Kyra takes a stab at The Oxford Murders
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Similarly, the possibility of a relationship with Watling's character is always set against the possibility of solving the murder mystery: again, intellectual engagement is presented as the opposite of a sane and healthy life.
This is such a pet peeve of mine. I remember ranting about it re: the show Numb3rs which for a while had everybody talking about how it was always a risk of "many of us" ("us" in this case meaning genius smart academics) to die alone, and how the one character was so worried about ending up like his friend who was too thinky to ever have personal relationships. (Even though the guy was actually quite personable.)
Yup, thinking too much is just unhealthy. (Reminds me of those old arguments about how women shouldn't be educated because their brain overheated and it made them barren.)
Oooh, is Numb3rs that show about solving murders by maths? Dan and I wanted to see that because we're really into quite lame crime-solving TV shows at the moment.
If I was wearing my arse hat I'd suggest it was because are generally quite threatened by who are supposed to be smarter than them (I know I am =P) and react to this by insisting that it means they must lose out in other aspects life, e.g. "they may be a genius mathematician but I have *friends*"
Oooh, is Numb3rs that show about solving murders by maths? Dan and I wanted to see that because we're really into quite lame crime-solving TV shows at the moment.
That's the one! I'm fascinated by the many random things people can come up with to solve every crime--and I like Rob Morrow and David Krumholtz and Peter McNichol. At least it's better than psychic detective shows, which always drive me insane. (Actually Numb3rs did a show once with a psychic where every character turned into an idiot to argue for the validity of psychics and the poor math professor had to be the bad guy for being a skeptic.)
But yeah, that seems to be the thing--obviously that many brains have to come with a price. You're also often more likely to be diabolically evil because using your head always means you're disconnected to emotions or your body.