Crime Dynamic Duos: Major Crimes (Sharon / Andy) vs. Homeland (Carrie / Saul)

Welcome back to the Crime Dynamic Duos tournament! This is the second straight year where we’ve highlighted some of the best in crime TV (one of our favorite genres), and in a different way than anywhere else. Almost every crime show is about a great partnership at the top; they’re inseparable, indispensable, and incredibly entertaining.

Throughout the remainder of the month of August, we’ll be featuring showdowns between some of the top pairs across the genre — some are comedic, some are romantic, and all of them are compelling. What’s interesting here is that with Sophia Bush off Chicago PD, there will be a new champion this year. (Lindsay / Halstead) emerged last year as victorious in a showdown again one of the two duos facing off today: Sharon Raydor and Andy Flynn from Major Crimes.

Who moves on to the next round? That’s totally up to you! Check out the poll at the bottom of the article.

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Still with us? Let’s dive into the first battle…

Sharon and Andy, Major Crimes (#1 seed) – They are basically anything and everything that you could want from a partnership, both in terms of being great at their jobs at work to being supportive of each other away from it. They may be together as a romantic couple, but the bond that they had extends far beyond when they entered into that relationship. Hopefully they do have a wedding coming up in season 6, but in true show fashion, there’s probably going to be chaos and cases all around it. Hats off to Mary McDonnell and Tony Denison for great performances as always that are real, likable, and relatable.

Carrie and Saul, Homeland (#8 seed) – To say that their relationship is different than that of Sharon and Andy’s is an understatement to end all understatements. They are not romantically intertwined, and beyond that they also happen to have one of the more complicated partnerships out there since they don’t work together as much as they used to and there are serious matters of trust. Yet, when the chips are down Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin’s characters manage to, time and time again, get themselves out of impossible situations and save the better part of the world. They are almost the ideal duo for situations of extreme duress and not often anything else.

Now, let’s turn this over to you

As mentioned earlier, vote for your favorites in the poll below! You can also head over to this link in the event you want to see more editions of our Crime Dynamic Duos series.