Buffy ,'Get It Done'
This thread is for procedural TV, shows where the primary idea is to figure out the case. [NAFDA]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
yeah, but that's a fairly easy, quick test.
Compressed time, compressed roles--all perfectly standard for expediency's sake. Pointing a gun at every guy on the bus? There you're abusing police procedure for dramatic effect. Other shit is carelessness or ignorance.
I like when John Rogers explains some of the wrong stuff in Leverage. Sometimes they're actually right, sometimes it's to make the story go easier, sometimes they were told by a supposed expert that it was right. His last justification was Law:Leverage as Medicine:House which basically meant get on the fun train and off my back.
that's a fairly easy, quick test
But it still runs counter to the showrunner's assertion that they don't do that. They've also run fingerprint comparisons, but I think they usually don't come up with matches.
The odds of finding a match by hand are astronomical
Final matching is done by eye, and it sure used to be done that way.
he's proud that CM solves crimes without forensics.
I would be much more impressed if criminal profiling weren't, you know, hokum.
Shh. The FBI might hear you.
I would be much more impressed if criminal profiling weren't, you know, hokum.
Are you trying to take away all of my entertainment options? t clings tightly to Wire in the Blood