#TV cop dramas

[numbuh424]

people have pointed this out before but I love how the death note jdrama highlights how needlessly cruel L is capable of being..... calling Light (and the other Kira suspects) early in the investigation to falsely accuse him of being Kira just to see how he'd react, taunting Light relentlessly while he was imprisoned and interrogated, and of course the mock execution. all while knowing no one can really stop him. the jdrama really said "btw don't forget this guy's an ASSHOLE"

[mainenorth]

the last couple of seasons of castle are so boring dude. i think the first couple eps of their relationship was decent but the writers had no idea what to do with them afterwards. as soon as beckett became an agent it was so boring. espo and ryan couldn’t even entertain me.

[myboredgeneration]

Since I last watched "THE WIRE", Michael K. Williams (Omar Little) and Lance Reddick (Lieutenant Cedric Daniels) have died.

😭😭😭

[andtheyreonfire]

insane (predicable) to me that you could literally have the most sanitized radio cut version of intrusive thoughts represented into a character and people would still be immensely bothered by it. that you could give the insanely clear cut "your thoughts are not a precursor to your actions, avoiding them doesn't help anything, go to bed" and in some spaces just straight-up mentioning the representative character wasn't allowed. bc yeah a lot of intrusive thoughts wouldn't pass youtube community guidelines. when, for the sake of debate, someone watered them down to the same energy as poop jokes and a "family feud insane moments" video, some bitches STILL took issue with that shit and made it everyone's problem. and everyone around them fully endorsed it, used the designated trigger tag while simultaneously putting their fanart in the actual "intrusive thoughts" tag. and they STILL claimed that they supported mental health and its discussion likeeeeeee

[maysshortmoviereviews]

Scrublands (2023 - )

Follows investigative journalist Martin Scarsden as he has to uncover the truth of the case of killing of five parishioners by a charismatic and dedicated young priest.

An enjoyable Aussie drama and a mystery. It is based on a book (which I haven't read) so I couldn't compare, however, as a series it was short and sweet and very enjoyable. Definitely check it out if you like your mystery dramas set in a moody and isolated town.

[madegeeky]

Never thought I'd see a cop show be so fucking liberal and thoughtful as to acknowledge that a person who is diagnosed with psychopathy is not, by default, a serial killer. They have "persistent antisocial behavior, impaired empathy and remorse, and bold, disinhibited, and egotistical traits" (Wikipedia) but none of that means that they are going to (or have) become a serial killer. (The show uses the word "psychopathy" so that's what I'll be using.)

The basic premise of the show, which is the Korean drama Bad Guys, is that a detective uses 3 prisoners to help him fight crime, usually people who have killed repeatedly. There's the mobster, the hitman, and the aforementioned psychopath, Jung-moon.

It later turns out that Jung-moon has been framed for the serial killings that he went to jail for. He was framed, in fact, by the detective he is now working for because, well, he was a psychopath so that meant that it had to be him, even if there was no real evidence.

But it is wrong and the show specifically states that. It was wrong, the show says, that this was done to someone no matter what they were diagnosed with. It was wrong, the show says, that the detective assumed the worst of Jung-moon because of his diagnosis. It was wrong, the show says, that Jung-moon was sent to prison for years. It was cruel and awful and wrong.

And the show never refutes that Jung-moon has psychopathy! Never! No one ever calls it into question, tries to say that he didn't do the killings because he's not obviously not a psychopath. He has psychopathy but he still didn't deserve to go to jail or be treated the way he was treated. The psychopathy is never used as a reason to make it better or understandable that he was sent away.

They even have the detective apologize to Jung-moon! "I branded you as a psychopath, blaming everything on you," says the detective. "I'm sorry. Please forgive me." There's no attempt to make excuses, to pretend that there was another reason he thought it was Jung-moon. He straight up just admits that that was the only reason he targeted Jung-moon. And he acknowledges that this was wrong and cruel of him.

The detective then gives Jung-moon his gun and tells him that he deserves to be shot by the other man. And Jung-moon puts the gun to the detective's head and says, "I can't feel the emotions you fee. Because I can't feel those feelings, I wanted to learn them. Whether it's blame, sadness, happiness, I learned from you for the past couple months." And then Jung-moon doesn't pull the trigger. He's a psychopath. He has low empathy and low self-control and he still doesn't kill the detective.

I just wasn't expecting such a nuanced, respectful, and kind look at a character diagnosed with psychopathy from a silly little cop drama which is basically just a mystery with cops being overly dramatic and a fuck ton of fight scenes. It was just incredibly refreshing to see.

[devoted-to-colin-farrell]

TV clip - True Detective Season 2

[deafening-enthusiastic-dreamer]

Vigilante

After all 8 episodes being aired, I am quite disappointed from the show. Like I expected more out of it. In terms of character, the character in general was well thought of, but it didn't feel like we had enough connection with him to feel close to the guy. The only backstory of him we got was at the very beginning, according to me it needed more things here and there where the audience can relate more to the character. But also the way they showed it was the only way it could be somewhat realistic?

But it was quite predictable of how another person close to him would die, but he wouldn't. Also according to the number of episodes I could have been cut short. I can see where the writers wanted the story to come to a full circle.

There are talks of a season 2. So I am thinking, it could shed more light and improve the series from what it already is.

I would watch it, as it was a quite interesting story to tell, and i am curious to know where the story will go ahead.

[vertigoartgore]

Ken Wahl as Vinnie Terranova in January 1988 (the main character of the late 80's tv show Wiseguy by Stephen J. Cannell & co.).

[simplymariac]

From Season 1, Episode 102 Dark Knight: The Second Chapter - Stills of Nick about to bite Donald Fenner. #ForeverKnight #GeraintWynDavies #SexyVampire

Just having fun with these screenshots. Sony has all the rights to this screenshot set. 😉

[princessmo]

have to watch the first season of the wire for one of my classes and it's like, the one hbo show i never see ppl talk abt on here. which makes sense bc it's a cop show and cop shows suck

[lifewithaview]

Jim Caviezel and Michael Emerson in"Person of Interest"(2011-2016)Pilot

S1E1

After a scrape with a few hot-heads on the subway, homeless man and former government agent John Reese is offered a job by the somewhat secretive Mr. Finch. After 9/11, Finch developed a computer program that would sift enormous amounts of information, looking for patterns of behavior or activity that would predict another attack. It also provided information about individuals who could be in danger. Finch wants to do something about those people. The first on his list is Diane Hanson, an Assistant District Attorney currently working on a major prosecution. Reese agrees to help out and begins by watching her. It all leads to an unexpected conclusion.

[donotdestroy]

Medium (2005) - (Opening theme)

[nellarw95]

Happy Birthday Eddie 🥳🎂🎁🎈🎉

Edward Regan Murphy

April 3,1961

Buon Compleanno 🥳🎂🎁🎈🎉

3 Aprile 1961

[ferrariking1949]

Anyone remember this show from the 80s.

[ff2-soda-pop]

So I think the fact that every single day for the past week has been the exact same with literally no difference is starting to bug me—