9. The Performance Of Warren Brown
Whether he is portraying a
rapist in Late Night Hollyoaks or one of
Bane's Henchmen in Hollywood Blockbuster
The Dark Knight Rises, the characters of Warren Brown have always had a dark side to them, and in
Good Cop, that was no different. Sav was, on the face of things, and as the title suggests, a "Good Cop". He lived his life by the letter of the law and patrolled the streets with a sense of duty, in the knowledge that he was fighting the good fight. That was until his colleague and best mate Cont. Andy Stockwell (
Tom Hopper) was murdered by Finch and his gang of cronies in the line of duty. Then the aforementioned dark side that has often been a notable characteristic in
Brown's roles surfaced, particularly when his colleagues in the force seemed unable to apprehend those responsible for the death of his mate. Que then Sav taking the law into his own hands as he goes about killing the perpetrators rather than cuffing them and taking them down to the Old Bill to spend some time at Her Majesty's Pleasure.
Brown in Good Cop has more than a resemblance to
Michael C. Hall's Dexter, another self-righteous killer-of-baddies who flaunts the law - and that's not a criticism - we love both. Give me an anti-hero rather than a law-abiding-hero any day of the week. One of the things that made
Good Cop so brilliant was this formula, which
Brown executed perfectly, interspersed with heart-warming moments of genuine repentance and morose over the death of his best friend in the world. We really end up feeling for Sav in
Good Cop, and much like Dexter, hope he gets away with his crimes of passion, and this is down to
Warren Brown. Simply put, we want to see more of Sav.