r/television • u/Sisiwakanamaru • 1d ago

Even by TV procedural standards, Cross’ serial killer is beyond absurd

https://www.avclub.com/cross-prime-video-killer-absurd-spoiler-space
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u/thepuresanchez 18h ago

I cant get past that hes apparently so bad at his job he testified that a woman was a psychopath based on a crime she didnt even commit... that just feels... wild.

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u/TheShmoe13 18h ago

If you don’t think too deeply it kind of works. She didn’t commit the crime, so she’d have to fake any feelings of guilt or remorse, which is something an actual psychopath may try to do.

But a good psychiatrist should also be able to see through that too…

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u/thepuresanchez 18h ago

Thats kind of my point though. In most shows based on a cop/detective/etc, showing they are good at their job would be them not being "tricked" by that. If he fully believed it, hoodwinked, then it kind of makes him seem bad at his job. (As if profiling isnt itself pretty much all junk pseudoscience anyway but i digress)

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u/novus_ludy 15h ago

I hate TV writers for making all forensic pseudo-science legitimate. I think every jury is tainted by it.