some hot takes™ because i have nothing better to do
most of them will be about the one chicago shows but i'll cover other topics too.
one chicago-
pd:
jay is overrated. he's cute and all, but he doesn't really have a personality. he gets a lot of attention from the fandom and it, quite honestly, isn't deserved.
antonio getting divorced was quite surprising to me, and for his marriage to unravel as quickly as it did with little explanation was just lazy writing. i wanna know why his wife felt she had to draw the line.
fire:
sylvie acting like emily owed her an explanation for wanting to go back to med school was disgusting. she doesn't need to justify herself wanting a different career.
dawsey needs closure. gabby isn't coming back and casey isn't going to join her in puerto rico, so enough with the in between. he deserves to move on.
i don't know WHAT accent hermann's actor is trying to do, it sounds like a horrid grating chicagoan and new york accent rolled into one and it's really cringe.
med:
crockett isn't a fuckboy or a horrible person, not by a long shot. april kissed him, not the other way around. and he isn't responsible for the problematic couple that is chexton. crockett was an unfortunate casualty of ethan's failure to see the cracks in their relationship- and april's failure to be honest about what she wanted.
will and natalie are better apart. i'm not saying i LIKE hannah, i have a bad feeling about her that i hope is unfounded because he truly seems happy with her, but i like seeing them separate from each other.
which brings me to my last hot take for med, that manstead is toxic and i'm happy it's over. it's going to take a lot me to reverse my stance on this.
all rise:
of all the good female characters there are in this show, mark ended up with the bitch that is amy quinn. they're not good together and i hope they break up in the next season. there's, like, no tenderness between the two of them- which would be fine if they weren't an item, if their relationship consisted of hooking up only, but it doesn't. she moved *in* with him! ugh. lemily is way better. afterthought- maybe we ship him with rachel? the way they were looking at each other kinda makes it seem like there's still something there.
not so much of a hot take, but a theory; maybe robin and that sanders dude (lisa's campaign manager) were in a relationship? they shared an odd look.
swat:
i saved this for last because i have the most things to say about it.
stris, as a romantic ship, is awful. street owes most of his character growth to her and he's always been there for her. they're close friends who got drunk once together and kissed, and it was a mistake. nothing more. not to mention i feel as if they'd eventually tire each other out as lovers? they're both reckless people who risk a lot on the job and the worrying over the other would cause strain on a romantic relationship.
tanuca has a horrendous age gap. if street is thirty-three (he was thirty in s1 and swat has three seasons currently), i feel like tan would be thirty at the oldest. the way he looks, he could maybe be twenty eight. and luca is clearly the oldest on the team. if i were to give a conservative estimate of his age, i'd say he's at least late forties, probably mid fifties. thirty to fifty-two is huge, 22 years to be exact and it just makes me uncomfortable. it's legal, but a bit weird.
it makes me happy to see that deacon is getting therapy and starting to open up about his struggles, but i don't like the therapist. in the s3 finale i feel like she kinda pushed him into talking to those recruits and i didn't like that.
if you want to discuss any of the stuff i talked about, my only request is to keep it civil. these are just opinions.
You didn’t have to call Halstead out like that 😡 but when I think about it he is somewhat boring. I get that he’s supposed to be a laid back, chill type of guy, but you can add some flavor and still have the character be laid back. And slightly off topic but I wish they’d delve more into his past, especially about his time in military. They’ve done it a little, but I want more. Also I don’t think Hermann’s actor is doing an accent. I think that’s the actor’s natural accent. He was on an episode of L&O: SVU and he had the same accent. Actually it sounded like he was trying to suppress it on SVU.
