cpotato1010
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I have mixed emotions about this first episode.
Watching the lead FBI investigator go into the animal hospital alone, with no backup is a big negative. There is no excuse for this, even if they were trying to keep the "hunt" low key.
Then there is missing the signs at the home of the previous victim. They knew the killer was fond of a certain decoration, and afterwards they show dozens of items in the home with this decoration. What kind of profiler misses the obvious?
Last is the whole secret prison angle. Sounds like one of the lesser 90's Candian dramas, which is what I think the writers viewed growing up. The main writers only have a handful of previous writing jobs, so maybe they reverted to what they saw in their childhood.
I will give it one more shot in February, when it returns.
Watching the lead FBI investigator go into the animal hospital alone, with no backup is a big negative. There is no excuse for this, even if they were trying to keep the "hunt" low key.
Then there is missing the signs at the home of the previous victim. They knew the killer was fond of a certain decoration, and afterwards they show dozens of items in the home with this decoration. What kind of profiler misses the obvious?
Last is the whole secret prison angle. Sounds like one of the lesser 90's Candian dramas, which is what I think the writers viewed growing up. The main writers only have a handful of previous writing jobs, so maybe they reverted to what they saw in their childhood.
I will give it one more shot in February, when it returns.
These older Perry Mason shows had a different tone than current 21st century procedurals. To me it was sometimes more in line with the soap operas of the day, the lines were always given an overly dramatic reading.
But this was still a good mystery, there were plenty of suspects to be red herrings. Not only were there two confessions in court, but two arrests at the airport.
As for the real killer, I think a case could be made for self-defense, if not accidental shooting. Would Perry take the case?
All three actresses gave fine performances, with Lisa Gaye being the standout. I am quite familiar by now with all three from other shows and movies thanks to the nostalgia networks.
One other item of note, it seems that Paul Drake is always able to get the telephone records for Perry. Wouldn't the police have the same info? In modern police procedurals, that is one of the first things the detectives check.
It also seems to be a running gag of Lt. Tragg showing up at the murder scene around the same time as Perry. They make it seem as if they are adversaries, although they also sometimes show them as being friendly, if not outright friends.
I think they took this from the "private eye" shows, from Peter Gunn (1958), through later The Rockford Files (1974), Mannix (1967), and many others.
Btw, insulting the viewers of the show is a good way to earn thumbs-down votes. The writing, etc., of the police and courtroom procedurals may have evolved in the last fifty-sixty years, but there is a certain pleasure in watching these older shows.
But this was still a good mystery, there were plenty of suspects to be red herrings. Not only were there two confessions in court, but two arrests at the airport.
As for the real killer, I think a case could be made for self-defense, if not accidental shooting. Would Perry take the case?
All three actresses gave fine performances, with Lisa Gaye being the standout. I am quite familiar by now with all three from other shows and movies thanks to the nostalgia networks.
One other item of note, it seems that Paul Drake is always able to get the telephone records for Perry. Wouldn't the police have the same info? In modern police procedurals, that is one of the first things the detectives check.
It also seems to be a running gag of Lt. Tragg showing up at the murder scene around the same time as Perry. They make it seem as if they are adversaries, although they also sometimes show them as being friendly, if not outright friends.
I think they took this from the "private eye" shows, from Peter Gunn (1958), through later The Rockford Files (1974), Mannix (1967), and many others.
Btw, insulting the viewers of the show is a good way to earn thumbs-down votes. The writing, etc., of the police and courtroom procedurals may have evolved in the last fifty-sixty years, but there is a certain pleasure in watching these older shows.