It has now become a television cliché where the characters work within a supposedly temporary situation, working towards a goal, that as soon as the goal is almost reached, the writers and producers contrive to reset it to status quo.
In the case of this show, Max and Ellis had to temporary work together for a probationary period for them to reach their goal. No sooner is the probation nearly over, and the writers pull the rug our from under them. Returning to reset, and this temporary period seemingly becomes a permanent situation.
This was done in other series like "White Collar", where a conman was forced to work with the FBI to reduce his sentence. Every time his forced situation was to end, it was somehow changed back. It was also done most recently in the series "Fire Country", where the main character is about to get out on parole, and you guessed it...
I stopped watching these shows for this reason and will no longer be watching this show either. It just feels like the writers and producers take their audience for granted and treat them as if they are easily appeased idiots. There are so many great shows out there to waste time on a show that does this to its viewers.
If the Max/Ellis situation had been real, why would they let it just happen without protest or action?
Ellis would be consulting the Police Union and Police lawyers, and even pushing for transfers to other departments.
Max would simply need a lawyer to make the Police Department's situation hell for breach of contract. She would have a case for the department not honoring their side of the agreement by using the fact of her actions, while an innocent victim in a bank robbery, against her. Her lawyers would have a field day, that whilst being a hostage, she risked her life (initially under the orders of Chief Li) that led to a satisfactory conclusion to the heist.
BTW was this probation-period agreement in writing?
Lastly, if that wasn't enough to signal the "jumping of the shark", the last scene most certainly did it; just as the main characters are getting close, perhaps about to consummate their feeling towards one another with a kiss, there appears the mysterious man. Who correctly predicted what Max was about reply to Ellis' "Who is that?" before Max actually answered? I bet I wasn't the only one.
In the case of this show, Max and Ellis had to temporary work together for a probationary period for them to reach their goal. No sooner is the probation nearly over, and the writers pull the rug our from under them. Returning to reset, and this temporary period seemingly becomes a permanent situation.
This was done in other series like "White Collar", where a conman was forced to work with the FBI to reduce his sentence. Every time his forced situation was to end, it was somehow changed back. It was also done most recently in the series "Fire Country", where the main character is about to get out on parole, and you guessed it...
I stopped watching these shows for this reason and will no longer be watching this show either. It just feels like the writers and producers take their audience for granted and treat them as if they are easily appeased idiots. There are so many great shows out there to waste time on a show that does this to its viewers.
If the Max/Ellis situation had been real, why would they let it just happen without protest or action?
Ellis would be consulting the Police Union and Police lawyers, and even pushing for transfers to other departments.
Max would simply need a lawyer to make the Police Department's situation hell for breach of contract. She would have a case for the department not honoring their side of the agreement by using the fact of her actions, while an innocent victim in a bank robbery, against her. Her lawyers would have a field day, that whilst being a hostage, she risked her life (initially under the orders of Chief Li) that led to a satisfactory conclusion to the heist.
BTW was this probation-period agreement in writing?
Lastly, if that wasn't enough to signal the "jumping of the shark", the last scene most certainly did it; just as the main characters are getting close, perhaps about to consummate their feeling towards one another with a kiss, there appears the mysterious man. Who correctly predicted what Max was about reply to Ellis' "Who is that?" before Max actually answered? I bet I wasn't the only one.
