@KitRedgrave @stevietrix That show can be seen a lot of ways. But the writer’s mission was “the demythification of the detective.” They don’t always catch the bad guy. Some cases are closed in two minutes. Others take years. Some never close. Some detectives care and are good at solving crimes. Some are drunks who slide through. Some are complete assholes gaming the system. Those get promoted faster. One takes seven years to turn from doe eyed optimist to Actual Criminal.

@KitRedgrave @stevietrix The best detective who solves basically every murder he’s assigned eventually quits and decides the police force is pointless.

@KitRedgrave @rotatingskull I think the problem with even a lot of the “critical” shows (eg, The Shield, The Wire, Homicide, etc.) is that the absolute limit is usually “get better cops” or “improve the system” never “ABOLISH THE FUCKING POLICE”

@stevietrix @KitRedgrave People are dying of poison. What we need is better poison.

@rotatingskull @KitRedgrave lmao, literally this.

@stevietrix @KitRedgrave Then again it was our liberal Surgeon General in the 90s who wanted “safer weapons and safer bullets.”