Crime Drama TV

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Stabler agrees to hear the dying confession of a cancer patient named Judson Tierney (Brian Dennehey), but first he and Benson do some digging into what possible crime Tierney’s guilty of and come up with an unsolved case that goes back 47 years. However, according to Tierney, that is merely “The tip of the iceberg.”

And the iceberg just keeps melting and melting.
Dennehey is at the center of several crimes. On the outset, we are lead to believe that he is a creep who molested his daughter. Hence, the reason she refuses to have contact with him. A Box full of greeting cards, each stuffed with $100 bill give rise to yet another crime.

But rather, Judson Tierney is an old geezer, who was a bank robber and a murderer. He manages to confess on his deathbed, allowing a man who was convicted of another murder to go free. His daughter learns why their family was so distant and at the last moment decides to see her father. Too late, he took his last breath.

What I loved about this episode:
Stabler keeps digging.
Twist upon twist.
Multiple crimes being solved.

The major flaw:Oliva Benson getting soft.

Great show with a superb cast.

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Yesterday my 15 year old daughter sat in front of the television for most of the day. Since she’s on vacation and her normal day in school is like boot camp, I figured it was perfectly fine for her veg out. Normally it would be MTV or video games, but yesterday she spent the day watching a CSI: Miami marathon. Other than “Mom, can you fix me something to eat?”, all I heard from her were outbursts of laughter interspersed with “Ewwww, gross!”

I have to give Horatio credit for the laughter. Seems she inherited my sick sense of humor, and thinks this guy is a scream. So the Horatio-ism for the day…

“Alright, be on the lookout for an Eastern European male with bad teeth who may have access to an ape.”

As for all the “gross” comments, I’m sure they from looking at all that enhanced forensic evidence.

Now, for some Horatio trivia:
According to Caine in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode 222 (”Cross Jurisdictions”), his parents named him for the late 19th-Century American author Horatio Alger.

Do you have a favorite quote from the head CSI honcho Horatio? Or how about some trivia?

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I spent my whole New Year’s day and evening watcbing repeats of Law and order SVU. I love that show. How can anyone watch reruns upon reruns of the same show? Even the reruns started to repeat before the 24 hours was over. The only show I recall being able to watch without boredom is Perry Mason. So what makes this show so watch worthy?

1. Partner Chemistry.
Elliot Stabler and Olivia Benson have amazing chemistry. Even Munch and Tutula have chemistry.

2. The zingers.
Those one liners that Lenny from the original Law and Order Franchise made so popular.
A few I love:
Olivia: “How is it like to sleep with a man who rapes other women?!”
Elliot: “When you are being brutalized by me, you’ll know it.”

Or this great conversation between Olivia and Elliot.
Benson and Stabler talking about passing genes to their children

Olivia: “Yeah well at least you and Kathy knew what kind of genes you’d be passing on. Mine is half drunk and the other half violent and cruel.
Elliot: “And look how great you turned out.”

3. They hit the pavement.
I like old fashioned investigation. Sure, other shows have gotten their props lately by featuring high tech forensics and crime lab sets (that we all know in the real world are way to expensive and don’t even exist for everyday crime. You know I’m referring to the CSI). These detectives investigate, interview, intimidate and interrogate. I love it.

4. They are passionate.
They show their feelings. They hate the crime, they can’t stand the perps and they voice it. And if they can get away with some well placed good old fashioned police beat down, they’ll do it. An example:

Perp: Honey, I’d like some mineral water, a little ice.
Olivia: Yeah, well, I’d like your balls in a blender, but ain’t life a [censored].
Elliot: Maybe you shouldnt’ve called her “honey”.

5. The plot twists.
A 5 year old boy goes missing from a kids party. He’s found later dead. The perp ends up being his 12 year old sociopathic neighbor. The victim’s father has an outburst in the courtroom when the 12 year old gets sentenced as a juvenile. The father, who is also a shrink pulls a gun from a courthouse guard and guns down the boy who killed his son. He gets off, then smugly admits to the DA that he did indeed plan the whole thing.

6. They put the bad guys behind bars.
By the time the investigation is complete and the DA’s office takes over, the partners have done their job. And for the most part, they win their cases. Hence the name Law and Order. That’s why I like watching. The bad guy goes to jail.

7. The Music.

There are two new episodes in my future. Tuesday night is for Law and Order!

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