Detectives... In films (series) they are totally different from those in real life. Miss Marple for example. An elderly lady who never left the village she lived in. Some might say she is noisy and check-outs everything but no matter what you think of her you better beware. She has all the time to observe, observe people and her mind is always active. According to Agatha Christie Miss Marple is based on her grandmother. The first Miss Marples I saw were broadcasted in black and white.
Another noisy lady is Jessica Fletcher. She's a writer and writing is a good excuse for figuring out how it happened or might happen. Jessica's way of figuring it out you can see if you watch 'Murder she wrote' a tv series that ran for a long time and might still be popular. You have to like her to keep watching. Jessica is not my favourite detective by the way and neither is Columbo. I cannot help it but at the time I saw him for the first time he looked like a dirty, old man to me and today he still is. Might be his way of thinking is special in a certain way but personally, I can not get over his dirty look (hair, coat and who knows what more of his appearance influenced my opinion as a child).
Totally the opposite of Columbo is Dr Mark Sloan, a medical doctor. It's questionable what Mark (Dick van Dyke) likes more. Curing patients or catching murderers but the truth is he's a big help to his son who is the real murder detective and he keeps everyone busy. Since Mark studied and a doctor we assume he observes people and likes to solve puzzles if it comes to health issues or in his case... murder. What Mark has in common with Miss Marple and Jessica Fletcher is curiosity. It doesn't kill them but isn't always attractive either. Dr Sloan reminds me of an old lady at times might be that's the reason this series was broadcasted around 4 p.m.
Another doctor solving more than health issues is Dr House. He isn't really a detective but he figures out a lot and lets his 'crew' nose around without any shame. Dr House seems to live by the same rules as Miss Marple and so does Mr Monk. "Everybody lies, everyone has something to hide".
Adrian Monk was a homicide detective and continues doing his work as a private detective working for the police department. Adrian is special, has more phobias than anyone can imagine but solves cases no one can and therefore he is needed and liked.
A detective who reminds me of Adrian (my favourite) is Sorjonen. Sorjonen is a Finnish detective series on Netflix and just like Monk he is special. A great memory and being able to figure out what happened if no one has a clue (yet) is his gift. "It's a gift and a curse" would Adrian Monk say and he's right. It's amazing a man like #Sorjonen works for a special department of crime, travels and solves crimes since he doesn't want anything to change but he does with or without the help of the voices in his he does and those who passed away. Just like Monk Sorjonen talks to his wife who deceased and both show certain behaviour if they 'think' and deal with a problem they haven't solved yet.
