I have a theory that procedurals should be about 5% personal lives of the good guys and 95% stuff that moves the story forward. I miss the best days of Law & Order, when admissibility of evidence was often a plot point and the good guys sometimes lost.

While the people killed in Person of Interest may be the bad guys, it's still vigilantism, and sometimes based on rather thin evidence.

when admissibility of evidence was often a plot point and the good guys sometimes lost.

Now that would be interesting.

I think we've gone through a long period of cops going outside the boundaries of the law because they KNOW the guy's guilty even though they can't prove it legally. So they're all righteous because the guy's guilty, guilty, guilty. But there's little consideration of what if the guy's not guilty or of the collateral damage done along the way.

Ginger,

POI doesn't start with the premise of people killing folks. I am pretty sure no one gets dead on the show unless they try to kill Linus or Jesus or the person either one is protecting.

They don't aim to kill people. They don't exactly bring in law enforcement in a timely fashion either, but I don't think of them as murderers.

Regardless, I agree about L&O. You are my L&O buddy around here.

I miss the best days of Law & Order, when admissibility of evidence was often a plot point and the good guys sometimes lost.

They were doing that up until the final season, I'm sure. Probably 20%?

Sniff. I miss Connie and Mike. I heard that Rubirosa went to L&O LA before its ignominious cancellation but whatever. In my head canon, she stayed in New York and they continued to work together while having flashes of marvellous UST.

But there's little consideration of what if the guy's not guilty or of the collateral damage done along the way.

Prime Suspect has done that well.

I have a theory that procedurals should be about 5% personal lives of the good guys and 95% stuff that moves the story forward.

I'm not a procedural purist. I prefer the shows that are more character driven. I haven't seen L&O in ages.

They were doing that up until the final season, I'm sure. Probably 20%?

I found someone who ran the numbers on the first 10 seasons [link] After a low point of 59% success in the 1993 season, the show went to a fairly steady 75% success rate. Now I want to find out what he needs to do the next 10 seasons.

I love the internet.

I felt there was an excess of death in the episodes of Person of Interest I watched, LeN, but I'll give it another try. I trust your judgment.

Sniff. I miss Connie and Mike.

Linus Roache is recurring on SVU. He's been promoted to Bureau Chief.

I'm not missing Meloni as much as I though I would.