I have noticed recently that many of the tv shows I watch regularly feature protagonists with some kind of flaw. Daniel Pierce has schizophrenia. Adrian Monk was obsessive compulsive. Gregory House had that leg as well as the drug addiction. The American cop on Crossing Lines has the injured hand plus drug dependency. Walter White has cancer when he is his best self goes into remission as he "breaks bad" and in the first episode of the last episodes we find his cancer has come back. I am kind of hoping this means WW has a chance at redemption, kind of hoping but not really sure about that.
Is this some kind of intentional imitation of successful television shows? Or a universal theme? Or maybe it is not as prevalent as I believe it is, but just the kind of show that I am attracted to. Or maybe all of the above.
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