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bigwillq

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28. BWAH!

Reply to ScreamingMeemie (Reply #12)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 11:04 AM

Apr 2015

This is hysterical.

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I'm repeating myself,but Elliot Stabler from Law & Order is a bad cop. [View all] hedgehog Apr 2015 OP

Call Dick Wolf, RIGHT FUCKING NOW!! aikoaiko Apr 2015 #1

And don't you just "love" jehop61 Apr 2015 #2

Most Cop Shows have an element of right wing fantasy about them el_bryanto Apr 2015 #3

Criminal Minds drives me nuts with that. Penelope can type in the most ScreamingMeemie Apr 2015 #12

BWAH! bigwillq Apr 2015 #28

As much as I have loved the show over the years, those phone calls to Penelope ScreamingMeemie Apr 2015 #29

I love the "baby girl" stuff bigwillq Apr 2015 #35

It seems utterly fake and forced to me. ScreamingMeemie Apr 2015 #36

One of the few things we disagree on. bigwillq Apr 2015 #37

wow - is this not carrying police-outrage a tad far? It is a TV show. One that can be turned off. DrDan Apr 2015 #4

It is a TV show which reflects and informs culture. RedCappedBandit Apr 2015 #5

it is TV fiction - most can distinguish the difference - his abuse is not glamorized ala Dirty Harry DrDan Apr 2015 #10

The point is that we and the cops are encultured to accept a certain hedgehog Apr 2015 #6

I love Law and Order - and still do not think police brutality should be tolerated even though I DrDan Apr 2015 #9

Does TV affect social mores? RedCappedBandit Apr 2015 #13

as does any media and personal interaction - so does that mean we censor anything that "we" DrDan Apr 2015 #25

I've maintained that for years tularetom Apr 2015 #7

Well, Law and Order:SVU is a bad show, so.... Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2015 #8

Agreed ... GeorgeGist Apr 2015 #11

Homicide was sooooooo much better. Did I ever tell you how msanthrope Apr 2015 #15

I once applied to be an extra, actually. Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2015 #16

if you lived in Fells Point or butchers hill you msanthrope Apr 2015 #20

Total exploitation libodem Apr 2015 #17

That is one of the things I mentioned in another thread a couple weeks ago. Savannahmann Apr 2015 #14

Waaay more articulate than my OP - Thankyou hedgehog Apr 2015 #38

What about Donnie Wahlberg's character on "Blue Bloods"? Paladin Apr 2015 #18

I have not watched much of the show, but the episodes I have watched ScreamingMeemie Apr 2015 #30

Don't get into a drinking game over "Blue Bloods." Paladin Apr 2015 #33

I've seen itcfish Apr 2015 #19

Stabler's been gone for a while... TreasonousBastard Apr 2015 #21

He hasn't been on the show in years. NuclearDem Apr 2015 #31

Anti-heroes: someone doing wrong to save you from something worse. aikoaiko Apr 2015 #22

Well, some anti-heroes. Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2015 #24

I would say that Tony and Walter were sympathetic due to their commitment to family. aikoaiko Apr 2015 #26

The essential problem is that too many people think that what they see on TV shows SheilaT Apr 2015 #23

I love Law and Order SVU but he did get carried away especially with child molesters yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #27

You almost have to grade on a curve these days. He never killed anyone or maimed them... stevenleser Apr 2015 #32

I think Meloni is a good actor, but he helped his career along with those "Oz" shower scenes. Paladin Apr 2015 #34