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The older L&O shows are great. Lenny was the man. The problem is that, while still miles ahead of CSI, they seem to be incorporating a lot more elements from the competing shows that I really dislike.
I really dislike it when they try to be a CSI light, especially SVU with the medical examiner and the crime scene technicians becoming more involved. The whole "these three specs of dirt tell us that the perp is male, caucasian, 6'3, 200 lbs, has a italian last name and the following social security number" thing pisses me off. Similarly, I hate it when they try to get cute and make up false legal controversies, like the episode where someone was really arguing that "rage is like a virus" and other nonsense debates.
And finally, I ended up hating Vincent Donofrio's character in CI as he became Monk light, but in what was supposed to be a serious show. There was an episode where he cracked a case by identifying what type of ceiling tiles were being used in a construction by looking at a nail on the floor, what type of typewriter someone used by looking at a tape, and, most incredibly, he learned that an English suspect spoke Mandarin by hearing him speak English, and then from hearing the man say the name of a Chinese restaurant he was able to pinpoint the exact city in Asia the guy had lived in...
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