The TV thread

I was going to start a new thread on this. But probably better to wait until it actually starts.

Sky high expectations for this. Hope it delivers.

 

My wife has been binging Longmire about a sheriff in Wyoming. Not my speed, but I've found it to be pretty compelling. We're into season 6.

 

My great grandmother’s family was named Longmire. I bet we’re related.

 

It's filmed in New Mexico (Las Vegas) but when they show maps of where Duraant is located, it's Sheridan, but some scenes are actually filmed in Buffalo, about 50 miles south on I-90. Durant and Cabot Cove must have the highest murder rates in the country.

BTW, Wyoming license plates are numbered by county, by population (#1 is Natrona, #2 is Laramie, etc.). There are 23 counties in Wyoming. Plates on the show all have #24 as the county.

 

I'm late to the party on this one but just finished "The Investigation" on HBO, a really terrific Danish series (I recognized several actors from "Borgen" and "The Bridge") which dramatizes the investigation into the death of journalist Kim Wall.

Told entirely from the viewpoint of the police and the victim's parents, the accused is never mentioned by name or shown on screen. We never see bloody crime scenes and there are no jump cuts to create artificial excitement ... just scenes allowed to play out longer than you think they will to (IMO) great effect.

I found it deeply emotional and, I think, probably a more realistic view of modern detective work than we're used to seeing. Highly recommended for anyone who hasn't seen it yet.

 

Bosch: Legacy premiers May 6

Titus Welliver is back in first 'Bosch: Legacy' teaser — find out when the spin-off premieres

 

In Law & Order odd connections, Milena Govich directed the most recent episode. I thought she left the show on bad terms.

 

I thought they did such a good job building a universe of excellent actors in small roles that it could have stayed in its current form for a few more seasons. I thought the resolution of the story line which led to him quitting the force felt kind of stupid and not true to the Irving storyline to that point.

 

That saddens me. She was good.

 

You might be thinking of Elizabeth Rohm, who said her "are you firing me because I'm a lesbian?" angle was a shock to her, and she only found out about it when they filmed that episode. I think Govich was written with a short arc intentionally in mind, but I could be mistaken. She worked with Dick Wolf on "FBI," so there couldn't have been that hard of feelings about it.

 

There is an episode with Rohm where they are doing that final scene with the prosecutors talking. A magazine drops out of her bag and Waterston and Thompson pick it up and there is shock on their faces. Looking back it seemed to me that the magazine revealed something about her sexuality. It was an odd little piece.

Dick Wolf has a talent for finding hot actors.