Deadloch is a silly little crime show until you put it in perspective and there's nothing like it out there. The topics and characters are nothing new in the real world but they totally are in fiction.
Women and enbys just existing in their different bodies and personalities. They are TRULY distinct from one another, not like those groups of friends in shows that are "different" but most of them are skinny, white and young with slightly different personality traits. Deadloch characters are caricatures and at the same time the most raw and real I've seen in a long time. Women who work and sweat and wear comfortable clothes and no make up and have white hairs and diverse body shapes and are in their 40's.
But they are also very flawed and grey characters in a lot of ways! Eddie is a child, un-collaborative, rude, almost kills a dog while drunk, drunk drives, fucked up big time with his father and couldn't even apologize property without Miki forcing her/them to do it, doesn't put an effort in learning people's names (in season one), is emotionally constipated, doesn't shower much and smells bad, can't (or don't want to) read the room in serious situations... Dulcie cheated on her wife, suspected her friends all the time, betrayed Skye and Eddie, neglected her marriage, is emotionally constipated too, didn't realize her white privilege, doesn't have much empathy for animals, has too much trust in a corrupted system...
But despite all that you see them for who they are and can't help but to love them. You see them grow and try to fix their fuck ups. And they can't do it alone, they have eachother to keep them accountable. Cath has Dulcie to tell her, even if she disguises it as caring for others, she's too self centered sometimes; Dulcie has Cath to tell her she has lost herself in the police force system; Abby has Leo to tell her she's trying too hard and developing an unhealthy attachment to the detectives; Eddie has Miki to tell them/her to fix things instead of running away and cutting people off their/her life, etc etc. They change and evolve thanks to their support network.
Growing up complicates things year by year. You're supposed to have a bunch of experience in your work field already, making new friends is harder, especially deep connections, you feel lost and stuck at the same time, the trauma of loss and grief accumulates the older you get, your life backpack feels heavier. So watching these women and nb folks just existing, being all so different, changing paths, jobs, having life crises and finding their best friends and chosen family while in their 40's... Suddenly it feels like everything is going to be ok. That you, as different as you are, are part of them all. Life doesn't stop just because you're now an adult. And you feel a sort of relief, gratitude and pride. Like, if Eddie is a stinky rude enby cunt and I still love them/her, then I'm capable of being loved too.
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