I completely agree. This sort of sexist Hysterical Woman trope just drives me up the wall. It's something I thought had gone out of favour a while ago. Guess not.
I'm only on episode 3 but the female characters are grating on my nerves so much due to how poorly they're written. Then I see it's created and written by a man. It makes so much more sense suddenly.
I could maybe stand one woman being a little unhinged (although it'd be really nice for that NOT to be the common case in these detective shows) but the two with the largest roles in solving the crime (Nina & Linda) are both neurotic, with one actually totally incompetent in many scenarios because of it.
I find Nina absolutely cringey to watch and she has zero likeability. I can't imagine I'll finish the series if I have to put up with that BS the rest of the time.
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