Characters behaving badly

[sg_lab2]

I dislike It when a show makes me feel like I’m supposed to agree with certain characters just because they’re the leads, as if what they do or say is always right. I don’t agree with that.

I was starting April 23rd episode of Body of Proof recently and I couldn’t stand the arrogance of the two lead characters. A pathologist and a police detective.

Tommy, the detective, demanded he be allowed to question a group of kids (teens mostly), who were patients at a psychiatric hospital, alone.

Oh the pathologist, Megan, sat in on the questioning too. She is a whole level of entitlement I can’t stand.

The psychiatrist denied him and demanded he-the psychiatrist-be present during the questioning. Sure there was a glaring spotlight of suspicion on the psychiatrist, but just because Detective Tommy is a lead doesn’t mean anything he says should be allowed. And about that suspiciousness with the psychiatrist, I thought it had more to do with casting than any evidence-at least to start with.

If a show wants their characters to be arrogant and entitled, fine, but someone needs to call them on the carpet occasionally and make it stick.

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[sg-lab.livejournal.com]

I haven't been really impressed by the season mainly for the reasons I pointed out on this post. I was hoping from last season we would see more of a friendship between Megan and Kate but that seems to be taken over by the Tommy/Megan relationship. I wasn't really interested in another show with a male/female leads UST.