I know I'm a bad poet, but I'm a good man. All I ask is that... is that you try to see me—

William ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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]


Barb - Jun 05, 2010 7:07:05 am PDT #5629 of 11837
“Not dead yet!”

And of course, in all of the CM "Which eps should Maria watch?" none of us mentioned "100."

Maybe because it's this last season and so it's not gonna be on A&E or ion, yet, but oh holy shit, is it gut-wrenching.

And another excellent one is the S4 ep with Alex O'Loughlin as the Unsub (The Big Wheel). He was so cast against type and it was amazing.

ETA: ita, yeah, I gotta agree with you on James Van Der Beek as well. Again, just cast against type and worked it tremendously. I think that's the thing that the show does so remarkably well with its guest stars-- it really asks them to stretch and go to really unfamiliar places as actors.


§ ita § - Jun 05, 2010 7:14:47 am PDT #5630 of 11837
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

You know which episode of CM I can't rewatch, because it's so fucked up? North Mammon. And it's not that it's a visual thing. It's the premise, which comes clearly to mind every time I delete it off my TiVo. It was just so horrible. I mean, CM is a show of rescuing people from dark things, hopefully--they don't always get there to stop things, but North Mammon...

Lowest body count ever, but high psychological count.


Barb - Jun 05, 2010 7:17:07 am PDT #5631 of 11837
“Not dead yet!”

You know which episode of CM I can't rewatch, because it's so fucked up? North Mammon.

Dude, yeah. That one is monumentally fucked. Although To Hell... And Back are also two of the most psychologically twisted ones as well, although that body count was definitely on the high side.


brenda m - Jun 05, 2010 7:21:33 am PDT #5632 of 11837
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

Oh yeah, that's a brutal one.


Jesse - Jun 05, 2010 7:24:15 am PDT #5633 of 11837
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I chose not to tape that just last night.


Vortex - Jun 05, 2010 3:30:28 pm PDT #5634 of 11837
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Maria, you shouldn't watch 100 without watching Omnivore, which is where the bad guy is first introduced.


§ ita § - Jun 06, 2010 1:33:54 pm PDT #5635 of 11837
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Apparently the CM spinoff is going to be called CM: Suspect Behaviour. Behavior. Whatev.


le nubian - Jun 06, 2010 1:56:49 pm PDT #5636 of 11837
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

LOL.

That sounds like a joke.


Vortex - Jun 06, 2010 3:51:11 pm PDT #5637 of 11837
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Apparently the CM spinoff is going to be called CM: Suspect Behaviour. Behavior. Whatev.

LAME.


Juliebird - Jun 06, 2010 3:55:42 pm PDT #5638 of 11837
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

I can see it now. An episode where the CVS clerk is eyeing the highschool kid wandering the aisles with his hands stuffed in his pockets. (My brother would do this, just make his pockets look full, and look over his shoulder all paranoid-like, just to put the clerks on edge).