I don't agree she shows much guilt - taking the recent season alone.

I feel like last season they came *this close* to her having an epiphany moment. I think it would have been a fascinating way to tie up the series if they had shown her grappling with any guilt and more importantly questioning and even resisting her own instincts as future cases arise.

Instead, they veered away and seem to have her doubling down. Disappointing.

She will do whatever to get what she wants: including clearly jeopardizing her career. I am not sure this is the Brenda I saw in the first season. She is not devoid of emotion, but she is a serious manipulator - of people close to her as well as the suspects she goes after.

I may be looking at the term sociopath in more of a technical way than you are. Facile manipulation is a feature of more than one disorder, and more than one personality type. A sociopath will have a flat affect when there is no one to put on a show for, will not experience empathy or compassion. Of course seeking those traits and finding them presupposes writers and show runners who have the knowledge and intent to present a sociopathic character as such.

It could be true. I am certainly not in a position to diagnose. My point is that she seems to have a pathological disregard for her violation of laws and civil rights. If that doesn't fit the DSM for sociopath, I'm fine with whatever pathology fits.

Has anyone else seen Perception?

I watched the pilot for the Eric McCormack factor (I find him attractive) and I'm a bit uncomfortable about how they're approaching mental illness as a major plot point. On the other hand, the female lead (whose name I'm blanking on) has potential. And there's bonus LeVar Burton.

Has anyone else seen Perception?

It is still on my DVR.

Calli,

I'm with you there. The whole thing makes me uncomfortable. It is why I stopped watching Monk.

The whole thing makes me uncomfortable. It is why I stopped watching Monk.

I thought I was the only one discomfited by the larfs generated by Monk's condition. Epic arguments with little brother over this very topic.

Hey! Let's take a murder, bereavement, emotional trauma, and a mental disorder and make a comedy on that foundation! Hilarious! And I love Tony Shaloub.

definitely not. The ep (I think it was in the second season) where he completely broke down and was in a mental hospital? not funny. he acted it VERY well, but I couldn't see the character played for laughs any more.

ITA about Monk. If it had been played as a serious drama with comedic elements, I think I'd have loved it, but playing it all for laughs made me deeply uncomfortable.

Perception: I watched about half of it and realized I wasn't paying attention, so I turned it off. It's still on my DVR, I'll probably give it another try. I like McCormick, and I usually like Sherlock-Holmes-type stories, but this one didn't grab me.

oh and all of the "surprises" in the pilot (Perception) I pretty much saw coming. I watch too many procedurals so I am not sure it is possible to surprise me any longer, but some of this stuff was SO obvious. dang.