>>212933779>I've never understood this being in shows and movies.Because its a way to deliver a lot of exposition in a shorthand the audience will understand.
Oh this guy has a loving hard working wife and cute kids and one or all of them are too busy to enjoy it because they have their great fulfilling adventures to go on.
You don't need any dialogue directly telling you that, you just have a 2 minute scene where the busy cop grabs his coffee, kisses his wife, promises he'll be home early for her parent's anniversary party, makes jokes to their kid, and then walks past the news showing a conveniently timed bit of exposition about some criminal, or a mega corp, or a politician, or a development contract, name your 70's, 80's, 90's 00's trope you want in there.