# Totall ruin a show ... by being reasonable

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totall-ruin-a-show-by-being-reasonable/781488>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 5, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totall-ruin-a-show-by-being-reasonable/781488 "2017-03-05T18:32:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totall-ruin-a-show-by-being-reasonable/781488/61 "2017-03-08T14:16:19Z")

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While Gregory House is a brilliant mind and an excellent diagnostician, he is very arrogant, has no people skills, has a pill problem and is physically handicapped. I think those factors weigh against employing him at a teaching hospital.

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**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totall-ruin-a-show-by-being-reasonable/781488/62 "2017-03-08T16:21:52Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> Any cop show: Drag the suspect in, begin questioning. Here’s where the culprit confesses, no? Instead he lawyers up, refuses to say anything other than “I want to speak to my attorney” .

Happens in some cop shows. But honestly, IRL an astounding number of suspects confess and never ask for an attorney.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totall-ruin-a-show-by-being-reasonable/781488/63 "2017-03-08T18:00:38Z")

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> [@RikWriter](#):
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> Happens in some cop shows. But honestly, IRL an astounding number of suspects confess and never ask for an attorney.

yep.

Criminals are mostly stupid.

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**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totall-ruin-a-show-by-being-reasonable/781488/64 "2017-03-08T23:26:47Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> yep.
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> Criminals are mostly stupid.

Well, plus, when it comes to murder, a lot of them know they did something wrong and deep down, want to confess. Killing someone else is a hell of a thing, to paraphrase Will Muny. It’s hard for a lot of people to live with.

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