[Writing Meme] Day 3: Your Favorite TV Show

I currently don’t have cable TV so I have to turn to DVDs or the internet for my TV fix. I am addicted to crime dramas, especially to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

If you’re not familiar with the series, L&O:SVU focuses on a special team in the New York Police Department tasked with investigating sex crimes.

I am one of those that enjoy criminal profiling and forensic investigation. It started with Discovery Channel’s Medical Detectives from several years back when we still had cable TV. I didn’t get into CSI because it was too glitzy, and I preferred the psychology more than the fancy laboratory toys that can track a perp from the littlest details. L&O: SVU is dark and disturbing, but most of the time delivers excellent mysteries and commanding performances. I have yet to see a crime drama top the quality of this series. The closest was Criminal Minds, up until the writer’s strike did them in during their 3rd season.

A part of me considers getting units in Criminology because of these series’, but even they advise against it. For one thing, I’m queasy. Also, these cases take a mental and emotional toll on the investigators. It’s tough enough to make the case, and to see justice served.

Part of the 30 Day Writing Meme. Next is Day 4: Your Favorite Book.