(12-17-2016, 11:41 AM)Hell Rell Wrote: It's common to have the series' protagonist in some type of law enforcement. It helps to drive the action by explaining how they're able to obtain the info needed for them to do what they do. Nick isn't the most corrupt cop to ever be put on screen and is thought of as a good guy.
We can even look at another show that's currently on the air. Jim Gordon is the protagonist and a detective. He most certainly is not squeaky clean and neither is his partner, Harvey Bullock. Granted, they're better than most of the other cops because they've it a point to show that the GCPD is in need of an overhaul.
On IZombie, Detective Babineaux is definitely going to find himself in some pretty tricky positions next season. He already found himself in a couple. Babineaux is pretty much guaranteed to find himself in compromising positions for as long as the show lasts. Doing what he thinks is right isn't going to be so clear.
Dexter is a Blood Spatter Analyst who works for Miami Metro. This one is different because he's not a good guy and he has an internal need to kill people. He didn't join the department out of a sense of justice. Dexter could've easily become a doctor or used his intellect for a much higher paying job since he was at the top his class in Med. School. He could've been made a serial killer who works in the shadows but he was made into an analyst so it would be easier to find his victims. It's also a way for him to work closely with his sister which adds to the drama.
Writers simply don't want to go to the trouble of explaining how these characters are able to get info that trumps that of law enforcement so they get put onto the force. I don't think they're wrong for doing it. I do think they need to have some internal conflict, maybe with the exception of Dexter, but the idea in itself isn't bad. They may be considered heroes but they fall short of being superheroes even in these fantasy shows. They're not Bruce Wayne. They're not going to decide that being on the force is too restrictive and put on a mask and cape. Hank tried to work a case without Nick and he knew it would turn out to be more of a negative than a positive. Nick not being a cop would probably lead to causing more problems than it solved.
I'm not saying cops are perfect. They're not. However, what I see in Grimm is lazy writing and sloppy storytelling.
Nick is supposed to be a hero. Okay, hero of what? Oh yeah, he goes after the bad wesen. But he can't bring them in because, oh, yeah, guess what? He can't prove a wesen committed a crime. So how many criminals are wesen? Well, we don't really know because there's no statistics. He can't prove a wesen committed a crime.
Is Nick any detriment to wesen committed crime? Well, we don't really know because, guess what? He can't prove a wesen committed a crime. How many wesen committed crimes when they were totally human? Well, no one really knows because, guess what? He can't prove a wesen committed a crime.
So this is how the problem is fixed. Nick finds out they are wesen. In most cases, Nick kills the wesen. Then Nick doctors the report so the crime remains unsolved.
I don't watch the shows you mention above so I can't debate the points of those shows. However, I know for sure, they don't leave questions like this on the viewer's mind.
I have a world view where cops are the good guys. I have expectations of a fantasy show with a cop as the main character and the hero. I don't expect the cop to fall into a hell of corruption simply because he deals with the unexplained. I expect the writers to look for creative solutions.
In my opinion, because they did not, this is why Grimm is being cancelled.
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