What are good examples of crime stories that aren't procedurals?
Murder One, which, IIRC had a similar conceit where every hour of the show was one day of the trial. At least, that's what its original concept was.
None of it means a damn thing.
Mal ,'Objects In Space'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
Barb - Jun 23, 2011 9:32:48 pm PDT #8146 of 11999
“Not dead yet!”
Kristen - Jun 23, 2011 9:35:53 pm PDT #8147 of 11999
Twin Peaks!
Which was sometimes frustrating in its own way but I never felt like David Lynch was trying to do a 13 hour episode of Law & Order.
ETA: Veronica Mars, first season, which we were just talking about today at work.
Cass - Jun 23, 2011 9:45:47 pm PDT #8148 of 11999
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Murder One was an excellent example of it done well for many, many eps of the first season. It went off of the rails for me before they wrapped it up but I rewatched it recently on Hulu and it totally stands up. Then again, that clearly didn't work for enough viewers because they changed the whole a lot for the last few eps of even the first season. I loved it though.
Vortex - Jun 24, 2011 5:06:30 am PDT #8149 of 11999
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Incidentally in "The Protector" does Michelle Dulcett count as "Sassy Black Friend"?
Is that Tisha Campbell's character name?
sumi - Jun 24, 2011 10:56:50 am PDT #8150 of 11999
Art Crawl!!!
sj - Jun 24, 2011 10:57:32 am PDT #8151 of 11999
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'm watching it right now, sumi. I'll let you know what I think when I finish it.
sumi - Jun 24, 2011 10:57:55 am PDT #8152 of 11999
Art Crawl!!!
Okay!
§ ita § - Jun 24, 2011 10:59:21 am PDT #8153 of 11999
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's waiting for me on TiVo. I watched a bit of it last night, but didn't catch her.
-t - Jun 24, 2011 11:55:38 am PDT #8154 of 11999
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I have it recorded, will probably watch it over the weekend.
Vortex - Jun 24, 2011 12:46:43 pm PDT #8155 of 11999
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I watched it last night, I liked it.