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.
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OldLadyReacts t1_iy25qc4 wrote
The first episode of The West Wing has an kick ass Deus Ex Machina moment when President Bartlett walks in to the middle of an argument between his staff and some anti-Semitic religious nuts. His very first line in the entire show quoting the first commandment is literally "I am the Lord your God." He's a brilliant debater too so it's immensely satisfying.