I know the show is about the forensic pathologist team, but, does anyone wish they had regular police officer's with them instead of different ones every week. It gets abit annoying when they change every week. The team work in the same center all the time so surely every case shouldn't have different police
shareThere's plenty of Police stations in the area they work,so of course they're going to work with different officers a lot
shareIt's also quite interesting as they are able to set up a different dynamic every week with unhelpful / helpful / ego-trip / professional / dedicated / lazy type characters.
If it was the same reliable "Lewis" type plod every week it would be quite the dullard. Or if every week was a battle against the same unhelpful DCI....
I do know what you mean though, especially for the "nice" coppers, I quite liked De Freitas and could have more of her. She was feisty.
'tler
During the Sam Ryan years, they had a regular detective. - although they changed every series. - for the course of the whole series so they could do something like that and develops the character more. It makes more sense
shareDuring the Sam Ryan years, they had a regular detective. - although they changed every series.
There's plenty of Police stations in the area they work,so of course they're going to work with different officers a lot
I actually think they need to show the police a lot less. This show is becoming more and more a police drama every season, so much so that the pathology is pretty much an afterthought these days. This is evident with the new characters brought in 2? seasons ago that pretend to be police detectives themselves (especially Jack, that guy just tries too damn hard).
I really miss Leo & Harry :-\
I miss Leo and Harry and the team spirit they had. Jack and Clarissa aren't even pathologists and Tom just seems to be in a completely different show
shareThis is my biggest gripe with the whole series. But to be fair it has been happening for a long time now.
These guys would be so busy in the morgue and the, I don't know what to call it, the dissection room, they wouldn't have time to wander around the City cleaning up crime. The scene in the latest episode, Falling Angels, that had Nikki racing along with the copper to the house at the end of the show. They are running around like cops whereas in real life they would rarely leave the lab.
You only have to watch a programme like Lewis with the gorgeous Dr. Laura Hobson to see what it would be like. She would be in the white suit at the murder scene, collecting evidence then back to the lab with the evidence and the body to work out how they died and look for clues as to the killer, then you pass this evidence to the copper who does the running around.
Much as I do enjoy Silent witness, and this series has been a good return to form after a couple of poor seasons, I would like to see more thought and less running around doing the job of the Police.
'tler
I agree. As much as I enjoy SW, it's bizarre the way Jack and Nikki just race around to interviews and chasing criminals. - and the police let them instead of telling them just to stick to their jobs. I mean, in this latest episode, would Nikki be allowed to watch an interview (she may have had to give evidence in court and had been listening to the interview) and chase the killer to the train station. - where she endangered herself and the police detective
shareI also agree they seem to have lost the plot as to what their jobs are,
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Since when do pathologist's question social workers and visit parents of missing children, etc?. It's ridiculous
shareSince when do pathologist's question social workers and visit parents of missing children, etc?. It's ridiculous
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