>erm.. are you talking about Homicide?
It says SVU in the subject heading; I think it's sufficiently on-topic.
>>...then go into some spooky macabre plot that's
>>more Psycho than crime drama.
>---Can you give an example, please?
I was trying to avoid spoilers because the SVU episode was just the
night before, but now it's probably okay:
The episode starts to be about a girl's being raped, but that the rapist
can't be prosecuted because his sleep-raping condition is recognized
medically as an illness for which he's not responsible. The victim's
father goes publcly against the police and the DA's office, in order to
pressure them to rescue the missing sister of the victim. The sister's
being missing turns out to be an unrelated coincidence that leads them
into a cyberworld of people's electronic alter-egos known as "avatars."
There's a pretty good sleight-of-hand plot maneuvering where they argue
out, and discover who the kidnapper is. Maybe the original crime, the
rape of the first girl, will return on another episode later, but just
droppng it, and the characters set up within this part of the current
episode, is disorienting and sloppy.
Then the kidnapper's first victim from twenty-five years earlier,
apparently insane, is discovered hiding out and waiting for his return
because she's in love with him (Stockholm syndrome?); he wants nothing
to do with her because she's old. It's a callback to the theme of
present-day people's hiding within the electronic avatars, but it's not
effective crime drama, it's just off the wall (within this medium).
>>Are they trying to expand their fan base, or lose
>>the one they have?
>--- they might lack good ideas.
Bingo. Exactly.
Bob A
"Aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?"
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