“You can’t be part of the team. You’re too close.”
“Please!”
“Ok.”
Does every tv series have an episode like This???
Sometimes the answer remains “No” but the investigator “goes on vacation”. Just a variation on the same implausible theme.
I don’t think, “Boy Meets World,” did, but if it has a cop in it, bet the farm.
Sure. Just like in a situation where the perp and the cop both have their guns drawn, the perp talks the cop into putting their gun down. This makes me yell at the tv.
“That’s the last straw. You’re OFF THE CASE!”
Except for the fact that its does happen. See The Onion Field, which shows exactly that (and it’s an accurate representation of a real case).
But the question is, what’s wrong with dramatic license? Would you really prefer things to be dull as long as they’re what you perceive (wrongly in this case) as “accurate”?
This trope is way overused in MLP: Friendship is Magic.
You’re a good cop but the commissioner is going to have your ass for this!
To be fair to the shows. If I was Holms and Watson was taken why would I want some sub-par detective to have my friend’s life in their hands? At a certain point, you’ve got to have some faith in yourself and once you do why would you want some lesser person to be in charge.
Because you’re too close to it man! Your feelings are blinding you!
Right up there with, “You’ve GOT to believe me!” As if saying that they’ve “got to” believe you makes your harebrained story more believable.
Give me your badge.
And your gun.
And your recipe for coconut macaroons.
Do I expect realism? No- it’s just that this meme has always irritated me, and it was featured in both “Criminal Minds” "AND “NCIS:LA” this week.
“Passion is the enemy of precision!”
“Bye, book.”
On Designated Survivor, a high-ranking FBI agent decided to stay quiet and handle things himself when his son was kidnapped by the conspiracy… and the bad guys ended up executing his kid anyway. Not because he failed them or missed a deadline but just because they are bad guys and that’s what they do. And the character does have a moment of realization where he admits to himself that he did the exact wrong thing. Harsh but realistic in a show not known for either quality.
Oh, good. I DVR’d Criminal Minds last week and this week, and haven’t watched either one. If that’s what happens, now I have an excuse not to.
Plus, it really bugs me that his mother is supposed to be some big deal English professor, but she named him “Spencer,” not “Spenser.”
Don’t writers realize that any worn-out unrealistic trope will take the viewers right out of a show?
“You’re too close.”
*“Don’t care, I’m going after my partner’s killer!”
*“Oh, well, okay…”
*“Okay, buh-bye! I’m rushing off without any backup and no real plan!”
*“I’m going with you!”
“But you’re the just a waitress who’s incredibly hot and wears thousands of dollars of designer clothes and makeup. And, wait, aren’t you the bad guy’s wife, who he’ll take hostage in the final confrontation right before the last commercial break?”
“I don’t care. I’m tagging along to slow you down and put the whole case in jeopardy.”
“Oh, well, okay…”
Is anyone really watching those shows not expecting an hour of cliches and tropes?
One of these days I want to see a scene that goes like this:
Chief: “To get the bad guys, you broke every rule in the book. Hand in your badge and gun.”
[The cop begrudgingly obeys.]
Chief: “Now…despite your unorthodox methods, we appreciate what you’ve done. We’re promoting you. Here’s your new badge and a bigger gun.”