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VitaLonga t1_j1x1g5v wrote

I’m shocked that they made the main character incompetent, shocked I tell you!

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SpecificAstronaut69 t1_j1xw79w wrote

"Hmmm. How do we come up with series of compelling challenges for our main character to overcome that will keep viewers engaged?"

"How about we just make them really stupid?"

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LeGoldie t1_j207l8d wrote

So much on netflix and tv in general in recent years main plot devices are people doing unexplainably dumb shit.

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yazzy1233 t1_j23vend wrote

Watch The Recruit. The main character is actually smart he's just young and a bit reckless. It's about a lawyer in the CIA who gets in way over his head with a case

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alquemista_ t1_j265yl0 wrote

I disagree. He was stupid and pathetic. He had no basic survival instinct and did silly things like showing up to a black-site unannounced to ask questions.

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Practical-System-379 t1_j1yfsg9 wrote

Haven’t watched this series yet, but it surely can’t compare to the things the main character does in JUST THE FIRST EPISODE of The Recruit. The guy apparently got hired for a top job in the CIA without knowing literally anything about how the CIA operates. He makes errors that even I wouldn’t make, and my only knowledge of intelligence agency protocol is from having watched cable news.

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yohwolf t1_j1znwxz wrote

Lol it's a bit implausible, but it was also literally his first week on the job and more importantly his first job out of college. The character is like early to mid 20's and doesn't know better. He's also in an incredibly toxic environment where his coworkers screwed him over. What is different about the main character in "The Recruit" is he's actually smart and starts to think for himself.

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Cirtejs t1_j22lkdg wrote

CIA do 2 years of training before being let anywhere near field work.

That show lost me at a character having access to encrypted coms not being listened to when he has something to report minute 2.

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mashp0tAt0 t1_j282ag6 wrote

He’s not a field agent though ? I thought he was a lawyer for the cia

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drdr3ad t1_j21svns wrote

I'm 10 min in and the newly appointed C is just starting to find out how MI6 operates. Incompetent would be a step up lol

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