Oh, ita, that reminds me -- about the Guardian. I don't really remember, but your whitefont in Natter sounds right to me.
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]
Jesse, what a bleak show! Our heroes beat people up, get killed, have people killed in front of them, do drugs, have Down's Syndrome babies, get fired, gaybashed, fire each other...
Man. And only three years.
Good times.
I watched the pilot of _southland_ last night, followed by _flashpoint_. Can't help wondering if there's been an increase in cop-related shows lately or if i just didn't notice them until i became one of those dispatch voices in the background?
Ok, loved Southland. Will now have to find the rest of the season online to watch it. Have been enjoying flashpoint for a few weeks....but seriously, a SWAT team heading out on a burg call before patrol officers? No f'ing way. It wasn't even a hostage situation. No SWAT team would be anywhere near that call until there was an actual confirmed hostage situation or an ofcr put out an amber alert in the kidnapped infant. Sheesh.
erin, did you catch any of The Unusuals? The dispatch voice in the background had some of the funniest lines in the show.
I LOVED that show. We would sit at work an bemoan how we aren't allowed to put any "personality" into our dispatches.
but seriously, a SWAT team heading out on a burg call before patrol officers? No f'ing way.
Well, it does take place in the magical land of Canadia and was modeled after Toronto's Emergency Task Force. Not that I'm disagreeing with you on the no f'ing way.
good point, i never noticed what country it was supposed to be in. I guess in that magical land swat teams just cruise around listening to scanners and looking for ways to get into trouble. It's just hysterical because around here you need approval from a sgt in order to call out the big spendy resources (of course, getting approval from a sgt usually entails the primary ofcr on a big hot call saying "make the call" and a monitoring sgt immediately saying "ok", but approval does have to be given.)
I guess in that magical land swat teams just cruise around listening to scanners and looking for ways to get into trouble.
Well, without all the guns and crime and stuff they've got a lot more time on their hands.
I am surprised to find that Warehouse 13 is growing on me. It's basically fluff and I only watch it because it comes on after Eureka, but am enjoying it nonetheless. Makes me think I'd watch a lot more tv if I had it on during the evening.