@poseidion by the way i completely agree with your points psuedospike and Elvis4576 have some great points too.

hold up...Insubordination in the army...? granted i'm only up to halfway through the vice cases but the flashbacks showed that he followed the rules too much. the fact that he can't change plans or disobey orders on the fly shows a huge lack of impulsivity. Second of all, all those references to running over pedestrians. that's a player made decision that isn't based on his personality Third. when you describe his aggressive interrogations, its just a technique used to keep a suspect off balance and to pressure them. It combines bits of: Pride-and-ego down. Good cop/bad cop. the Reid technique, Suggestibility and deception. it doesnt mean he like that it just means he's using the best tools to do the best job he can. Also if a war vet/homicide detective/ vice detective/ arson detective broke down crying at the sight of every murder he went to id be suprised by that same logic everyone on csi are psychos. you see something alot you get desensitized. and while cole does get help from those around him he comes up with most of the leads. asks the right questions. figures out who lying and kills or arrests most of the bad guys. hardly a parasite. several times when alerting people about the deaths of someone. he offers to give them time to collect themselves to deal with it. he treats the moller daughter fine. behaving reserved and not freaking out on her......so there. a big comment that i just realized i put 20 minutes into and looked up stuff for. god im such a geek! :)