[ SECRET POST #2594 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2594 ⌋

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Comments

[dreemyweird]

I agree. Even in Inspector Morse and Lewis (where this trope is present in a rather mild form) shouting at/insulting/physically assaulting suspects has always made me very uncomfortable. Seeing these scenes just makes me wish for the characters to stop.

It doesn't make me instantly dislike them, mind you (I love Morse <3), but I see how something worse than a simple insult/slap on the face can make a cop character completely unlikeable. Sure, the conflict between the law and the characters' moral intuition is always going to be a part of police procedurals, but there is only so much rule-breaking a character can do before they become an asshole.

[(Anonymous)]

Speaking of Morse and Lewis and actually a few other British procedurals like maybe Silent Witness, what bothers me is that in a lot of the episodes there seems to be some sort of love interest/flirtation vibe with a suspect or a person of interest and it seems to cause little to no internal moral conflict for the cop character. And a lot of the time it doesn't just stay a vibe, if I recall correctly... That just seems super unprofessional to me! Still love them though, especially Lewis.

[dreemyweird]

Are there procedurals that don't do it?.. Apparently all the crime shows I've watched were British.

[(Anonymous)]

I've just noticed it a lot more in British shows? Or like they will have a drink with them or hang out or impliedly stay the night at their place or whatever. And it seems to happen a lot, and is not often presented as even a plot point in that it might cause trouble for the cop? I feel like in American shows it's at least shown as that if they put the flirtation/interest into action.

[dreemyweird]

I wasn't being sarcastic, it was a genuine question :D Sorry about the intonation fail.

[(Anonymous)]

No problem :D At least this gave me a chance to talk about this apparent pet peeve a bit more ;)