Innocent recommendation gone intuitively & pedantically askew

"Do you watch MacDonald 
& Dobbs?

I think it's the best British 
crime-solving odd cops 
drama I've known. Funny 
realist, too, maybe really 
funniest and realist, in terms 
of punch, heft and skew - or
if
perhaps not "best"
objectively... 

(what is?)

...then a favorite with a bullet 
aimed slow & true towards 
the top of that chart, midflight 
to bullseye, and as time goes 
we'll see how far straight 
up into it embeds!" 

"Which, now?"

"Well, it's hard to say 
between best by specifiable
metrics and fave by hard 
weighed hand-waved 
heartfaced sentiment-"

"No. Which show or book?"

"Show!" Pause. "I did say 'watch'-"

"Which one?" 

"MacDonald & Dobbs!" 

"...Which one are you?"

...

...

"Clever."

__________

"Oh it's 'Dodds,' by the way." 
Pause. "And McDonald." 

"Oh have it your way!"

"That's BK, dude, not McD." 

"British Knights...?" 

[ reader: an old-school 
athletic shoe and possibly 
attire brand ]

[ the poet will presume 
everyone
got
the reference ]

...

...

"Dumb." 

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