Kaylee: You're nice, too. Mal: No, I'm not. I'm a mean old man.

'Serenity'


Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.

This thread is for procedural TV, shows where the primary idea is to figure out the case. [NAFDA]


Trudy Booth - Oct 07, 2013 6:19:58 pm PDT #10113 of 11831
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Yes, my first annoyance was the "hey, tell me about this bullet". Sure, that's how it works.

My second was something I'm seeing in every cop show since the invention of the cell phone. The good guy in question is speeding across the given metropolis to save someone from being killed, frantically calling said someone to warn them the bad guys are coming but the soon-to-be victim just isn't picking up the phone!!!!!

You're the only cop in this town? Send the closest law enforcement. Make a call and send the police or the FBI or the CIA... heck, send the fire department. Send a fire truck. Get the closest someone there as soon as you can. The bad guy only has himself, you've got garbage trucks, postal workers, any government employee with a bullhorn will do at this moment.


aurelia - Oct 07, 2013 7:16:30 pm PDT #10114 of 11831
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Huh. I expected Beckett to make a decision on where she wanted to be. Or at least have the opportunity to. Whoops.


Frankenbuddha - Oct 08, 2013 3:43:05 am PDT #10115 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

That was the kind of Castle I enjoy, and now they can drop having him involved in any more international intrigue. Which is good because Bones was another fucking (but hopefully last) Pelant episode.


sj - Oct 08, 2013 4:32:54 am PDT #10116 of 11831
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Which is good because Bones was another fucking (but hopefully last) Pelant episode.

And also awful. I especially hated, we're in this building that Pelant could have rigged with any sort of crazy shit, so why don't we pause here and talk about getting married rather than just getting the fuck out of there.


Trudy Booth - Oct 08, 2013 5:33:14 am PDT #10117 of 11831
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

I got about ten minutes into Bones and just gave up. I NEVER do that. Blew my mind.


Vortex - Oct 08, 2013 4:09:44 pm PDT #10118 of 11831
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

And given the fact that Pelant was a sick fuck with contingency upon contingency, I would not have been strolling casually out of the building. I would have been hustling out of there and calling the bomb squad, HAZMAT and SWAT.


sj - Oct 08, 2013 4:10:28 pm PDT #10119 of 11831
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

And given the fact that Pelant was a suck fuck with contingency upon contingency, I would not have been strolling casually out of the building. I would have been hustling out of there and calling the bomb squad, HAZMAT and SWAT.

Yeah, that is what I meant.


EpicTangent - Oct 09, 2013 9:02:20 am PDT #10120 of 11831
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

I would have been hustling out of there and calling the bomb squad, HAZMAT and SWAT.

SO. MUCH. THIS.


WindSparrow - Oct 09, 2013 9:26:57 am PDT #10121 of 11831
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

We never really came to a firm consensus about Person of Interest, did we?


le nubian - Oct 09, 2013 10:13:32 am PDT #10122 of 11831
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

IMO, I think it is kind of the show's fault. About 80-90% of the show is (has been?) squarely procedural. But then there is the 1-2 eps a year that focus on the computer. We don't even know (really) what the computer *is*, its capabilities, and how that will drive the story.