dutch_treat said:
But I actually think that the writers are really faithfull to his character. True, we have not seen the emotional, passionate and dramatic Danny of season one and two, but I think that's caused by the cases he is on and not by a change of personality.
It is mentioned several times in the 'grade ep ..'-threads that the victims and the scenes the crimes take place at are becoming more and more upper class. For someone like Danny it's hard to relate to those people and their environment. So he does his job and that's it. There is no emotional attachment whatsoever. Therefor his best scene so far this season is in the car with Shane Casey because he did feel a connection with him.
Flack on the other hand seems to be getting more cases and personal situations lately that get under his skin and that's why he seems to be more 'in the picture' right now. And this time not onely with funny one-liners but with emotional outbursts too.
I don't think either one of them should get less screen time, but it will be nice to get some more insight in Flack's story and if therefor Danny's scenes will be somewhat limited it's fine by me.
Since I like something in season 1, 2 and 3 Danny he's still my favourite.
So, essentially, what you’re saying is that Danny’s current drugged state is because he cares less about justice if the victim is wealthy because his own background prevents him from understanding their world? I don’t know if that is a statement about Danny or notions of classism. Is the converse true as well, do the wealthy care less about those less privileged because they can’t understand what it must be? What about Stella, who grew up in an orphanage without any of the benefits that come so easily to those with money, does she also fail to invest herself in cases involving the wealthy? Does she become less embroiled on a case when the victim is wealthy? Well, we know that isn’t true and it doesn’t seem to be true of Danny either. Furthermore why stop at class, why not extend the notion to race or gender? I think once you become a victim of murder, rape, assault what you are suffering eclipses class. Not to mention, I don’t think there is any evidence that Danny is only impassioned when the victims and perpetrators are poor.
Thinking back to Hush in season one, the victim lived in the suburbs in a two story home complete with back yard and Danny was pretty determined and lively when it came to bringing her killer to justice. He was so determined that he took down a person of interest even while they were wielding a blowtorch. I think back to season two and the weather girl/meteorologist case, hardly a profession that sends you to the welfare line, however Danny interrogating her killer brought out the veins in his neck and allowed Carmine to deliver a powerhouse performance. We could go back to season one and the rich woman raped in Central Park, there was Danny working side by side with Stella to bring the rapist to justice. There are more moments that prove that Danny’s fiery nature has less to do with wealth and more to do with Danny’s need to protect the innocent, to seek out the destroyers of families. You can contrast the fiery Danny with the amused and distanced Danny that worked in American Dreamers even though the victim was not only young, but homeless as well, can you get any poorer that that? We can further that with the cruel Danny we witnessed when he questioned the gypsy cab driver’s son, people that barely scrape together a living. Justice is not about class when it comes to Danny, it is something he desperately thinks each person passing through the morgue deserves.
The only character that seems to equate humanity with familiarity is Lindsay.
Though this isn’t the thread to debate Danny’s season 3 catatonia so I’ll let what I said stand without going any further in depth.
Does Flack deserve more screen time, of course he does, but illuminating one character does not mean turning off the lights on another, there is no either or, simply writers that can’t or won’t handle the task of being true to all the characters in every episode rather than three or four.
