Let's face it:

ST was young and easy on the eyes.

To those unwilling to allow their views of the case to evolve, he was the perfect poster boy. Articulate and handsome, plotting the DA's demise while happily munching omelettes with 1/3 of the DA's prime suspect trio (another false idol), preening for the media, weeping at handprints in cement, snarling at Nyla, baiting the Rams on CNN, suffering from a mystery illness that sapped his strength and emotional reserve, bereft over the GLOBE's sinister behavior and chagrined that Shapiro played him for a fool, retiring from law enforcement to build decks. What a guy.

Not.