Okay, so I have decided to do a new segment (hopefully every month) about shows, books, songs, or anything else that I think everybody should give a shot. To start, I want to go over some of my favorite TV shows.
First, I really think if you are into kind of detective, police, or even just drama shows, that you should watch the show Elementary. Set in modern day New York, Joan Watson is a surgeon turned sober companion by a fatal mistake she made performing surgery. Her latest client, arrogant and extremely intelligent British drug addict Sherlock Holmes, also works as a consultant with the NYPD. Up to date on all things criminals, Sherlock takes Watson with him everywhere he goes to assist the police in solving these crimes. Watson is eventually drawn into Sherlock mysterious methods of crime solving and, by the time her sober companion wages taper off, decides to partner with Holmes in solving the crimes as his "apprentice," him showing her his special techniques and how to acquire a keen ability to analyze everything, just as he does. Together, this pair travels all over New York solving crime and putting an end to murderers. The back story, however, has to do with Sherlock's past in England, involving a mysterious girl named Irene. Taken in with the mystery, Watson chips away at Holmes until he reveals to her his secrets. Brought to the front by a curious case the pair is working on, Sherlock confides in Watson that he believes the perpetrator is the same man who murdered his beloved, and that is when we begin to understand who Irene is and why she means so much to Sherlock. Irene was brutally murdered in England, and, as a consultant for the British police also, Sherlock was not able to assist in the case and eventually turned to drugs to eradicate his sorrow. This story is continued as characters from Sherlock's past come into play in later episodes and Sherlock continues to look for the true murderer of his only real love, Irene, to capture him or her and make them feel the pain that he is sure his beloved felt. Along the way, some of Watson's back story is revealed, which is nothing as fantastical as Sherlock's and is not even worth mentioning. After all, she is just a side kick. P. S. I do not copy anybody else's work when I write this stuff. No copying and pasting.
On to the next show, a brand new series termed "Hannibal," based on the book on which the movie, "The Silence of the Lambs," is based upon. The main character, Will Graham, is an FBI investigator with the uncanny ability to get inside the head of the murderers he investigates and predicts their next move. In almost all of the cases, the body involved is almost always eaten in some way. The only reason Will can keep himself from going crazy with all these cases is the fact that he is crazy. Trained in mental health and knowledgeable author and teacher of many different disorders, most often involving types most likely to murder someone, Graham is often reprimanded by his FBI boss, who says he needs a psych evaluation. Left with no other choice but to force it upon him, Jack
Crawford, who is head of Behavioral Sciences at the FBI, as well as Will's boss, calls in Dr. Hannibal Lecter, recommendee of Dr. Caroline Dhavernas (psych professor and criminal profiler for the FBI), as a sort of partner for Graham, to evaluate him and try to "get in his head," as Will would describe it. Will doesn't like the idea very much at all, and, being all too familiar with all the methods psychologists use to probe someone's brain, Will turns the tables back around on Hannibal any chance he gets. This position, however, is at an advantage for him, and it is revealed in the first episode that it is, in fact, he who is the real murderer, only, being close to Will and keeping up his role as psych evaluator, he is able to avoid suspicion and frame others for his crimes. During the episodes, Hannibal is shown preparing and eating the organs he removes from his victims. It is also ironic that the real murderer in the show is named Hannibal, a name that has a remarkable resemblance to the word not one of us wants to hear: cannibal.
My all time favorite show is Pretty Little Liars, and if you have not seen it, you should watch it from the beginning while the season is out and reruns are starting. Be sure to catch up when it comes back on June 11. Last season ended with a major cliffhanger, and Troian Bellisario promises that it is revealed first thing in the new season. Also, catch the spinoff series of Pretty Little that will be on ABC Family as well, titled "Ravenswood."
Here are a few of my not television related recommendations as well. If you don't have a pair of Sperry's, get some. Most comfy shoes ever. After wearing them about 3 days, they are completely broken in and don't give you blisters. I got a cute pair with the sequined leopard print embellishing. Also, you need to try a white chocolate mocha frappuccino from Starbucks. Heaven in a cup, plus it's not even that mocha-y.
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