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Blues Blues I’ve always wondered, season 1 of true detective - is that an accurate representation of detective work or completely fictional?
Well, I don't know if you're "having a laugh" or not...but I will say I really enjoyed season 1, especially the interplay between the two main characters. (That part resembles the real world in many ways, in my opinion.)

I don't recall all the particulars of the season at this point, but I know for certain that none of my own investigations ever ended up in "the oculus"...nor did I have hallucinogenic experiences on the job.

I still enjoyed most of the seasons of that show, (I couldn't watch season 2, it just didn't resonate at all).

Watch "The Wire" for something more akin to reality...of course with some overreach by the writers to keep things interesting. Also, the British show "Prime Suspect" has many redeeming qualities, but also gets into the weeds at times.

So, in short...(speaking as a federal agent and not a municipal or state police officer), it has several excellent moments, but a documentary it isn't.
 
HOLY SHIT I've always wanted to meet Danny DiVito. Can you introduce me?
I was invited to his wedding to Rhea Perlman. (His niece or cousin was a clerical at my old office at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse on Tillary Street.
I declined to go, (she and I were friendly but that's all, and I didn't think it appropriate for me to attend such a function.)

Glad I didn't, because, as I recall, his father passed away at the wedding...or at some point during the day. It's a long time ago. This would be roughly 1981 or so.
 
Oh, and speaking of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest...

Vinnie Schiavelli lived in my wife's neighborhood in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. He was an odd guy even back then according to my wife and brother-in-law. He was a few years older than my wife, but he occasionally hung around her older sister and brother.

(And Tony Danza lived in the apartment building adjoining my wife's off Fulton St. The buildings shared a courtyard and garden where all the old Italians used to grow herbs and tomatoes.)
 
Blues Blues , Fonedork Fonedork , I’ve always wondered, is Matlock an accurate representation of detective work or criminal defense attorneys?
I know you’re joking but, I went to school with the granddaughter of the lawyer that they based the show Matlock on. She would arrive at school in a classic Rolls Royce and her chauffeur in full traditional uniform and white gloves, who would get out and get the door for her. I never saw that in the show. But, I think that he never lost a criminal case in his career or something like that. My uncle was an excop and worked as an investigator for his son, the girls dad, who was also a lawyer.
 
I know you’re joking but, I went to school with the granddaughter of the lawyer that they based the show Matlock on. She would arrive at school in a classic Rolls Royce and her chauffeur in full traditional uniform and white gloves, who would get out and get the door for her. I never saw that in the show. But, I think that he never lost a criminal case in his career or something like that. My uncle was an excop and worked as an investigator for his son, the girls dad, who was also a lawyer.
I never lost a criminal case I brought to trial via the U.S. Attorney's Office...and yet...no Rolls. Life is so unfair. 🤣
 
E you should re watch season 2 of the wire, I think it’s the best one
Fonedork Fonedork

It was season 2 of "True Detectives" I couldn't watch. It just didn't grab me at all and I felt all the actors were miscast.

I watched Season 2 of The Wire, (I've watched the entire series more than once and own it on DVD),...I didn't really care for the whole Sobotka saga, even though I have had a lot of experience working cases at the Port of Miami and dealing with longshoremen and smuggling via containers and such.

Now Bunk, "Stringer" Bell, Marlowe, "Prop Jo", "Bubbles", the Barksdales...needless to say Omar, all those guys are the reason why I loved the show. Those guys had the ring of authenticity. And loved the two final seasons with the kids taking center stage. That was awesome stuff.

Yeah, I'm a fan. Though I kinda hated to see the road McNulty and Lester went down. I've seen it before.
 
Fonedork Fonedork

It was season 2 of "True Detectives" I couldn't watch. It just didn't grab me at all and I felt all the actors were miscast.

I watched Season 2 of The Wire, (I've watched the entire series more than once and own it on DVD),...I didn't really care for the whole Sobotka saga, even though I have had a lot of experience working cases at the Port of Miami and dealing with longshoremen and smuggling via containers and such.

Now Bunk, "Stringer" Bell, Marlowe, "Prop Jo", "Bubbles", the Barksdales...needless to say Omar, all those guys are the reason why I loved the show. Those guys had the ring of authenticity. And loved the two final seasons with the kids taking center stage. That was awesome stuff.

Yeah, I'm a fan. Though I kinda hated to see the road McNulty and Lester went down. I've seen it before.
Yeah I remember you had mentioned not liking the Wire season 2 before, I didn't like it at first either. It shows us what drives "the game" though and how it impacts working poor people, and the guys really behind everything never get caught. Couldn't get through an episode of True Detective season 2. I should re watch the Wire, it's been like 15 years...
 
Yeah I remember you had mentioned not liking the Wire season 2 before, I didn't like it at first either. It shows us what drives "the game" though and how it impacts working poor people, and the guys really behind everything never get caught. Couldn't get through an episode of True Detective season 2. I should re watch the Wire, it's been like 15 years...
It's really just the Sobotka connection that I didn't care for...the rest was fine. I just didn't like the characters. Though it was funny what they did with the police vehicle. That was hilarious and I've seen crazy crap like that.

That series along with "Band of Brothers" , "The Pacific" and a very few others are ones I had to own on DVD.
 
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Eric, speaking of working poor, I can't tell you how it hurt my heart to see essentially indigent, uneducated South Americans end up in prison for muling dope into the U.S. on behalf of the cartels...simply to help feed their families or because they were pressed into service due to threats to themselves or family members.

You knew that these were not real dopers...but there was no way around their being prosecuted for amounts exceeding federal thresholds.

I tried to get them lenient sentences and made their cooperation known to the court, but there were mandatory minimums in place for most of the years I worked narcotics. The goal was always to work the cases back to the suppliers higher up in the food chain, but even when a relatively big fish was brought down, it wasn't enough to break the pipeline. Only enough to divert it...via other conduits and other personnel.
 
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