suspending him. Holmes needs clear boundaries and consequences, and Gregson provides them.

I confess I wondered, at the end of S2, how the show would deal with Holmes leaving. I was surprised that it went directly to Holmes coming *back* and being confronted with the consequences of letting everyone down, but of course it did. I love that Holmes needs everyone else more than they need him--and he knows it--but he's still important enough to them to let him earn the chance to fix things.

There are a lot of good people on this show, I guess is what I'm saying. I *like* that. A *lot*.