Magical DNA and fingerprint results are a staple of practically all the crime shows. Television PDs were getting instant computer matches of fingerprints back before the current computer system went into effect, when the FBI fingerprint analysis backlog was months.
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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]
Ginger - Dec 01, 2009 10:40:05 am PST #4330 of 11831
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Kristen - Dec 01, 2009 10:47:59 am PST #4331 of 11831
I just looked at that dude's blog and I kinda really want to go to a Writers Police Academy.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 01, 2009 11:02:30 am PST #4332 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Wait, was Castle new last night? I got Lie to Me, but Castle wasn't listed in my DVR for a new episode this week (next week's is).
Did my DVR...Lie to Me?
Zenkitty - Dec 01, 2009 11:05:14 am PST #4333 of 11831
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Did my DVR...Lie to Me?
You'll have to analyze its micro-expressions to find out for sure.
They do less than last season. I liked it.
I like it, too. It's what makes the show different. I don't care that much about any of the characters; I almost dropped it this season, but my DVR kept recording it, so...
§ ita § - Dec 01, 2009 11:05:30 am PST #4334 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
No, they showed the season opener again.
§ ita § - Dec 01, 2009 11:10:30 am PST #4335 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Paul Ekman's Lie To Me blog. Not sure why it's unformatted. I only read it through RSS.
Zenkitty - Dec 01, 2009 11:10:42 am PST #4336 of 11831
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Magical DNA and fingerprint results are a staple of practically all the crime shows.
That's something I like about Criminal Minds; they don't get instant results on DNA and fingerprints found on the scene. They're always like, "The results will take days! We don't have that kind of time!" But they make up for it with Garcia and her Magic Computer that can pluck information directly from the fabric of the space-time continuum itself.
§ ita § - Dec 01, 2009 11:14:55 am PST #4337 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ed Bernero has said he's proud that CM solves crimes without forensics. But I can think of Machismo off the top of my head where they sent the glasses back from Mexico and found out the gender of the person who'd drunk from them.
bon bon - Dec 01, 2009 11:16:43 am PST #4338 of 11831
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
The Castle blog is useful, but complaining about the ME doing forensic work is like complaining about the doctors doing tests on House. You can't hire another half-dozen day players and waste all that good exposition time.
Connie Neil - Dec 01, 2009 11:24:41 am PST #4339 of 11831
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The NCIS with the power outage had fun with searching for fingerprints by hand. The odds of finding a match by hand are astronomical, but having the entire team peering blearily at cards for hours at a time was a good touch.