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Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.

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This thread is for procedural TV, shows where the primary idea is to figure out the case. [NAFDA]

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Toddson - Apr 22, 2013 10:19:09 am PDT #9744 of 11831

Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

the local WETA-UK station is showing a series of George Gently mysteries. They're quite good ... although they (1) are on opposite Castle and (2) run later than I should stay up.

English of course, set in the early 1960s; George Gently is a senior detective who's relocated to a coastal area in the north after the death of his wife. He's paired with John Bacchus, a young detective who's married the daughter of a ... chief constable? Anyway, there's a lot of interesting interaction between them and interesting mysteries.

sumi - Apr 22, 2013 12:59:55 pm PDT #9745 of 11831

Art Crawl!!!

Are they called George Gently? I wonder if they're on Netflix .

askye - Apr 23, 2013 6:10:24 am PDT #9746 of 11831

Thrive to spite them

They are, disc and watch instantly.

Toddson - Apr 23, 2013 8:03:08 am PDT #9747 of 11831

Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

It's "Inspector George Gently". I find it interesting to see all the period details (if "period" is appropriate from something fairly recent). The clothes and music are familiar to me from my childhood, along with a lot of the attitudes, allowing for differences between countries. "Two nations separated by a common tongue." (or whatever the quote is)

Jesse - Apr 23, 2013 1:57:24 pm PDT #9748 of 11831

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Castle: Is there something vaguely different about Ioan Gruffudd's face? I kept thinking he was him and then thinking no, it was just a Gruffudd-alike.

Maybe he's just a little thinner?

P.M. Marc - Apr 23, 2013 4:47:27 pm PDT #9749 of 11831

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

He looked just the same to me, only I couldn't remember his name until halfway through.

sj - Apr 23, 2013 5:40:08 pm PDT #9750 of 11831

"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

He looked the same to me too. TCG and I laughed when his character was suddenly caught up in a ponzi scheme, since his character in Ringer was also caught up in one.

§ ita § - Apr 23, 2013 6:55:41 pm PDT #9751 of 11831

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

He basically seemed to be the Ringers guy.

I hate "I am irrationally jealous of your perfectly above board interaction with a guy whose crime is being cuter than me" -> "Oh, well, there was a kiss, so my caveman possessiveness was totally founded, except not founded, because there was no EVIDENCE..."

That is one of the "new we've gotten them together" things I'd love to avoid. Never mind Moonlighting. THIS.

However, I'm sure I'll find out that it not only happens in real life, but it's also exciting when it does, so it's both plausible and entertaining. Enh.

brenda m - Apr 23, 2013 7:15:34 pm PDT #9752 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

Agree. But I'm not real wild about the flirty intimate conversation leading to that kiss either.

-t - Apr 23, 2013 8:04:15 pm PDT #9753 of 11831

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Is there something vaguely different about Ioan Gruffudd's face?

I think it's just the distinct lack of pocket squares.

I did like the "why didn't you just push him away? Oh" bit, but, yeah, not my favorite cliche.

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