Has anyone here watched the Australian Crime/Detective Parody/Dramedy show Deadloch?
First of all, great show. It's about this small town in Tasmania that has been suddenly inundated with lesbians, which causes a lot of tension with the good old boys club that used to run the town before all the lesbians moved there. And now the town is in the midst of holding a feminist art gala when the bodies of murdered men start being found, so the lesbian police chief has to investigate, and high command sends her a new partner who is very brash and rude and poorly dressed and aggresively straight. I think it strikes a good balance of making a fairly compelling mystery and drama about some cops and their families, while also having it be comedic throughout.
Okay now spoilers for Deadloch:
But I was disappointed that Cath (the selfish but warm and loving golden-retriever-turned-into-a-woman wife of the police chief) wasn't the murderer. I mean, on one hand it's very appropriate that in a show as deliberately feminist as this one that everyone thought the murderer was a woman, including the two women leading the investigation, but it turns out to be a man. On the other hand, the show is clearly at least in part a parody of Broadchurch, so having the spouse of the main character turn out to be the killer fits with that. Also, who doesn't want to see the warm and bubbly animal lover turn out to be a deranged murderer?
See also this random lady who appeared on my for you page talking along a similar line. Not about Deadloch, just about evil women characters. https://www.tiktok.com/@poppylaur/video/7303297766682266923
https://x.com/macarthurboyd/status/1750139916221046995