Yesterday's episode on Sleuth they had Kellerman in the interview room
and he brought a doughnut with him. Seemed like the last gasp of
Shakespearean imagery on the series, and I'm not even sure what it
meant.
Usually a circular object on the show represents silence; oppression of
the female characters, of whom there are currently very few with any
voice to begin with; sometimes a mystery in general. Kellerman was
hardly silent, and we, the audience, know everything he could say if he
told.
I guess sometimes a doughnut is just a doughnut.
Bob A
"Aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?"