Mine, however, is integral to the success of the show.

After mine.

Of course.

I'm so phenomenally frustrated with the nit picks. It all just sounds very, "Buffy couldn't run in those shoes!" "You can't strangle a vampire!" "That bird wouldn't know a snowy owl from a volvo!"

It's sort of fun to pick the nits and laugh, but for some reason, it just sounds like cranky bitching to me. For me, the themes weigh more than whether all four of them would be at the front door or spread out.

the themes weigh more than whether all four of them would be at the front door or spread out

I'm not going to ask for real-world realism (since I know not of it), and I accept that pragmatism will be sacrificed cheerily for the themes or emotion, but fact is -- if I'm left staring at the screen wondering why they're all flocking, I'm missing the potential impact of the scared little girl and being snapped out of the story.

That doesn't do anyone any good, and neither does pretending it didn't happen.

That doesn't do anyone any good, and neither does pretending it didn't happen.

This I am not suggesting. What I am wondering is, is the show so infested with nits that the great haircut doesn't matter because we're too busy scratching the bastards?

Snowy owl broke me out of the story, so I get it. Not so much that the themes weren't interesting or it made the entire episode crap.

I'm so phenomenally frustrated with the nit picks.

Sorry but it jerked me out of the story. I don't expect them to file the same paperwork as the FBI but a unit specializing in whackass crimes and profiling would know the difference between a serial killer and a spree killer.

I don't expect them to file the same paperwork as the FBI but a unit specializing in whackass crimes and profiling would know the difference between a serial killer and a spree killer.

Oh! They should have a Sweet Tart killer and a Skittles killer too.

if I'm left staring at the screen wondering why they're all flocking, I'm missing the potential impact of the scared little girl and being snapped out of the story.

I don't really consider that a "nit." It's a question about the way the story is being told.

To me, a nit is more like, being distracted by Rebecca's hair or why they took a guy to Cedars or why is Web writing with a yellow pen. YNMV.

What I am wondering is, is the show so infested with nits that the great haircut doesn't matter because we're too busy scratching the bastards?

Not for me. The characters are very compelling to me and I haven't really seen this story being told before. Despite all the many comparisons to other cop procedurals and Silence of the Lambs and LA Confidential - this is really Minearverse stuff. The only parallels I've seen were in the darker Angel eps where Wesley was kidnapping babies and keeping people in cages.

What I am wondering is, is the show so infested with nits that the great haircut doesn't matter because we're too busy scratching the bastards?

Are people saying the show is bad because of the nits? That they can't enjoy the show because of the nits?

Everyone has their threshold that balances effect/potential/errors and what they think is good, and what they think is enjoyable.

I'm obviously not reading as much viewer reaction as you are ... but people like to pick nits. And people like to gush. Not always the same people, but there it is.

I can't harsh on someone because they don't think the themes are being expressed well, or that the themes are boring. That's just what they think.

Web is writing with a yellow pen? Web would never write with a yellow pen!!