TV review. Law and Order: Criminal Intent. I’m rewatching this series.
Most of the series is a homage to Sherlock Holmes with D’Onofrio playing Holmes and Erbe playing Watson. Most episodes are greatly toned down for television, even tho many stories are based on true crimes the true horror of the crimes are not shown, not the scenes, not the act, not the suffering of families, not the toll on law enforcement. It is an entertaining who dunnit.
But every now and then L&O; CI shows some reality and it’s truly terrifying, disturbing.
Series 4 episode 17, Shibboleth, appears to be based on a true crime made famous again in James Elroy’s book, The Black Dahlia. Being a huge Elroy fan I read the book when it first came out, disturbing, in his detailed descriptions we build a mental picture of what happened and the last moments of the victims. The mental images stay with you. I recognised this case straight away.
I mention this episode for a few reasons. Yes, we can learn from true crime stories, learn what is possible and hopefully how to prevent ourselves and our loved ones from becoming victims.
But also it demonstrates the storytelling of crime shows, demonstrates that nearly all crime shows show the idea of violence, they don’t show real violence.
TV review. Law and Order: Criminal Intent. I’m rewatching this series.
Most of the series is a homage to Sherlock Holmes with D’Onofrio playing Holmes and Erbe playing Watson. Most episodes are greatly toned down for television, even tho many stories are based on true crimes the true horror of the crimes are not shown, not the scenes, not the act, not the suffering of families, not the toll on law enforcement. It is an entertaining who dunnit.
But every now and then L&O; CI shows some reality and it’s truly terrifying, disturbing.
Series 4 episode 17, Shibboleth, appears to be based on a true crime made famous again in James Elroy’s book, The Black Dahlia. Being a huge Elroy fan I read the book when it first came out, disturbing, in his detailed descriptions we build a mental picture of what happened and the last moments of the victims. The mental images stay with you. I recognised this case straight away.
I mention this episode for a few reasons. Yes, we can learn from true crime stories, learn what is possible and hopefully how to prevent ourselves and our loved ones from becoming victims.
But also it demonstrates the storytelling of crime shows, demonstrates that nearly all crime shows show the idea of violence, they don’t show real violence.
I had trouble watching this episode.