I had the rare opportunity to be home on a Friday evening this week (yay cleaning for the parents!), so I caught an interesting show on TV. Numb3rs promises to be another of those cop shows that I like to watch while everyone else is watching things like American Idol and Desperate Housewives and The OC. I've given all of these a shot; I even watched The OC for a whole season before they changed its time and turned it into a bizarre soap opera for teeny boppers. But I always come back to the obscure cop dramas. I like Law and Order SVU, which is not obscure, but I also like Crossing Jordan, which no one has ever heard of. Additionally, I'm probably one of the few who watched Monk right from the beginning. Also, I enjoy Veronica Mars, but it's probably not really a cop drama, technically.
Numb3rs is a cop show where one of the guys is a mathematician who helps his brother solve crime (from what I can tell, having watched only one episode). Now, let's all keep in mind that I don't do math, so my impressions may be flawed due to the simple fact that I wouldn't know if they arrive at their conclusions through any process known to man or not. I can't even spell mathematician without help from Word. But I thought it was a really fascinating show. The dialogue didn't bother me, and I didn't want to yell at the characters at any point in the show. In short, the solution to the puzzle kept me guessing until the end, but all the pieces had been there the whole time. Plus, the story was different. It involved a building and its ability to stand up to wind speeds. Typical cop drama set up, but with an interesting twist (which is what I like about Crossing Jordan).
So, that's my recommendation if you're ever home on a Friday night. Keep in mind (and I think we can all see this from my links section) that I am a "cult hit" fan. I like shows that have a cult following better than most main stream shows. This is because I end up yelling and screaming at main stream characters because most of them are idiots and I hate them. Yes, that's right. I hate people who aren't even real. I don't want to be able to solve the crime/know the whole plot outline five minutes into the show. I want to keep guessing. If you're like me, try Numb3rs.
If anyone else has any shows they want to plug, feel free to do so in the comments.
Posted by LoWriter at June 6, 2005 03:33 PMThe O.C! It's still good! Well that's not really true. But I still watch it because I am a sucker. The last 10 episodes or so of this season were better than the start, though. And could they really top last season? That finale was insane.
Posted by: schdav at June 6, 2005 05:28 PMUm I've never watched the OC and I am pretty sure that means I am better than you even though I will occasionally watch an episode of Desperate Housewives... yep, still better....
Posted by: 10lees at June 6, 2005 07:29 PMsix feet under started it's final season on friday. Woe to me for I do not pay for the HBO
Posted by: rhett at June 7, 2005 09:22 AM