Sometimes the episode ends with an arrest, but equally often the perpetrator's victory turns to some other form of dust in their mouth, and there's not necessarily a sense that the world will be repaired at all; Charlie may get a victory, but the shape of loss remains.
That sounds extremely classic hardboiled detective, I have to say.
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Date: 2023-12-29 04:26 am (UTC)That sounds extremely classic hardboiled detective, I have to say.