50/100 WORDS

Why Do We Love Them?

Thrifty Word Challenge 100 words #48: & 50 words #69: Portrayal

Melissa R. Mendelson
The Bad Influence
Published in
3 min readDec 20, 2021

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You think I would get tired of Death & Murder? The bodies, the betrayal, the insidious nature of humanity. Episode after episode, another life destroyed, and the search for the killer is on. It’s the same no matter the series, and sometimes, the storylines have an interesting spin. But it’s really the characters that catch my eye and pull me in. With Bones, it was Booth and Brennan. Elementary, Sherlock and Watson and Moriarty. Now, I’m captivated by Castle on HULU, wrapping up season 5, and yes, there is Death & Murder. But there is also Richard Castle and Detective Kate Beckett as well as their partners, Kevin Ryan and Javier Esposito that keep me watching, making me laugh, and making me cry.

I have watched so many television shows over the years, and in the beginning, it was just about the storyline. Later on, I discovered it was really about the characters, and I have fallen for so many characters. Will they? Won’t they? Sometimes, it’s not even about their off and…

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