.loislane79 on why the lead of Apple TV+'s HomeBeforeDark is the kind of female journalist we need to see on TV—even though she's just a kid:
, the mediums teach their audiences that we sleep with our sources, routinely lie and cheat to get stories, and may also be stupid enough to meet nefarious politicians near dark subway platforms after deleting all incriminating evidence against them.
Things hit a #MeToo-appropriate fever pitch last winter with the release of writer Billy Ray and director Clint Eastwood’s, a biopic about the wronged 1996 Olympics security guard that, ironically, alleged the latereporter Kathy Scruggs might be someone who would use at least one of these tactics to score a front-page story.
This sets off a chain of events that has Hilde on the case of a potential massive cover-up of a child abduction in the 1980s that envelopes everyone from the sheriff and mayor to Hilde’s grandfather, dad, and school principal. Some of these people try to silence Hilde with threats and menacing glares; even her own older sister, Izzy can’t seem to decide if she wants Hilde to stop with this nonsense because it’s bringing down her own chances at popularity, or if she should join her in the fight.
For better or for worse, Hilde’s singular focus also leads her into situations that a more seasoned journalist would know aren’t safe or legal . In these instances, Hilde is more of a private investigator; a Veronica Mars with long pigtails and a rain slicker, though without the sardonic banter.
As an actual female journalist who has worked as a crime reporter, the show has me torn. I appreciate that there is an effort, both by Prince and the writers, to make sure that Hilde is more than just some one-dimensional cute or precocious brat, and that there seems to be some serious fire in her veins when police officers initially dismiss her with a pat on the head. And do I indeed want to see—and do I want mine and other kids to see—an intrepid female reporter on the case? Yep.
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