I meant to mention this yesterday
Okay, one thought I meant to put in the last Flashpoint post is this: the cops are polite to witnesses and people they're asking for assistance. Which is not so much a Canadian thing as a realism thing, I would imagine. I mean, there are many annoying things about CSI: Miami and possibly to a lesser extent CSI: New York, as well as the secondary Law & Order series, but one thing that's always irked me about them is how rude the investigators are to anyone they need to get information from. On Miami in particular, that newer young female CSI, the one who seems to have replaced Calleigh as the female lead, she's just pig-ignorant to people for no good reason. I have to think sneering at people you are trying to get information or assistance from would have to be counter-productive. I mean, I suppose it's intended to create an edgy feel, but the show itself is so silly that edgy just doesn't come through.
So, for instance, Spike asking a boat-owner politely to use his radio seems to make more sense. (Okay, Ed addressing the bank robber as "sir" was probably intended to avoid inflaming the situation when the guy had a gun pointed at the hostage: "Sir, put the gun down," as opposed to Sam's likely "Drop it, asshole!" which we had already seen did not work.)
In original CSI, Catherine Willows can be snotty, but she's a bit of a dominatrix anyway. And besides, we also have Nicky in that one, playing the nice-Texan card all over the place and getting people on his side. "Sir, it would be a big help to us if you..."
Anyway. Just a thought.
So, for instance, Spike asking a boat-owner politely to use his radio seems to make more sense. (Okay, Ed addressing the bank robber as "sir" was probably intended to avoid inflaming the situation when the guy had a gun pointed at the hostage: "Sir, put the gun down," as opposed to Sam's likely "Drop it, asshole!" which we had already seen did not work.)
In original CSI, Catherine Willows can be snotty, but she's a bit of a dominatrix anyway. And besides, we also have Nicky in that one, playing the nice-Texan card all over the place and getting people on his side. "Sir, it would be a big help to us if you..."
Anyway. Just a thought.