But she was naked! And all... articulate!
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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]
Rayne - Jul 27, 2011 9:14:16 am PDT #7934 of 11831
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
quester - Jul 27, 2011 1:20:44 pm PDT #7935 of 11831
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
So cute!
LOL, reminds me of the "Ross and Joey take a nap" episode of Friends!
Vortex - Jul 28, 2011 6:41:44 pm PDT #7936 of 11831
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Am I the only one who thinks that the new blond female cop internal affairs show looks like a hot mess?
Connie Neil - Jul 28, 2011 7:01:43 pm PDT #7937 of 11831
brillig
I've been playing "Guess the secret trauma" on all the previewed female cop shows--dead lover, dead kid, raising her kid as a single mom after the lover/husband dies, mysterious death of loved one that only she can solve--the usual.
I kind of miss that about the Dragnet era, the cops didn't have tragic backstories, they were just tough people doing a tough job.
-t - Jul 28, 2011 9:01:33 pm PDT #7938 of 11831
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I keep seeing those ads, Vortex, and, yeah, it looks bad.
Zenkitty - Jul 29, 2011 2:44:25 am PDT #7939 of 11831
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Agreed, re Internal Affairs, Vortex.
Connie, I do too! I'm overall tired of intense personal drama in my cop/lawyer/doctor stories. Or at least, tired of their personal drama driving the plot. They can have their drama, as long as they do it the old-fashioned film-noir way, and keep it where it belongs, at the bottom of a bottle of cheap Scotch... Come to think of it, that's one thing I'm really enjoying about Rizzolli&Isles... they have their troubles, but no one is Driven by intense personal drama.
Kathy A - Jul 29, 2011 6:45:53 am PDT #7940 of 11831
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'm rewatching my Criminal Minds dvds (currently in the middle of Reid's drug-use arc), and I like how their personal backstories infuse the texture of the show, but only rarely are they directly addressed.
In "Seven Seconds," that whole scene where Morgan and Reid are tossing the missing girl's house and bedroom and discussing cookie-cutter neighborhoods suitable for Rockwell containing deep waters, kids being afraid of the dark, and then Morgan finding her mutilated Barbie and figuring out her molestation, that was all about their backstories as much as it was about the girl's. But, if this was the first ep you've ever seen and you knew nothing about them, you wouldn't pick up on that underlying thread.
Connie Neil - Jul 29, 2011 11:16:51 am PDT #7941 of 11831
brillig
It's gotten to the point, though, that you begin to wonder where are the people who became cops because they wanted to help people or there was a family tradition of it or something. With some shows, it seems like the police force exists as a form of therapy. That was one thing I like about Castle, Ryan and Esposito are "just" cops. But they're also subsidiary characters, despite their overall awesomeness.
le nubian - Jul 29, 2011 11:18:41 am PDT #7942 of 11831
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Am I the only one who thinks that the new blond female cop internal affairs show looks like a hot mess?
No! I am the audience for police shows, procedurals, etc. and I am running away from this one. The Lifetime show fucked me up for good. I won't be taken in like that again.
sj - Jul 29, 2011 11:20:16 am PDT #7943 of 11831
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Am I the only one who thinks that the new blond female cop internal affairs show looks like a hot mess?
The previews for that one look awful. I'm not going near it.