Good Cop

Sav is the main character of the TV Drama ‘Good Cop’ and is represented to the audience at the scene of the first episode. We see him running down a dark, deadly silent street in the pouring rain, with a golden glow from the streetlamp. The pathetic fallacy of the scene really portrays the characters feeling of sadness, anger and maybe guilt

We see that Sav is troubled when he enters his house, with racy, pounding music and that he is heavily breathing and dripping with sweat. When he enters the room we see that he has blood smothered on his hands, which gets transferred onto the door. We can also notice that the wallpaper is vigorously ripped, which could also portray anger. The audience can also see a gun which is repeatedly shown, maybe to create an effect, and it makes the audience question the title of the TV drama ‘Good Cop’, by this I mean whether or not he is a bad character. At the moment the audience perceive Sav as an angry and negative person.

When we see Sav meet Cassie and the little girl Libby, we can tell that he is unwelcomed by Cassie, and we question whether or not the pair have had previous history, and whether the little girl is his daughter. Whatever had gone in the past Sav is trying to rekindle whatever relationship the pair had, in an apologising friendly way.

Sav has a great bond with his best friend Andy and partner in his work; it is very similar to a ‘bromance’, they have a friendship like any other friends, which includes banter and jokes. Whereas when they are both at the diner, Sav seems very distracted by Amy the waitress, and is disturbed when he sees a man intimidating and harassing her. He is annoyed with this and even though he is off duty he can’t help himself but to get involved. He helps the young waitress and gives the angry man a warning. This shows that Sav loves his job, but is also very committed, and is almost like he is always on duty.

Sav deals with the victims of the dead baby extremely calmly, although he is confused as to who or what killed the baby, as there is blood stains all over the baby’s cot. He is trying to figure the mystery but keeps it quiet and doesn’t make any accusations at this stage.

We see at the start of the film he is perceived as ‘bad’ then on the beach, he seems apologetic for his previous reactions involving Cassie, and now he is seen as a ‘good cop’ with his heroic actions. The audience is now trying to figure out whether he is a good person or not.