Acidus wrote:
About a month ago, Lord Tivo (PBUH) willed me to start watching Bones. It's not as good as Law and Order but it's a solid show.

Totally disagree. Bones is way better than L&O. In fact Bones is the only thing I'm watching on TV right now. I'll fully admit that is a generationally biased opinion and YMMV.

L&O smacks of authoritarianism at times. The system does bad things in L&O but usually to people who are guilty. Its black and white boomerthink. I don't usually find myself identifying with the characters and it doesn't have the political dimensions of something like the Shield. It doesn't feel real to me. Its an idealization. You wish things were that clear cut all the time. They aren't.

Bones is not a cop show - its more about science and characters than laws. Its more encyclopedia brown than dragnet - the drama comes from trying to figure out the puzzle moreso than from wondering if the bad guy will escape punishment through careful legal maneuvering. The characters are quirky Gen-Xers with difficult pasts. The main scientist uses hyper-rationality as a way of escaping difficult emotions. The FBI agent listens to Social Distortion and reads comic books. You know people like them. They're a lot like your friends.