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%?
I've really got to learn to just do the damage and get out of town. It's the 'stay and gloat' that gets me every time.
Ethan Rayne ,'Potential'
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]
§ ita § - Nov 30, 2011 12:42:53 pm PST #8459 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Vonnie K - Nov 30, 2011 1:00:09 pm PST #8460 of 11831
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
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.
aurelia - Nov 30, 2011 1:24:54 pm PST #8461 of 11831
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
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.
Ginger - Nov 30, 2011 1:26:54 pm PST #8462 of 11831
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
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.
Maria - Nov 30, 2011 1:31:24 pm PST #8463 of 11831
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
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.
Sheryl - Nov 30, 2011 1:37:03 pm PST #8464 of 11831
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Linus Roache is recurring on SVU. He's been promoted to Bureau Chief.
Ok, that almost gives me incentive to catch up on my backlog of SVU.(I haven't finished last season yet on the DVR)
brenda m - Nov 30, 2011 1:47:08 pm PST #8465 of 11831
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
I'm not missing Meloni as much as I though I would.
I'm not missing Meloni but I don't like how Benson has become this wise-mother-sage or whatev in his absence.
Ginger - Nov 30, 2011 1:54:05 pm PST #8466 of 11831
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm not missing Meloni as much as I though I would.
Warren Leight, the showrunner for seven seasons of L&O:CI, is now running SVU, so I'm giving it another chance. I was weary of the drama from both Olivia and Elliot, and their increasingly loose interpretation of the rules.
Maria - Nov 30, 2011 2:02:33 pm PST #8467 of 11831
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
I'm not missing Meloni but I don't like how Benson has become this wise-mother-sage or whatev in his absence.
I'm just tuning her out. Kelly Giddish and Danny Pino have surprised me.
Warren Leight, the showrunner for seven seasons of L&O:CI, is now running SVU, so I'm giving it another chance.
He is the only reson why I kept my SVU season pass. Otherwise, I would have waited to catch the inevitable rerun on USA.
le nubian - Nov 30, 2011 2:47:00 pm PST #8468 of 11831
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Man, I don't care what you all say, I'm not watching SVU! Uh uh. I watched a couple of seasons of that show and it scarred me for life.
Ginger, I'm not going to promise you won't have issues with POI, but I have yet to feel that Jesus killed someone and it wasn't a case of self-defense. I think they try to make that point clear.