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Why is columbo so good when all other cop shows are dreck? (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Is it because he's always nailing smug weirdo rich fuckbags? Is it the peter falk hard carry? Is it because despite being canonically a cop he does anything but act like a cop?

Is everything downstream of columbo an attempt to erase his legacy as the hound of wealthy sociopaths?

Is Columbo a demigod?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Bodie was so conflicting because he showed zero remorse and the little bits of humanity we saw died when he killed his friend who was also still a CHILD at the time and just went on business as usual.

But he still didn't deserve what happened to him,

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Death by cop in the dumbest way possible

And then McNulty tries to do the exact same shit the day after.

This is the face of the show and the cops in general for most of the seasons too, the reference point for cop behaviour, he's even portrayed as one of the "better cops" when Omar gets arrested.

Kima was the most human of them all and Bunk was just sad. It felt like as long as he kept being one of the more / only competent detectives noone would ever try get him to avoid liver failure in the next few years.

If we start Prez discourse we could get a 200+ comment hexbear thread going.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Kima was the most human of them all

Det. Greggs beats down a physically restrained "suspect" not once but twice

My first time through the Wire I knew very little about copaganda. Mildly embarrassed about that now, although the show presents plenty of ACAB counternarrative.

David Simon comes off pretty penitent in We Own This City when spilling the tea on cop brutality and lawlessness so that's a plus

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Det. Greggs beats down a physically restrained "suspect" not once but twice

Hey ACAB applies to them all. I was referring to Kima's personal story being about commitment and compromise in relationships and eventual parenthood instead of what all the other cops were up to. Still a bastard but we see some personal growth and a welcome break from the self-destructive behavior of the other characters.