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Glad you're liking the game- I've finished it and can't wait to go back and 5-star all the cases and do the side stuff.  The main observation I'll make for you here is this:

That asshole Roy would have found some other way to shit on Phelps because he was starting to discover just how crooked the Vice squad was. I feel like Team Bondi just found the easiest way to have Roy frame him and get him demoted, even if it makes Phelps totally out of character. It felt lazy that's all. Don't even get me started on the ending they chose.

I also like Marston a lot, like really a lot, the ending to RDR had a profound effect on me. I think that ending (or both to be fair) is one of the reasons RDR is my favorite game. All throughout they kept their characters true to their beliefs, LA Noire doesn't do that.

But everything else in LA Noire is so well done, it deserves the praise it gets.

I can't read this out of fear of spoilers, but yay for more bloggers! Keep at it!

Agree entirely. Prepare for people telling you its noir and that's what happens, people are humans and not the usual bastions of good and evil like they are usually portrayed in games. Cole cheating on his wife just made it clear everyone in the game is a lowlife and it made me lose all interest in their plight.

Hey, I'm that roommate, yay! Someday I will play LA Noire, even though I read this an parts are spoiled. I understand entirely what you mean about characterization. Even if I am a Chemistry major, I have a special appreciation for literature haha. Sounds like Cole cheating is like Batman killing somebody, it just isn't allowed! 

I won't be too specific, just keep playing and consider Phelps's history of following thing to the letter and whether he has any reason to doubt himself or his principles. Yes, what he does is bad, but it is still perfectly in character.