but she’s way OTT with this role and needs to dial it down a notch, or twelve. First and foremost, she is way too close to all involved, which, again, is why she shouldn’t be anywhere near this case. Act as a consultant …. maybe …. but with either Abe or Roman taking the lead (and even they’re too close to most of the suspects), but Hope was a real bitch with Lucas, and her ‘bad ass’ interrogation of him was completely OOC. Why couldn’t TPTB have hired a short-term actor to perhaps come to Salem from another venue to take over the case, since practically everyone in the Salem PD is related to or close to every suspect or ‘person of interest’ in this case. They could have simply had Roman, Abe and Hope do their ‘off-the-record’ investigations on their own. These writers have no imagination whatsoever, and, as usual, simply only care about the plot. Kick in the arse from me to TomSell for this madness!