I love pointing out problematic behavior in cop shows.
Those DAMN DEFENDANTS claiming they didn’t do it when the good cops JUST KNOW they’re guilty. The DAMN JUDGES always wanting EVIDENCE instead of just taking the cops at their word the alleged criminal dumped the drugs in the river.
How DARE they insist cops DO THEIR JOB. what’s next, asking them to PUT THEIR LIVES AT RISK?
Usually it’s more subtle like “they’re complaining about being asked to do their jobs correctly, and these are the people we’re supposed to be cheering for?” or “they fabricated evidence of one crime because they dropped the ball with another crime, and they’re the good guys? If you say so…”
Some people might say I’m ruining a show, but come on… The show was already ruined. I’m just adjusting the picture so your rose tinted glasses get the right colors.
What about when suspects or perps use a “loophole” to escape justice and then you find out that loophole was the accused weren’t read their rights or was abused during an interrogation and had no access to a lawyer. Like the cops didn’t do basic police work correctly but it’s the suspect who did something wrong. Remember that the rights read to a person under arrest are actual constitutional rights that each American is entitled to and which the police must abide.
In one of the episodes, the towns police force (two cops) has a real or precived grievance, and decided to work to rule on protest.
By the third act they’ve discovered that work to rule is more work than they’ve been doing, the grievance is dropped, and nothing has changed for the next episode.
Mysteries do a lot better than procedurals, because being wrong is intrinsic to the format. The cops on Midsummer are still The Good Guys™ and always get the right person eventually, because a whodunit with no clear answer would be a different genre, but there’s ample screen time for a lot of people who are understandably not fond of them.
I love pointing out problematic behavior in cop shows.
Those DAMN DEFENDANTS claiming they didn’t do it when the good cops JUST KNOW they’re guilty. The DAMN JUDGES always wanting EVIDENCE instead of just taking the cops at their word the alleged criminal dumped the drugs in the river.
How DARE they insist cops DO THEIR JOB. what’s next, asking them to PUT THEIR LIVES AT RISK?
Usually it’s more subtle like “they’re complaining about being asked to do their jobs correctly, and these are the people we’re supposed to be cheering for?” or “they fabricated evidence of one crime because they dropped the ball with another crime, and they’re the good guys? If you say so…”
Some people might say I’m ruining a show, but come on… The show was already ruined. I’m just adjusting the picture so your rose tinted glasses get the right colors.
What about when suspects or perps use a “loophole” to escape justice and then you find out that loophole was the accused weren’t read their rights or was abused during an interrogation and had no access to a lawyer. Like the cops didn’t do basic police work correctly but it’s the suspect who did something wrong. Remember that the rights read to a person under arrest are actual constitutional rights that each American is entitled to and which the police must abide.
Copaganda is real.
There was a Canadian TV show called Corner Gas.
In one of the episodes, the towns police force (two cops) has a real or precived grievance, and decided to work to rule on protest.
By the third act they’ve discovered that work to rule is more work than they’ve been doing, the grievance is dropped, and nothing has changed for the next episode.
YV?
Yellavision. It’s like television, but when your parents yell at you to change the channel.
Straight up typo.
I thought it was something like “young viewers” or something.
Mysteries do a lot better than procedurals, because being wrong is intrinsic to the format. The cops on Midsummer are still The Good Guys™ and always get the right person eventually, because a whodunit with no clear answer would be a different genre, but there’s ample screen time for a lot of people who are understandably not fond of them.