There are any number of ex-FBI agents and other former law enforcement people, plus specialists in particular aspects of forensic science, who consult with police departments today. The original Holmes could say he was the only one, but not a current-day Holmes.
Police procedure has changed since I was little.
Wash ,'The Message'
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]
Ginger - Aug 14, 2012 2:06:45 pm PDT #9132 of 11831
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Typo Boy - Aug 14, 2012 2:25:16 pm PDT #9133 of 11831
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
But Sherlock actually investigates. Can a consultant do that without needing a PI license?
Typo Boy - Aug 14, 2012 2:27:39 pm PDT #9134 of 11831
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
And Erika, I was raised to hate PInkertons too. Even after being thugs en masse was outlawed, labor organizers still got beat up by Pinkertons. And Dashiel Hammett always claimed to have stopped being a PI after he turned down a contract from a big Detective Agency to murder a labor leader. I don't remember whether the agency was Pinkertons or not or even if Hammett said, but it probably was.
§ ita § - Aug 14, 2012 2:30:44 pm PDT #9135 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sherlock must be living in a world without the concept of Psych or The Mentalist or a bunch of other shows, not to mention real life. I think it is really cheesy to lead with, since it's meaningless.
erikaj - Aug 14, 2012 5:23:22 pm PDT #9136 of 11831
Always Anti-fascist!
I think it was, TB.(just read Maltese Falcon last year)
erin_obscure - Aug 21, 2012 10:16:00 pm PDT #9137 of 11831
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Hrm. So an episode of Sherlock S1 and one of Luther S1 both have the same pivotal plot point. The exact same. Even the wording on discovery is the same. Looks like the Luther ep aired a couple months before the Sherlock one... I imagine there must of been some issues when the Sherlock team found out Luther had used the same significant plot reveal before they went to air? How much creative crossover is there within BBC1 series creators?
JenP - Sep 01, 2012 3:53:21 pm PDT #9138 of 11831
Do we talk about Flashpoint anywhere? Well, really all I have to say is that I'm just starting to watch it on Netflix, and I like it. The bald guy who is not Enrico is both attractive to me and also reminds me of my just previous boss, which makes that highly disturbing. I predict weird dreams.
ETA: Which is not to say that Enrico is not an attractive man; I just needed to distinguish between the two.
Good show, though!
§ ita § - Sep 01, 2012 4:06:13 pm PDT #9139 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hugh Dillon? Better known to fandom as the guy from Hard Core Logo?
Yeah, he has an air about him. I don't get the impression that Joe Dick and Ed would really get along too well.
I don't think Flashpoint is a procedural, though.
Ginger - Sep 01, 2012 4:26:44 pm PDT #9140 of 11831
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I think of it as a procedural.
JenP - Sep 01, 2012 4:37:45 pm PDT #9141 of 11831
Yes, Hugh Dillon. I've never seen Hard Core Logo. Sounds like maybe I should.