@Ignorant I would view it as a romantic dramedy afterlife baking detective show. Technically the show did have a quirky murder of the week to carry the episodes along, but it was clearly more than a standard whodunnit. That being said, it deserved at least two more seasons.
@Kyeh I so want to watch this, I have it in my watch list on Roku if it ever gets added. Right now Inwould have to subscribe to a new streaming service.
@Bingo Because who didn’t want to secretly take their car, punch it in reverse, slam on the brakes, whip the wheel around to pull a 180, drop into first and burn rubber for a clean getaway.
@ladyhawke001
Get Smart was always a favorite! I couldn’t believe when the 1st actual cell phone came out and it was about the size of a shoe! I dreamed of that day!!
@ladyhawke001
Get Smart was always a favorite! I couldn’t believe when the 1st actual cell phone came out and it was about the size of a shoe! I dreamed of that day!!
@ladyhawke001 In addition to Baretta, Rockford, and Kojak, the other ones that immediately popped into my head were Mannix, McCloud, McMillan and Wife, Barnaby Jones, and Ironside.
Even though I saw all of “Mare of Easttown” and “Psych” is my favorite, my mind first went to the golden age of detective shows.
Over the course of 12 seasons and more than 250 episodes, the acclaimed mystery author left a trail of corpses in her wake, frequently pulling nieces and nephews into her vortex of murder and mayhem.
Most people would be traumatized by weekly encounters with grisly death, but not Jessica. She took it in stride, whether she encountered it traveling across country to a dear friend’s funeral or in her quiet, quaint hometown in Maine. She was seemingly oblivious to Cabot Cove’s rising policing costs or plunging housing prices courtesy of her handiwork, which also resulted in one of the worst murder rates in America, perhaps the entire world. Nearly 8% of the town’s population was killed over the course a decade, not including visitors.
Fun fact - Mare of Easttown takes place and was (mostly) filmed in the county I live in. Yes, we do tend to have a bit of a unique way of saying things here in Delaware County, PA.
@callow@cinoclav It’s amazing that so many shows (and movies) are filmed far from their presumed location. My favorite example was the old Nero Wolfe series from 1981 with William Conrad (the 2001 series with Timothy Hutton was much better) that, in this quintessential New York City show, there was a scene with a car driving on a palm tree-lined street! Also, Justified, which I liked, about Appalachia, was clearly mostly shot in California. Oh well.
@andyw@callow It’s shocking to me how many shows are filmed around Vancouver. I guess the suburbs are pretty generic because the city itself has a rather unique feel to it that doesn’t look much like any other big city.
@callow@cinoclav You’re right, there are a lot of movies and TV shows done in Vancouver and elsewere in Canada. Part of the reason I is I think it is cheaper, plus Canada seems to give a lot of tax breaks to films and TV. So do many states.
I like most Sherlock Holmes-related shows (the original stories were great) and recently like Elementary very much. I was a big fan of Rockford back then (thanks for reminding me). I like many mystery shows and movies. I thought Mare of Easttown was good and not just because it had one of the best, or the best, current Shakespeare actors, John Douglas Thompson, (unfortunately) in a smaller part. I also liked Castle and many others.
@andyw We used to watch Castle, but it quickly settled into a formula - the perp was usually some (seemingly) minor character who was briefly introduced in the first 10 minutes of the show. Then they would chase several initially promising but ultimately dead-end leads, only to bring back the previously overlooked perp for the final reveal. I think a lot of detective TV shows follow a similar formula. Once I saw the pattern, I got pretty good at picking the bad guy/gal early on (which kind of annoyed my wife )
@macromeh You are absolutely right about the formula! A couple of weeks ago with 2 successive shows I picked the perp right away as they fit the formula. Unfortunately, many of the plots are repeated over different shows and the same shows. If they have interesting characters it helps a lot. I’d be annoying my wife, but she does not watch these as she would rather read.
@macromeh@phendrick Regarding “The Formula”, yeah, it’s a trope. The Closer was a big purveyor of it. On the other hand, I really didn’t like the “pull the perp out of your ass – how high were the writers when they wrote this shit?” scripts where the perp was a completely new character that was unkown the entire episode(s) until the big reveal. A real not-even-trying deus ex machina crap move by the writers.
@rockblossom Love Death in Paradise! I started watching it because of Danny John Jules aka Cat from Red Dwarf but fell in love with the show. I know it doesn’t exist but I want to vacation at St. Marie!
BBC’s Sherlock is my all-time favorite, closely followed by Elementary. For the first episode or 2, i found Jonny Lee Miller’s hyperactive performance a little off-putting, but quickly got sucked in & came to care about the characters. Great show, i miss it!
@mike808@muldoon1987 I’ve never watched the show, but I’ve read almost all of the books.
I have heard that the show is pretty good, but Harry Bosch is supposed to have a moustache, dammit!
Really, though, I’m sure I’ll give the series a shot and have high hopes. I mainly just want to mention how good the books are.
Pushing Daisies
@Ignorant I would view it as a romantic dramedy afterlife baking detective show. Technically the show did have a quirky murder of the week to carry the episodes along, but it was clearly more than a standard whodunnit. That being said, it deserved at least two more seasons.
Columbo!! Duh!!
/giphy Columbo
@IndifferentDude And it was good enough for Mad Magazine to turn their satire on it:
@IndifferentDude Surely, you must be joking.
@blaineg We’re all counting on you. </Doc_Rumack>
@blaineg @IndifferentDude And don’t call me Shirley.
@blaineg @phendrick Great minds think alike!!
@blaineg @IndifferentDude @phendrick
Monk
/giphy Swedish Dicks
/giphy The Adventures of Tintin
Death in Paradise
Wallander
Johnathan Creek
The hunt for bent coppers and OCGs is never ending.
/image Line Of Duty
NYPD Blue
/giphy NYPD Blue
@cpierce He had to work hard to pull than thing over, it wasn’t going without a fight.
Montalbano
@tinamarie1974 This is the Sicilian series!
@Kyeh
Also Inspector Morse.
@Kyeh I so want to watch this, I have it in my watch list on Roku if it ever gets added. Right now Inwould have to subscribe to a new streaming service.
@tinamarie1974 Dang. Do you still have a DVD player? It does exist on DVDs.
I love it so much!
@Kyeh I have one in the garage I refuse to throw out “just in case” Ill check to see how much the DVD’s cost
Rizzoli and Isles… or Monk.
Case Closed/Detective Conan
Prodigal Son
Dragnet
Police Squad
Rockford Files
Magnum PI (w/ Tom Selleck)
/giphy Magnum PI
Always Sherlock, but Endeavour is also great.
@kostia Oh, yes - Endeavor!
Veronica Mars
Rockford Files. Always Rockford Files.
/image Rockford Files
@Bingo Because who didn’t want to secretly take their car, punch it in reverse, slam on the brakes, whip the wheel around to pull a 180, drop into first and burn rubber for a clean getaway.
A move forever known as “The Rockford Maneuver”:
And here would be me…
Get Smart!
tied: Rockford, Beretta, Kojak
@ladyhawke001
Get Smart was always a favorite! I couldn’t believe when the 1st actual cell phone came out and it was about the size of a shoe! I dreamed of that day!!
@ladyhawke001
Get Smart was always a favorite! I couldn’t believe when the 1st actual cell phone came out and it was about the size of a shoe! I dreamed of that day!!
@ladyhawke001 In addition to Baretta, Rockford, and Kojak, the other ones that immediately popped into my head were Mannix, McCloud, McMillan and Wife, Barnaby Jones, and Ironside.
Even though I saw all of “Mare of Easttown” and “Psych” is my favorite, my mind first went to the golden age of detective shows.
Murder She Wrote.
/giphy murder she wrote
@Salanth
Ah, yes. Jessica Fletcher, detective and serial killer without peer.
Was Jessica Fletcher a Science-Loving Serial Killer?
https://www.dragoncon.org/dailydragon/dc2018/was-jessica-fletcher-a-science-loving-serial-killer/
Jessica Fletcher, TV’s Forgotten Serial Killer
https://hilson.ca/tvs-forgotten-serial-killer/
/giphy “murder, she wrote”
Fun fact - Mare of Easttown takes place and was (mostly) filmed in the county I live in. Yes, we do tend to have a bit of a unique way of saying things here in Delaware County, PA.
@cinoclav A couple of scenes were filmed in my Chester County town. It’s amazing how long it takes to do one unimportant scene.
@callow It’s pretty funny that her Delco house was actually in Chester County. I’m originally from Concordville so I definitely know the area well.
@callow @cinoclav It’s amazing that so many shows (and movies) are filmed far from their presumed location. My favorite example was the old Nero Wolfe series from 1981 with William Conrad (the 2001 series with Timothy Hutton was much better) that, in this quintessential New York City show, there was a scene with a car driving on a palm tree-lined street! Also, Justified, which I liked, about Appalachia, was clearly mostly shot in California. Oh well.
@andyw @callow It’s shocking to me how many shows are filmed around Vancouver. I guess the suburbs are pretty generic because the city itself has a rather unique feel to it that doesn’t look much like any other big city.
@callow @cinoclav You’re right, there are a lot of movies and TV shows done in Vancouver and elsewere in Canada. Part of the reason I is I think it is cheaper, plus Canada seems to give a lot of tax breaks to films and TV. So do many states.
/giphy house md
I’m going to stick with tried and true: Inspector Gadget! GO GADGET GO!!!
@sicc574 You mean Penny and Brain.
All of the above and Columbo!
Due South…I miss it SO MUCH
then
The Closer
Major Crimes
also…does Blue Bloods count?
/youtube Ride Forever
I like most Sherlock Holmes-related shows (the original stories were great) and recently like Elementary very much. I was a big fan of Rockford back then (thanks for reminding me). I like many mystery shows and movies. I thought Mare of Easttown was good and not just because it had one of the best, or the best, current Shakespeare actors, John Douglas Thompson, (unfortunately) in a smaller part. I also liked Castle and many others.
@andyw We used to watch Castle, but it quickly settled into a formula - the perp was usually some (seemingly) minor character who was briefly introduced in the first 10 minutes of the show. Then they would chase several initially promising but ultimately dead-end leads, only to bring back the previously overlooked perp for the final reveal. I think a lot of detective TV shows follow a similar formula. Once I saw the pattern, I got pretty good at picking the bad guy/gal early on (which kind of annoyed my wife
)
@macromeh You are absolutely right about the formula! A couple of weeks ago with 2 successive shows I picked the perp right away as they fit the formula. Unfortunately, many of the plots are repeated over different shows and the same shows. If they have interesting characters it helps a lot. I’d be annoying my wife, but she does not watch these as she would rather read.
@macromeh I hope that star I gave you was not for your annoying your wife.
@macromeh @phendrick Regarding “The Formula”, yeah, it’s a trope. The Closer was a big purveyor of it. On the other hand, I really didn’t like the “pull the perp out of your ass – how high were the writers when they wrote this shit?” scripts where the perp was a completely new character that was unkown the entire episode(s) until the big reveal. A real not-even-trying deus ex machina crap move by the writers.
Scooby Doo
Unforgotten. There is only one case per season.
Cracker.
@ahacksaw Great one!
Does SVU count?
@amynedd Why not? Good one.
Batman
Shetland
Vera
Silent Witness
Midsomer Murders
Foyle’s War
Death in Paradise
Cadfael
Bosch
Only Murders in the Building
Whitechapel
One Lane Bridge
@rockblossom Love Death in Paradise! I started watching it because of Danny John Jules aka Cat from Red Dwarf but fell in love with the show. I know it doesn’t exist but I want to vacation at St. Marie!
@ironcheftoni The island is hard to find (being nonexistent and all) but the wonderful scenery is real: https://www.ontheluce.com/death-in-paradise-locations-guadeloupe/
@rockblossom Ooh, you’ve reminded me that my local library has Foyle’s War available to stream. I think I have my day planned now. :-DDD
@rockblossom Def Shetland. Ferfooksake, the murder rate there must be higher than Cabot Cove.
Elementary. We’ve binge watched it at least five times now.
@lisaviolet I could stand a rewatch of elementary.
Psych
@DrWorm You heard about Pluto?
Police Story
@werehatrack Derp. Make that Police Squad.
BBC’s Sherlock is my all-time favorite, closely followed by Elementary. For the first episode or 2, i found Jonny Lee Miller’s hyperactive performance a little off-putting, but quickly got sucked in & came to care about the characters. Great show, i miss it!
Bosch
+9000
@muldoon1987
The intro soundtrack has a very noir vibe, just like Bosch.
@mike808 @muldoon1987 I’ve never watched the show, but I’ve read almost all of the books.
I have heard that the show is pretty good, but Harry Bosch is supposed to have a moustache, dammit!
Really, though, I’m sure I’ll give the series a shot and have high hopes. I mainly just want to mention how good the books are.
@Limewater @mike808 Titus Welliver does a fantastic job even without facial hair, lol
@mike808 there’s just something about detectives and L.A. that gets me more often than not. The soundtrack to the series is pretty amazing, ngl.
Wasn’t my favorite, but Banacek always made me feel better about my own haircut.
Columbo, especially the later ones where it was so clear he was having a lot of fun doing it.
Decker
@PNunya Don’t you mean Deckerstar?
/image Lucifer Deckerstar
Who loves ya, Baby?
/image kojak
I’m quite fond of detective dramas set in Toontown (even if this one is a theatrical release film, instead of a series.).
oh… and Murdock!
