Reply To: Still Life: Character arcs in the series
I am pretty much on the same page as Tara and Susan.
Jean-Guy’s growth, both as an individual and as a professional, across the series is the most meaningful and revealing. He has confronted loss, chronic pain and addiction, depression to the point of considering suicide, remarriage and parenthood, including to a special needs child. His professional path, from agent confined to the evidence room to trusted second in command, chief of homicide and return to second in command is equally compelling. My second choice, though, is Armand. Personally, he confronts the betrayal of his childhood best friend, the professional costs of following his convictions, estrangement from Jean-Guy at one point and from his son through much of the story, the aftermath of injuries in the line of duty and the possibility of loosing his family. Professionally, his career path takes him to the top of the Surete and back to Chief of Homicide.
I agree with the characterization of Gabri as “comic relief” yet he shows a strength of character and will in TBT. I think he deserves more of a backstory.
Agent Nichol is abrasive, self-absorbed and inconsiderate, for sure. I also found Peter an unlikeable character, also self-absorbed, lacking empathy and emotionally constricted. He absolutely redeemed himself later in the series, though.
