• applebusch (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    15 hours ago

    eureka. i tried to rewatch it recently and its… oof. one of the main characters has an autistic son who is a savant and they talk about hopefully finding a cure for autism someday. meanwhile pretty much all the scientists and engineers show actual autistic traits that im sure the writers thought were just quirky smart people traits. meanwhile the sheriffs house is voiced by a male character trying to do a womans voice and haha isnt it funny how its kind of inappropriate towards him constantly because its a dude doing a girl voice? then the constant perpetuation of stereotypes, nerd/jock bullshit, and really bad science thats just magic with a technological paint job.

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      1 hour ago

      Also the continuity is just garbage. Sets change for no reason, characters just fucking disappear, I gave up when Degree For Men saved the day.

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      6 hours ago

      autistic son who is a savant and they talk about hopefully finding a cure for autism someday

      Dude this is the most nails on chalkboard trope of TV. I can’t stand the autistic savant trope