So Lacklustre's Top 5s -- Favourite Cop Shows
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So Lacklustre's Top 5s -- Favourite Cop Shows
The Sweeney
Columbo
Cannon
Starsky & Hutch
The Rockford Files
Columbo
Cannon
Starsky & Hutch
The Rockford Files
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Picky, picky, picky. Well, Rockford is a cop-for-hire -- PI's and cops have always been lumped together in this sort of thing. "Angel" was, technically, a PI, but I'll leave it off too, since cops rarely go to alternate universes.
Rockford
Homicide
Prime Suspect
Cracker (okay, not a cop, but a cop-helper!)
Law & Order (first 5 or 6 seasons, only)
Rockford
Homicide
Prime Suspect
Cracker (okay, not a cop, but a cop-helper!)
Law & Order (first 5 or 6 seasons, only)
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I really liked that "Prime Suspect" series with Helen Mirren. Others I've enjoyed for one reason or another:
-"Hawaii Five-O": Great late night fare when I was in college. In fact, it was the only program we could pick up on my roommate's shitty TV. Hawaii Five-O and a bag of Doritos from Store 24 was all we needed to be happy.
-"Adam-12": Watched it obsessively as a kid. I'd probably hate it now. Wooden acting, much like its sister show about paramedics, "Emergency".
-"NYPD Blue": Pre-Ricky Schroeder, when Jimmy Smits was still on the show, this wasn't half bad. Jumped the shark long ago.
-"Starsky & Hutch": My friend Brett Anderson and I used to practice sliding across the hoods of cars. We must have thought it would come in handy one day. It hasn't yet.
I always thought CHiPS was the worst cop show ever.
-"Hawaii Five-O": Great late night fare when I was in college. In fact, it was the only program we could pick up on my roommate's shitty TV. Hawaii Five-O and a bag of Doritos from Store 24 was all we needed to be happy.
-"Adam-12": Watched it obsessively as a kid. I'd probably hate it now. Wooden acting, much like its sister show about paramedics, "Emergency".
-"NYPD Blue": Pre-Ricky Schroeder, when Jimmy Smits was still on the show, this wasn't half bad. Jumped the shark long ago.
-"Starsky & Hutch": My friend Brett Anderson and I used to practice sliding across the hoods of cars. We must have thought it would come in handy one day. It hasn't yet.
I always thought CHiPS was the worst cop show ever.
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I saw the first episode recently -- sort of compulsory considering me and the musicals and all. Not bad, really. Certainly the last song in the first ep. is a classic, and was later reused by Randy Newman on his "Faust."
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Not in order, btw.Kojak
The Streets Of San Francisco
Rockford Files
Hunter
The Bill
Noise, been watching some late episodes of Law And Order and it's been very good so I made a mental note to maybe get some seasons on DVD... do you know whether the quality of them varies much?noiseradio wrote:Law & Order (original series)
Others not mentioned:
Inspector Morse
Inspector Rex
21 Jump St
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I would have put Rockford on - best private eye show ever - but it's not a cop show.
Nobody mentioned Dragnet - who can forget the episode where the suburban couple were smoking marijuana and put their kid in the bathtub and were too stoned to remember they'd left him in there - Gannon says - "Twenty years on the job, first time I'm going to be sick Joe" - close up of a bag of weed in Jack Webb's hand - he clenches his fist - cue the music - DUM DE DUM DUM
Nobody mentioned Dragnet - who can forget the episode where the suburban couple were smoking marijuana and put their kid in the bathtub and were too stoned to remember they'd left him in there - Gannon says - "Twenty years on the job, first time I'm going to be sick Joe" - close up of a bag of weed in Jack Webb's hand - he clenches his fist - cue the music - DUM DE DUM DUM
Everyone just needs to fuckin’ relax. Smoke more weed, the world is ending.
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I seem to remember another episode (or maybe every episode was like that) where they busted a bunch of stoner hippies. You can see the seeds of Rodney King in the ridiculously straightlaced tone of Dragnet.Boy With A Problem wrote:Nobody mentioned Dragnet - who can forget the episode where the suburban couple were smoking marijuana and put their kid in the bathtub and were too stoned to remember they'd left him in there - Gannon says - "Twenty years on the job, first time I'm going to be sick Joe" - close up of a bag of weed in Jack Webb's hand - he clenches his fist - cue the music - DUM DE DUM DUM
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crash8 -- Chopper One!!
I don't even remember the premise of it. Well, obviously it involved a chopper. I think I liked the theme song, and I think it was on Fridays at 8, followed by an Alaska cop show called Kodiak, which, since we didn't have a CBS affiliate in my town growing up, was the closest I got to Kojak. I remember fighting to watch Chopper One instead of Brady Bunch.
A late season replacement that I don't think was even picked up for a full season.
Unless we're thinking of different shows.
I don't even remember the premise of it. Well, obviously it involved a chopper. I think I liked the theme song, and I think it was on Fridays at 8, followed by an Alaska cop show called Kodiak, which, since we didn't have a CBS affiliate in my town growing up, was the closest I got to Kojak. I remember fighting to watch Chopper One instead of Brady Bunch.
A late season replacement that I don't think was even picked up for a full season.
Unless we're thinking of different shows.
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Bamboo,
I like the first 5-6 seasons of Law & Order best. But it's stayed fairly consistent. I don't own any of the DVD's, and i think they've release the first 4 seasons and season 14 (because recent fans wanted to see a cast they recognized). I'd start with Season 1 or 2. And I highly recommend that you check out Homicide, as well. Seasons 1 & 2 are on the same DVD set, and they're both great.
I like the first 5-6 seasons of Law & Order best. But it's stayed fairly consistent. I don't own any of the DVD's, and i think they've release the first 4 seasons and season 14 (because recent fans wanted to see a cast they recognized). I'd start with Season 1 or 2. And I highly recommend that you check out Homicide, as well. Seasons 1 & 2 are on the same DVD set, and they're both great.
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