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The character of Sharon Granger is a kind, passionate woman who really cares about the people on her team. Like uniformed Sergeant Viv James, she is generally deskbound, in contrast to the detectives, but she is eager to participate more actively. Although DCI Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister) dismisses her as a "lobotomised Essex girl" in episode 1.2, "The Happy Day", her intelligence and knowledge are not inconsiderable. She is also brave, chasing after the armed Gil Hollis in episode 1.7, "Charity Begins at Home", to arrest him despite being unarmed herself. Her bravery was also demonstrated in the first episode, where she went in undercover and was captured by criminals. DC Chris Skelton characterises her to DS Ray Carling as being "brave as a lion".
She is glad to have a female superior, Detective Inspector Alex Drake, to serve as her role model and from whom to seek guidance. Sharon looks up to Drake and attempts to learn from her modern policing methods as well as her position as a strong woman.
A devout Catholic, she nevertheless shows a wild side in the series. She enjoys dancing at new wave dance clubs such as the now-famous Blitz nightclub in Covent Garden, as shown in episode 1.2, "The Happy Day". In episode 1.5, "The Smoking Gun", she tells DI Drake, "I always thought sexual characteristics are kind of misleading. Girls, boys, masculine, feminine; when it comes down to it, we're all a little of both." Later in the episode, when the team debate Drake's prostitute costume, she confidently announces "I'd pay." She encourages DI Drake to go along with the tradition of receiving a rubber ink stamp to her posterior, "They did it to me. It doesn't hurt;" later, she joins with their male colleagues on the pavement in front of the station to drop their pants and 'moon' Drake in her flat above Luigi's..
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