The original post: /r/television by /u/Famous-Prior6590 on 2026-05-05 16:40:49+00:00.
Just saw one yesterday, so thought I’d ask Reddit for your picks for terribly written scenes or conversations. Here’s my pick from the Prime show - “The Capture” season 1, episode 3:
Scene: Two officers from an elite Counterterrorism unit in London meet for the first time, are told they are working on the same investigation (as semi-rivals), and ride in the same car to a location where they think a suspect has been taken. The following is their conversation (paraphrasing and skipping unimportant bits).
Gemma: Do you have kids?
Rachel: Me? No.
Gemma: I have two daughters. I didn’t think I’d have any. My mother died giving birth to my younger brother, so it put me off the whole kids thing for a long time.
Rachel: My mom died when I was 13 of cancer, and then my dad introduced me to his mistress and my half-sister. My father had another secret family for seven years. My mother died not knowing. That’s why I am a cop.
Note: This is the FIRST CONVERSATION between two counterterrorism officers, about three minutes after they met. I was half-expecting them to get married before the car ride ended.