Cagney and Lacey were pretty daring for the time (early 1980s), although I don't think I really watched the series until it was showing in syndication and reruns in the 90s. You can still catch them on Nick and Nite and TV Land, I think. A far cry from Police Woman, IMO. I wish I knew more about the evolution of this type of heroine to trace her evolution, although generically Eve feels pretty close to Grafton's protagonist. IIRC Nora Roberts has also expressed her admiration for Buffy, which may figure in there, too (I don't read her fiction under her NR name, but didn't someone recently comment that her newest series had a Buffy-like feel??).
As for Burke and Christina, good catch on the Thanksgiving episode; I'd forgotten about that, especially with the way Burke has handled his hand injury. With all the trouble Washington has had in real-life, I wonder what his fate will be on the show? And now that Christina is opening up, will he be more macho or will he still be emotionally cultivating the relationship? I'm sort of ambivalent about Christina's softening, because while I do agree it rounds out her character, it bothers me that hard-boiled women characters have to be "softened up" after a while -- as if they can't be sympathetic unless we know for sure they're "real women" (whatever that means). I'm one of those readers, for example, who thinks that Eve has actually been softened up a little quickly over the past 5 or so ID books, especially when you think of how few years she's been around Peabody, Roarke, et al.
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Date: 2007-02-25 09:17 pm (UTC)As for Burke and Christina, good catch on the Thanksgiving episode; I'd forgotten about that, especially with the way Burke has handled his hand injury. With all the trouble Washington has had in real-life, I wonder what his fate will be on the show? And now that Christina is opening up, will he be more macho or will he still be emotionally cultivating the relationship? I'm sort of ambivalent about Christina's softening, because while I do agree it rounds out her character, it bothers me that hard-boiled women characters have to be "softened up" after a while -- as if they can't be sympathetic unless we know for sure they're "real women" (whatever that means). I'm one of those readers, for example, who thinks that Eve has actually been softened up a little quickly over the past 5 or so ID books, especially when you think of how few years she's been around Peabody, Roarke, et al.
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