Submitted by buffordsclifford t3_z6lzwu in television
Sometimes they can make for boring Deus Ex Machina moments, but every once in a while when they’re justified by the plot, they can be incredibly satisfying.
In the BBC adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Smiley is mostly a humiliated cuckold fighting against the current of the intelligence establishment, but at the end of the day he has the Prime Minister backing him up, and when he finally constructs his case he unleashes the state authority he has behind him ruthlessly.
My other favorite is in The Wire, although David Simon uses it sparingly, it’s quite entertaining the few times when Mcnulty just complains to the insanely powerful Judge Phelan who strongarms his bosses into supporting the Barksdale case.
What are yours?
AngrySnwMnky t1_iy3c1nb wrote
My favorite McNulty one is in season 2 when he consults the tide charts to show the dead bodies are in Baltimore jurisdiction thereby pissing off his superiors as it kills their numbers.