One of my favorite examples of Crabtree's gentlemanly behavior occurs in "Game of Kings." Station House 4 needs someone to go "undercover" at a chess tournament. Crabtree immediately bemoans that women aren't allowed to play since his girlfriend, Nina Bloom, is brilliant at the game.
Crabtree, in fact, attends the tournament with Nina whispering instructions in his ear using Murdoch's up-to-date technology.
At the end of the episode, Crabtree brings Nina to the Station House to play against her real opponent, the female relation of a Russian master, who has suffered a lessening of his mental faculties. He gleefully sits on the cot beside the master. He is thrilled to watch two virtuosos at work. He demonstrates no sense of emasculation at witnessing the women's skill.
No comments:
Post a Comment