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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 40 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

This same process is why u stop watching cop/detective dramas as soon as a protagonist gets kidnapped.

  1. This happens 100% of the time, usually 3 season in
  2. You know they’ve gone from procedural to full on drama at this point
  3. The quality always drops off a cliff here
[–] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Examples?

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 41 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Castle, Bones, Law & Order SVU, The Rookie (though it still has good episodes, the protagonists get kidnapped a lot tho), NCIS, Criminal Minds (again, multiple times), Hawaii 5 0 refresh, CSI, Monk…

[–] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 18 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

...this is making me realize that I watch very few procedural detective shows, apparently. I think SVU is the only one of these I've seen, at all.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I read it as SUV.

And now I imagine a detective show in the Cars universe.

Title character being a grumpy SUV detective with a Keicar as the comedic sidekick

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

NTSF:SD:SUV is the only true crime detective show.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 weeks ago

I haven’t watched most of these in a long long time

The Rookie is pretty good though

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Anybody remember that season of hawaii five-0 where they spent like half the episodes almost killing danno

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I remember a lot of really bad product placement for windows phone and cars

I stopped before the final season though

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 3 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah that was always dumb and annoying.