L&O Reboot: [link]
Hmmmmm
Xander: Just once I'd like to run into a cult of bunny worshippers. Anya: Great. Thank you very much for those nightmares.
'Sleeper'
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]
sumi - Nov 01, 2021 8:13:07 pm PDT #11801 of 11831
Art Crawl!!!
-t - Nov 02, 2021 7:26:23 am PDT #11802 of 11831
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, hm. That doesn't strike me as a good fit for the zeitgeist.
sumi - Nov 02, 2021 7:39:41 pm PDT #11803 of 11831
Art Crawl!!!
Yeah, weird timing.
Calli - Jul 19, 2022 11:30:28 am PDT #11804 of 11831
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
L&O Reboot
Unless there's a major season arc about rooting out police corruption, I think I'll pass.
I've been watching procedurals set in Australia and New Zealand lately. (There may be issues in the antipodes, too, but I'm not aware enough of them for it to interfere with my enjoyment of the shows.) Lucy Lawless is in "My Life is Murder," which is kind of fun. And "The Brokenwood Mysteries" has a small-town-Colombo vibe.
Laura - Jul 19, 2022 1:28:24 pm PDT #11805 of 11831
Our wings are not tired.
I'm a heathen who has maybe watched 3 L&O episodes. My husband likes to visit my sister and watch them with her while I fuss on my computer or read. The dun dun drives me nuts for unknown reasons.
Calli - Jul 19, 2022 1:35:56 pm PDT #11806 of 11831
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I watched L&O (original version) semi-obsessively in 2005-2006, when my mom was dying. The stakes were high enough (murder, etc.) that I could focus, but the formulaic nature of the show was soothing.
-t - Jul 19, 2022 2:13:14 pm PDT #11807 of 11831
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I watched a ton of syndicated L&O at one point. I think maybe it was related to my Homicide binging? I don’t remember watching any of the spin-offs, though. But the dun dun is terrific!
-t - Jul 19, 2022 2:21:58 pm PDT #11808 of 11831
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I haven’t been watching much in the way of procedurals lately, at least partly because I’m wary of how police culture is portrayed, but I’m still reading a lot of murder mysteries and some of them are recent with contemporary settings and it’s been interesting seeing how they grapple with the issues. I can’t think of any really stellar examples, but I think most everyone has noticeably been trying, at least.
brenda m - Jul 19, 2022 4:41:26 pm PDT #11809 of 11831
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I’m watching Law & Order right now and it’s…well, it’s good background when I don’t want to focus.
-t - Jul 19, 2022 4:56:18 pm PDT #11810 of 11831
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It's excellent for that! My mom and I used to watch only the second half of the ST:TNG because she liked to catch the local news and then we'd switch over and that worked well because we could always figure out what was going on with very little difficulty and L&O requires even less paying attention. Almost as good as baseball for moving wallpaper.