Science popularization + recommendations for criminal investigation dramas (American dramas)

The recent online drama "White Night" has become a hit, and its Douban score is currently as high as 9.0.

Pan Yueming plays two roles. The twin brothers exchange identities. The setting of overt investigation and covert investigation is quite creative. The keywords of the comments on the Internet are "conscientious production, high degree of restoration, suspense and tension", and some people even used the words "like an American TV series" to describe it.

Today, let’s talk about American criminal investigation dramas.

American dramas have a very mature classification system. The most common categories include criminal investigation, medical, legal, drama, action, youth, history, science fiction, etc. Among them, the three major categories are criminal investigation, medical and legal. class most popular.

Mainstream criminal investigation dramas generally focus on homicide investigations and the pursuit of drug lords or terrorists. The handling departments are mainly divided into

- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

- CIA Personnel - Sheriff Sheriff) The famous NYPD is the New York City Police

The homicide investigation category usually focuses on the police's case handling process, such as on-site evidence collection and interviews, forensic autopsy, clue tracking and suspect interrogation. American dramas focus on rigorously restoring real crime scenes, techniques and tools, showing the ideas for solving crimes, interrogation techniques and the dramatic conflicts in the arrest process. The emotional aspect focuses more on the struggle between police detectives and criminals, and the relationship between police detectives. The friendship between detectives and criminals often goes deep into the psychology of police detectives and criminals. Many times police detectives will have self-doubt in their long-term struggle against darkness.

Although there are countless criminal investigation dramas in the United States, they are by no means the same - each drama has its own focus, often focusing on a certain police department. For example, "Criminal Minds" only talks about the FBI. Profiler, the cases are often adapted from real stories, which is a reflection of the solid, rigorous and professional skills of American drama screenwriters.

The most classic old dramas include "CSI", "Criminal Minds", "NCIS", and "Bones" and Law & Order, among others. The first four dramas all come from CBS, one of the three major free-to-air channels, with an average audience age of over 55. In recent years, with the rise of paid channels such as HBO and Netflix, dramas such as "True Detective" and "Person of Interest" have also emerged.

"CSI" is a classic work that cannot be avoided when talking about American criminal investigation dramas. It is also the American drama enlightenment for many people.

The following content is excerpted from the Douban synopsis:

There are three parts of "CSI" in one series. According to the locations where the story takes place, they are LV (Las Vegas) and NY (New York). ) and MIAMI (Miami). The three dramas are independent of each other, but the one produced by LV is the earliest and most classic, and can be viewed as a main drama, while the other two can be regarded as companion pieces.

The cases in this drama are mysterious and curious, and the pictures truly restore the details and taste. Of course, the biggest selling point is that it upholds the attitude that science is the only criterion for testing truth, and uses the most cutting-edge and high-tech means to let the evidence speak for itself, thereby solving the case.

Among American criminal investigation dramas, "CSI" occupies the position of being the originator of popular science evidence identification technology. However, the absolute reliance on physical evidence, while playing a certain educational role, also caused controversy that may mislead jurors to rely too much on physical evidence.

If "CSI" focuses on using physical evidence to find the murderer, then "Criminal Minds" focuses on "behavioral analysis", an investigative method specifically designed for serial killers.

The following content is excerpted from Douban's synopsis:

Ordinary homicides, whether they are impulsive killings or premeditated crimes, will have motives and must be traceable. But serial killers are often antisocial personalities with twisted and perverted minds who pick their victims at random. Therefore, conventional means of combining ordinary physical evidence with witness evidence are ineffective, and behavioral analysis specifically targeted at serial killers must be used to identify and capture criminals.

The profiler and serial killer in the play can be said to be the most familiar strangers. As Nietzsche famously said, "When you stare into the abyss for too long, you will find that the abyss is staring into you too." When profilers copy and analyze the psychology of serial killers, they will also be shaken and confused by the ugliness of human nature. Serial killers who seem extremely ugly are actually just flowers of evil nurtured by the bad soil of society (many serial killers in the show are actually based on reality).

After talking about serious criminal investigation films, I would like to introduce two less heavy films.

"The Secret Detective" is a light comedy criminal investigation film. My love for this film is emotional, because the male protagonist Nathan Fillion is my favorite captain in the classic science fiction drama "Firefly", and it didn't affect him at all when he started to gain weight in middle age. My preference for him.

The following content is excerpted from the Douban synopsis:

Most criminal investigation dramas focus on the plot, and often focus more on criminals who display high IQ and anti-social personality rather than on the police detectives who solve the case. . "Spiritual Detective" takes a different approach, focusing on the charm of the protagonists and the chemistry between them: one is a handsome and handsome guy who makes jokes without being serious, and has a sharp-tongued mother and a student who is a hundred times more mature than himself. There is an older divorced best-selling author who dominates his daughter, and a police detective who is fair-skinned, beautiful, long-legged, serious, independent, and capable of doing business. When they meet, sparks fly and sparks fly, and the air is filled with the smell of ambiguity. The two had been arguing for four full years before they finally faced up to their feelings and came together, which really made the audience anxious.

Although the show is mainly light-hearted and enjoyable, it adopts a regular criminal investigation drama routine with solid design. The murderer is often the most unexpected person, and there are often some seemingly non-scientific supernatural cases - the mummy's curse. , Halloween vampires, aliens... Every time they encounter these bizarre cases, there will be an interesting collision between Castle, who is super imaginative and excited, and Beckett, who is scientifically rigorous and does not believe in evil. This is another major aspect of the show. What to watch.

With its outstanding characters, creative plot and full of warmth, "The Secret Detective" can be said to be the best representative of criminal investigation combined with comedy and romance.

If the most outstanding things in "The Secret Detective" are comedy and love, then the most eye-catching things in "Heaven Enforcer" are the action scenes and brotherhood. Of course, it can also be used as a tourism promotional video for Hawaii.

The following content is excerpted from Douban's synopsis:

"Paradise Enforcer" is a remake of the TV series of the same name that was popular in the United States from 1968 to 1980. The producer is CBS TV. The reason why I follow this drama is very simple. Alex, who plays the male protagonist Steve, is the star of my favorite vampire-themed classic drama "Moonlight".

The entire show was filmed in Hawaii. At the beginning of each episode, you will see the clear water, sand, white and blue coastline. Handsome guys and beauties in bikinis ride the wind and waves on skateboards, fully demonstrating the charm of Hawaii, a paradise on earth. Riding on the popularity of the series, the number of tourists to Hawaii has increased significantly, and the Hawaii Tourism Authority should be grinning from ear to ear.

The starring role still follows the old version of the dual male protagonists (Steve + Danno), and rarely uses two Asian faces (Chin + Kono) as supporting roles to form the "50" crime team. Steve is a SEAL, with agility and absolute immunity granted by the governor, so he can often be seen running rampant on the island. Car chases, helicopters, explosions, gun battles, all the elements that an action blockbuster should have. His methods of interrogating suspects were also quite violent. He mentioned suspects at every turn and threatened to throw them off the building.

In addition to the action scenes, the biggest highlight is the chemical reaction between Steve and Danno. The eccentric Steve, who was born and raised in the local area, and Danno, a single father who moved from a big city in New Jersey and wears a suit and tie, handle things in completely different styles. In constant conflicts, they slowly blended in and became the best partners with complementary personalities. Their daily quarrels can be said to be full of laughter, and their "sweetness" is not inferior to that of Castle and Beckett (so they are also jokingly called gay CP).

In short, friends who like to watch action movies should not miss this very passionate and bromance-filled criminal investigation drama.

The above are four criminal investigation dramas with their own characteristics. There are many more classic criminal investigation dramas, and it’s impossible to describe them all here.

What is your favorite American criminal investigation drama? Feel free to leave a message and tell me.