Television Shows 03/27/15

In this post, I want to talk about all of the television shows that are related to crime scene investigations. Nowadays, there are so many shows on T.V. that have to deal with the investigations of crimes that are committed. Whether they are accurate or not, I don't really know but I guess we'll find out by the end of this post. Off the top of my head, the shows that I can name off are:

• CSI: Miami/New York/ Las Vegas
• NCIS/ NCIS LA
• Criminal Minds
• Arrow
• Law and Order: SVU/ Criminal Intent
• Hawaii 5-O
• Rizzoli and Isles
• Bones
• Cold Case
• The Following
• Sherlock
• Castle
• White Collar
• Common Law
• Graceland

These obviously aren't all of the crime shows, but they are all of the ones that I can think of at this moment. I will now discuss a couple of my favorite shows and give a brief synopsis of each series.

Hawaii 5-O
This is one of my all time favorite shows. Not just in the genre of crime shows, but out of all of the shows that I watch on a daily basis, this one comes pretty close to the top of my list. This show is about detectives that are part of an elite task force whose mission is to eliminate crime on the beaches of the Hawaii. Assisting McGarrett and Danno is former Honolulu Police detective Chin Ho Kelly, who has been relegated to a federal security patrol after being wrongfully accused of corruption. Chin's fresh-out-of-the-academy cousin, Kono, also joins the team as she tries to establish herself among the department's elite. This show is jam-packed with action and mystery as well as some romance and a lot of humor.

Arrow
This show is one of my favorite shows as well. It always leaves me wanting more. This show is about

a presumed-dead billionaire playboy, Oliver Queen, who returns home to Starling City after five years stranded on a remote island in the Pacific. He hides the ways the experience has changed him. As he reconnects with those closest to him, including his sister, Thea, Oliver appears to be the same wealthy, carefree bachelor the city has always known. At night, flanked by his devoted friend, Diggle, Oliver uses his secret persona -- that of a vigilante -- to right societal wrongs and transform the city to its former glory. This show contains so much action and adventure. You never know what is going to happen next. Not only is there the action and adventure, there is a lot of humor to go with it. As a bonus, there are attractive male and female roles for a little bit of eye candy. This show attracts both male and female viewers.

 

NCIS: LA

Surprise, surprise, this show is also one of my favorites. It is about highly trained agents that use the most-advanced technologies available and go under cover to catch criminals that are deemed a threat to national security. Special Agent G. Callum can transform himself into whoever he needs to be to infiltrate criminal factions. His partner, former Navy SEAL Sam Hanna, is a surveillance specialist who uses state-of-the-art equipment to monitor field agents and feed them information. However, my favorite characters in this show are Kensi Blye and Marty Deeks. They are partners and the dynamic between them is amazing. They bicker like brother and sister, but when the time comes, they have each other's backs. This show too incorporates a lot of action with humor intertwined. There is also a love story that blooms between some of the main characters (Kensi and Deeks).

 

Bones

This is also a show that I watch religiously. It is about Dr. Temperance Brennan, a forensic anthropologist who works at the Jeffersonian Institution and also writes books. She has an impressive ability to read clues from victims' bones. Law enforcement calls her to assist with investigations when remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that standard identification methods are useless. Brennan often finds herself teamed with Special Agent Seeley Booth, a former Army sniper, who mistrusts science and scientists when it comes to solving crimes. However, he has developed respect for Brennan, both professionally and personally. This show is very intriguing and there is a lot of scenes that are in the lab rather than out in the field. It has a different perspective on crime scene investigations than all of the other shows.

 

I can talk about all of these shows, but that could take days. I am so fascinated by these shows and I always like to try and figure out who committed the crime before the end of the show. Watching these shows has actually made me consider pursuing a career in the world of crime scene investigations. I actually learn a lot of terminology by watching these shows. Although I don't know for sure that what is being done in these shows are accurate, it still makes for good television. The one thing that I do know for sure that is exaggerated in these shows are the amount of time that it actually takes to solve a crime. In real life, it can take weeks, months, or even years before a crime is solved and the criminal is caught.