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Why do so many shows end up being cop shows? (slrpnk.net)
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I was looking for a new TV show to watch on prime and started Colony, and half way through the first episode it is revealed it is a cop show. It looks like there is an anti cop element to it, but I am tired of cop shows at all.

I started to watch Blindspot a while back, but that was an FBI show.

While scrolling Hulu the other day I saw a show with Sweet Dee from Always Sunny... Yup another cop show.

Any good, not cop, shows on Prime?

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[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Besides propaganda, I don't know why exactly. Maybe it's a mixture of the detective mystery story plus that "might makes right" vibe as the detective usually doesn't "play by the rules" and he's a badass and Americans love that shit? Maybe the fantasy of having people with power also be moral and work for the greater good is just too appealing? A huge chunk of the world watches telenovelas the way that Western folk watch these shows, I think it says something about both groups, really.