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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]


msbelle - Apr 24, 2009 4:00:48 am PDT #2948 of 11831
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Could the murderer be delusional and imagining the entire thing? Are the other characters acknowledging that people are missing?


le nubian - Apr 24, 2009 4:05:39 am PDT #2949 of 11831
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I don't understand. And furthermore, I think people might be on the lookout for missing people - given that folks now know there are traps in the woods, or people could get into accidents, etc. It's really weird.


sumi - Apr 24, 2009 4:10:45 am PDT #2950 of 11831
Art Crawl!!!

No, other characters aren't acknowledging missing people except for the cousin that didn't show up and the girl who was hanged.

Wasn't the girl with the little dog the Bride's sister? Surely she should be missed by now.

I'm sad: tivo deleted last night's Bones before 10 pm!


Toddson - Apr 24, 2009 6:23:59 am PDT #2951 of 11831
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

lolHouse


Connie Neil - Apr 24, 2009 7:03:54 am PDT #2952 of 11831
brillig

I saw a LOL of Hugh Laurie as Prince George from Black Adder, with the caption "It's never lupus!" So, so weird to realize those are teh same guys.


Java cat - Apr 24, 2009 5:29:04 pm PDT #2953 of 11831
Not javachik

I could see the plot stretching out to the end from the beginning of Medium, but enjoyed the flashback as a device to shake up their storytelling. I'm starting to feel for the writers. There's little that they've done lately that isn't a variation of something they've done before. Still, I like their family, and being a lightweight in this department, it's the only show that I'll watch that's a little scary. It's kind of fun being a little bit scared.


-t - Apr 25, 2009 6:55:37 pm PDT #2954 of 11831
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

other characters aren't acknowledging missing people except for the cousin that didn't show up and the girl who was hanged.

Uncle Ripped-in-Half "sent" a text message to the groom saying he was shacked up with some woman and not to worry. Which puts a damper on my rogue alligator theory.

I can kind of see everyone just thinking that whoever is missing is just somewhere else and surely they will run into them again soon. The nonchalance about the traps is pretty strange, but I'm enjoying everyone acting suspicious all over the place and people getting killed when only we can see, so I'm okay with it.


§ ita § - Apr 25, 2009 8:12:22 pm PDT #2955 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Harper's Island still isn't a procedural, is it? Have we extended the "figure out the case" past an episode? While i understand it's a mystery, I didn't think it met the definition of the term as we were using it.


le nubian - Apr 26, 2009 4:38:23 am PDT #2956 of 11831
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Well, the sheriff is now trying to figure out what is going on. It actually may become a procedural in spite of itself. It would help if they start acknowledging the murders.


-t - Apr 26, 2009 8:07:56 am PDT #2957 of 11831
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

No, I guess it isn't a procedural. Should all that be whitefonted, or should we just not continue the off-topic in here?

On topic: Lie to Me: I think my favorite part of this show is the blog by the guy that Lightman is based on [link] .