A white teacher at an inner city school that has had a nice success rate is found dead under a pile of books in an out of business bookstore. Evidence leads back to a young black man and his brother, who goes to that school. The teacher had taken them under her wing and was helping him turn his life around. It was nice of her to take on the case of this poor kid (and condescending). The fear is that if someone from the school was guilty they would close the place down. The most tiresome plot line in this one was Brennan discovering Twitter and becoming obsesses with it. Product placement, right. Ultimately, it gets boring. I assume that Twitter took hold about this time historically.
4 Reviews
How much did Twitter pay?
skrelo-14 May 2017
Warning: Spoilers
I outright skipped this episode after 10 minutes.
The obvious Twitter influence on this episode was very annoying. It was like every 2 minutes they had to mention hashtags, or the name 'Twitter'. This is why i refuse to watch TV anymore. The annoying commercial plugs about their products (Toyota, Microsoft, to name a few ) ruins the show for me.
The obvious Twitter influence on this episode was very annoying. It was like every 2 minutes they had to mention hashtags, or the name 'Twitter'. This is why i refuse to watch TV anymore. The annoying commercial plugs about their products (Toyota, Microsoft, to name a few ) ruins the show for me.
How many Black stereotypes can you fit in one episode?
JoGeek21 April 2015
Warning: Spoilers
Spoilers about characters that show up and the identity of the victim, but no ending reveal.
Really, writers? The team is investigating the murder of a teacher at an inner-city D.C. school. The only two teachers we meet are white (one is the victim). The only extras cast with any lines are white. The freakin' janitor is white. They manage to only cast two black people in roles with lines beyond the regular cast, and those two are under-educated orphans with violent criminal records, who were "shown the light" and inspired to good behavior by the white teacher, and who were treated with patronizing and suspicious disrespect by all the main characters, to whom they were expected to be grateful and obsequious.
This is the problem. This is what we're talking about when we talk about a white supremacist culture. The only dark skinned black men allowed voices in this episode are poor criminals who are grateful for the harsh paternalistic discipline meted out by rest of the characters. There is a lack of realistic, nuanced representation of people of color in our media and entertainment. They are written through the gaze of a white supremacist culture into the roles they are expected to maintain in order to uphold white privilege. We can do better!
Really, writers? The team is investigating the murder of a teacher at an inner-city D.C. school. The only two teachers we meet are white (one is the victim). The only extras cast with any lines are white. The freakin' janitor is white. They manage to only cast two black people in roles with lines beyond the regular cast, and those two are under-educated orphans with violent criminal records, who were "shown the light" and inspired to good behavior by the white teacher, and who were treated with patronizing and suspicious disrespect by all the main characters, to whom they were expected to be grateful and obsequious.
This is the problem. This is what we're talking about when we talk about a white supremacist culture. The only dark skinned black men allowed voices in this episode are poor criminals who are grateful for the harsh paternalistic discipline meted out by rest of the characters. There is a lack of realistic, nuanced representation of people of color in our media and entertainment. They are written through the gaze of a white supremacist culture into the roles they are expected to maintain in order to uphold white privilege. We can do better!
#insufferable
zachariestp17 August 2022
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