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Both Barnabys in "Midsomer Murders".
Yes.
Lacey from 'Cagney and Lacey.'
Cagney was the unmarried alcoholic who drove a vintage 'Vette.
Columbo. Neurotypical is debatable, a lot of his behavior is an act to make the suspect less guarded. But he drives a shitty car, is happily married, and isn’t “too old for this shit.”
Most or All of the detectives on Law and Order.
Only seen a little bit of the original, but SUV def fails this list for most of them. I havent seen it in years but even when new people replaced others they all had to have some sort of vice. Def more than a few of them had addictions, most were never married or divorced because the job ruined it. Not sure about the rest.
Oh they definitely had a few questionable following the rules situations. In the beginning they had a few ppl to old for it and actually retired.
Brooklyn 99. Terry Crews is happily married, drives a minivan, is neurotypical, and definitely is a rule follower. However, he's not the main character technically...
Terry in the show probably has some body dysmorphia/eating disorders. He's been shown to have difficulty controlling his food intake with the nibs, the weird dieting with Gina and Amy and he's also used the gym to avoid his problems. Plus he had some PTSD in the early seasons (I think from shooting an innocent person? I don't remember exactly why) which is why he wasn't in the field for the first few seasons. Also I think technically his rank is lieutenant so I'm not sure he's technically a detective
He shot a mannequin because he kept getting nervous about getting killed in the line of duty after the twins were born.
And then he shot another mannequin.
Right, that's what it was. So possibly an anxiety disorder instead of PTSD. Which is probably more in line with the body dysmorphia or eating disorder than PTSD would be
He’s a sergeant.
He's a lieutenant in later seasons.
I suddenly want to watch a cop show where the main character is a genuinely bad cop. ie: the bad guys keep getting away and not a single case is solved.
The shield is arguably the greatest drama series of all time
I believe that’s called the News.
Just watched Detective Hole, would highly recommend. Very bad cop but good detective.
Inspector Gadget would fit if not for his overly capable niece and her anthropomorphic dog.
Does Cædfel count if one can include “married to the church”?
Either Barnaby from Midsomer Murders would pass this test.
And I'd like to second the nomination for Jessica Fletcher. She was happily married, but widowed by the time the show starts.
I've heard fletcher always kept a quarter bottle of whisky in her handbag...
Jessica Fletcher could count if the you can be happily married when your spouse is already dead.
She never dates again so it seems like she is still very much in love with her late husband.
Depends if "classic car" is era-dependent or not
Eg Peter Wimsey probably fits all of these, and drives a 1920s car, but in stories set in the 1920s so not classic at the time
ACAB
Columbo
I think it depends on the definitions of “classic car” and “addiction”, since he smokes cigars and drives a 1959 Peugeot.
That would be like driving a 2015 Camry today though.
Cars didn't last long back then. A 20 year old car was a big deal I the 70s.
He quits smoking and it becomes a minor character arc for him as he needs to find something to do with his hands. He ends up asking for pencils a lot.
uh-huh
In retrospect I'm not sure he's neurotypical.
And it was the 70's they didn't talk about his problematic meth addiction.
No real-life detective has more than four.
They all fail at number 4
It's called drama. Go look it up.
Oof you're a bundle of laughs
Good to know that there is at least one laugh because the original post was pathetic.
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