sailing the fingers of the dragon

hey go undercover in a lesbian bar! like, literally! what even is this show!
Heh. Unfortunately, the show goes the other way for season 2 and *clearly* shies away from the gay by shoehorning multi-arc love interests for both characters, not just "Jorge the Effeminate Dude From That One Episode Who's Only Comic Relief Anyway"

Hmm. I'm curious - what leads you to believe the subtext is a deliberate choice?

R&I TPTB seem to have been focused on creating a female-led duo but were blindsighted by the subtext that arised from Angie & Sasha's on screeen chemistry. From interviews, it's as if what they sought to show was a solid female friendship, but that's it - a show that didn't necessarily adhere to the Bedchel test.

Writing-wise, they definitely flirted with it mid s1, but after the "outbursts" of people talking about subtext online, it's clear they backtracked and went out of their way to mark the leads as straight. Then again, Jane going on and on about guys just...makes her gayer. It's a catch-22 for them and conservative Angie. Hahaha!

Angie Harmon on twitter: who should Jane end up with?? Twitterverse: MAURA. Angie: Uh, I said A GUY. Cue angry response and subsequent pandemonium. It was quite funny. It honestly seems as if she's either completely unaware of the subtext or chooses to actively ignore it.


It was interesting to watch Warehouse after R&I - a show where the *actors* proclaimed they were the ones to have "inserted" the subtext into their scenes, which in turn led the writers to play it up once they realized what they were doing.TPTB acknowledges the subtext and I'd argue the s3 finale is very very close to text. It's quite organic, and also proof of how much of a "living thing" shows are, when writing is so close to shooting. Happens less in CanCon, which is another interesting topic...


I just wish the show was better

IKR? The funniest is when the showrunners go on about the "tension" and storytelling intrigue behind the cases. Haha. Since when is this show a procedural? It's the Jane Family Show Feat Girlfriend Feat Coworkers. Even beyond Maura/Jane they spend more time on the family and workplace dynamics than the case itself. When they don't do that, it fails so spectacularly it loses its camp appeal.