Are you a
series junky? Do you enjoy TV shows as I do? If you do here’s a tip for
upcoming series on the next fall. It provides the name, the cast, the plot and
a little more info for you to be alert the next September and introduce some of
these new series into your DVRs.
Elementary
is a new TV show that is going to air on CBS on September 27, 2012. It really
caught my eye because it seems really awesome. The series is about a
contemporary and American view of the very popular British Detective Sherlock
Holmes. The story will take place in New York City and Holmes, played by Johnny
Lee Miller will be solving the cases. Another peculiar thing about this plot is
that Holmes’s famous accomplice Watson is going to be a woman played by Lucy
Liu. I don’t know yet what to expect! Will it be funny? Will it be dramatic?
Will it be dark? The only thing that I know is that I want to watch it!
I want to
do a brief review of the ABC TV series “Castle”. Although it is another, crime TV
show Castle has something in particular: Humor. Most of the series in this
genre are classified as drama or thriller, sometimes even action. This is one
of the reasons why I enjoy watching Castle. It has everything a cop TV show
needs, it has thrill, it has drama but it also has humor. I found myself
various time laughing alone on my couch.
Castle’s
plot is also very peculiar because he himself is not a cop nor he has some sort
of asset that will qualify him as a consultant (like Patrick Jane on “The
Mentalist” or Neil Caffrey on “White Collar”), he is just a writer whose ideas
dried out. He joined agents Beckett’s team just to get inspired and amused.
However, and the show develops you start to notice that he is useful and he is
helping to catch the bad guys because there are only two kind of people that
think about how to kill other people, they are: murderers and mystery writers.
In my
opinion Nathan Fillion was born to play as the character of Richard Castle. He
does it extremely well and makes people laugh with his kind of humor. He has his
own bulletproof vest that says “WRITER” on it instead of “POLICE” and that makes
me laugh every time because nobody takes him seriously.
So if you
like thrilling and mystery TV shows but you want to laugh in between Castle is
the show for you. Sometime it makes me remember of Scooby-Doo cartoons.
Law and
Order one of the most famous Crime TV shows around the globe! It is one of the
oldest and longest as well, with many characters and different versions.
Everybody knows this TV show even if they don’t like Cop series. I applaud the
cast, the directors and producer for entertaining us for very long. It was
airing even before I was born. Here is an interview with the cast three years
ago when they were celebrating their 20th anniversary. Let’s hear
what they have to say
24: Redemption is a television movie, which develops what happened between the sixth and the seventh seasons of the television series 24. It takes place on January 20, approximately three years after the events of the season 6. The movie takes place in the fictional African nation of Sangala. The movie was actually shot in Cape Town, South Africa. Jack Bauer is caught up in a military rebellion while searching a place where he could be in peace. Meanwhile, in the US, the elected president Allison Taylor is taking her oath. The film takes place in real time, lasting two hours, from 3:00 to 5:00 PM.
The film was released on November 23, 2008 in the USA and the extended version DVD was released two days later. It was issued on November 24, 2008 on Sky1 in the UK, on December 5 on Seven Network in Australia and on November 30 on Fox, in Latin America. In the extended version, the 24 clock that appeared on the commercials was removed, but remained at the beginning and the end.
The story is situated on the opening day for the new American President, Allison Taylor, and was filmed partially in South Africa. Jack has his soul very disturbed and he has been moving from one place to another seeking peace. However, he ends up in Africa in the middle of a military rebellion. At the same time, Bauer is cited to appear before a hearing of the Senate while he is in Africa. But he doesn't want to go, since he wants to get away from everything that has to do with his past life.
I believe that this technique used by the directors of 24 is very useful in order for the audience to catch up what is going on. Sometimes between seasons one tends to forget certain details about the plot, especially after a writer's strike. Making a movie really helped connect these two seasons which are very linked between them.
This is a short explanations of this new form of media called the webseries! Also I will provide a quick review of the new CBS webseries called "The Confession". Enjoy!
These are
the profiles of the BAU’s agents (Behavior Analysis Unit) of the TV show
“Criminal Minds”. We always hear them making profiles of serial killers,
rapist, pedophiles and murderers but we never get to hear their own profiles.
Now here you got a short profile of each.
Aaron
Hotchner: He was the son of an abusive father. In season one, episode eight he
was talking to a serial killers and he told him “Some people in that (abusive)
environment grow up to be killers” when the killer asked why only “some”,
Hotchner responded “Some people grow up to catch them.” Before joining the FBI
he was a prosecutor, but he decided that he wanted to do something about the
killings before they occurred that is why he joined the BAU. He is one of the
oldest on the team and he is the leader of the BAU. His wife was murdered by
the “Boston Ripper” a serial killer who took matters very personal with
Hotchner after he refused to accept his deal to stop hunting him. However, he
managed to save his son Jack.
David
Rossi: He was first on the Marine Corps and was hired by the FBI after he was
deployed. He was one of the founders of the BAU but then left and retired. On
his free time he wrote a lot of books about “the job”. He came back to the FBI
to replace Jason Gideon on the 3rd season. In comparison with Gideon
and Hotchner he is more extrovert, he is kind of a playboy and he had been
married three times and is currently single. He also plays videogames such as
Grand Theft Auto and Rock-Band. However, he managed to be much disciplined and
takes the job very seriously.
Derek
Morgan: His father died on the line of duty as a cop when Derek was very young.
He had a tough childhood living on a dangerous neighborhood in Chicago. He was
involved on a gang fight and had a juvenile record. Carl Buford picked him out
of the streets and introduced Morgan to his youth center. He once found a child’s
body dumped on the street and nobody claimed the body, so he went door to door
to collect money for this kid’s headstone. This event had a profound impact on
him. Buford taught Morgan how to play football and then he earned a scholarship
on Northwestern University. Buford helped him with his football and erased his
juvenile record but also he was sexually abusing Morgan. All of these
experiences led Derek Morgan to become an FBI agent. He wanted to honor his
father and bring down guys like Buford.
Emily
Prentiss: She is the daughter of an US. Ambassador so in her childhood she did
a lot of travelling. She is very good with languages; she speaks fluently
Spanish, Arabic, French, Italian, Russian, and Greek. Before she joined the FBI
she worked for the Interpol until she had to leave Interpol after her cover was
blown in a very dangerous under cover case. She joined the BAU on the 2nd
season and she adapted very quickly gaining everybody’s trust, especially with
Derek Morgan and David Rossi.
Jennifer
Jereau: She grew in a normal family in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, she was very
athletic and good at sports, and she was the captain of her varsity soccer team.
Her sister committed suicide but she was very young to understand it all. Her
sister gave her a necklace that she always carries around and claims that it
gives her strength in difficult moments. She joined the FBI after attending a
book reading of the BAU founder and Unit Chief at the time David Rossi. She is
married to Detective William LaMontagne and has a son called Henry. She met
Will working a case in New Orleans.
Penelope
Garcia: Her personality is different from everybody else’s. She is funny and
innocent, she cannot see the picture of “death” on her screen and she dresses
in a very extravagant way. She lost her parents at the age of 18 in a car
accident. Ever since, she volunteers to help counsel the families of murder
victims. She is the best computer analyst of the FBI. However, before joining
the BAU she was on the FBI’s most wanted hacker list. Rumors say that she is on
the CIA most wanted hacker list after she tried to find the truth behind
Princess Diana’s death. The FBI realized that she could be very dangerous or
useful so they decided to recruit her. Dr. Spencer Reid: He is the youngest of the team with 25 years old, however he has 3 PhDs. He graduated from high school at the age of 12 which makes him a genius. Reid has an eidetic memory, this means he remembers everything he sees or hear. His colleagues always refer to him as Dr. Reid because they are afraid that because of his age people won't take him seriously as an FBI agent. He is a very important asset for the BAU and always a key piece to resolve a mystery. Reid was born in Las Vegas and he is really good at poker. His father left the house when he was very young and his mother is hospitalized because she has schizophrenia.
Lt. Horatio
Cane took off his famous sunglasses for the last time on April this year
because CSI Miami was cancelled by CBS. The TV show that once was the most
watched in the world now is being cut short due to low ratings. The show made
its first appearance on 2002 and continues to feed audiences with the same sun-and-sand
sadism that “Miami Vice” used to provide the previous years. CSI Miami aired 10
seasons and each season actors, director, producers and crew were expecting a
raise, however, the ratings couldn’t keep up with it. In its beginning the show
had 20 million viewers, but at the end this numbered dropped by half.
In my
opinion CSI Miami wasn’t the best cop show today. It will never be as good as the
original CSI Las Vegas, however, it is better that CSI NY. In fact the ratings
for CSI Miami are higher than the ratings from CSI NY (10.8 million against
10.4 million). I don’t know why CBS chose to cancel CSI Miami instead of CSI
NY. I guess that CSI Miami’s budget was a lot higher.
The show
didn’t even had the decency to provide the audience the great finale that the
show deserved. It ended with the whole team gathered in some bar remembering
all their old cases, the toughest, and the worst criminals. In my opinion it
was very lame.
Red John is
the serial killer who killed Patrick Jane’s wife and child. He then joined the
CBI as a consultant in order to catch Red John and be able to avenge his
family. Red John has a network of people that help him in every way; these
people even die to protect him so we know he is good at manipulating people. We
can even say that he is a Mentalist just like Patrick Jane.
We still
haven’t seen his face or know his name and that is what makes this TV show
exciting. However, we did hear his voice and have a physical description
provided by his former blind lover Rosalind. I have list of suspects that could
be Red John in my opinion.
Kristina
Frye: It is an interesting theory. We know she has the intelligence to pull
something like Red John. She claims to be a “psychic” just like Patrick was
before joining the CBI but we know that psychics don’t exists as Patrick stated
a lot throughout the show. He says it is all a scam and that makes her a
Mentalist just like him. However, she is now in a catatonic state and doesn’t
speak and Red John had killed since then. Also she is a woman so she definitely
doesn’t match Rosalind’s description. There is still a possibility she is
fooling us with her catatonic state and manipulating members on RJ’s network to
do the killings but I think it is a long shot.
Brett
Styles: He is the leader of the cult “Visualize” and he is kind of a God to his
followers. This could explain RJ’s network. He definitely has the brains to be
RJ however my gut tells me that he is not. I believe he has a connection to RJ
and maybe even know who it is. RJ could be a former member of the cult or maybe
he is giving Brett Styles orders. However, we know he knows more than what he
is sharing and RJ’s network certainly has to come from Visualize. Only that
would explain why so many people are so dedicated to his cause and even die for
him.
CSI Brett
Patridge: He matches Rosalind’s description of Red John, average height, short, straight hair, neither strong nor
weak. But what is most
shocking about this character is that his high pitched voice is very similar to
RJ’s. He works with the police so that might explain why he never leaves
evidence, how he manages to spy on Patrick and his team and how he always gets
away. However, he doesn’t seem a very intelligent dude. I can’t picture him having
a lot of subordinates. If he isn’t RJ there’s a chance he could be in his
network. He looks very suspicious but maybe that’s what Bruno Heller wants us
to think.
Patrick
Jane: Patrick could be suffering of double personality disorder. We see dark
tendencies in Patrick’s personality not very typical of a hero. Red John may be
Patrick’s alter ego. This would be breathe-taking for the audience. This theory
could explain why we never saw RJ or why he is never caught. Patrick has a
brilliant mind and he knows how to manipulate people even hypnotize them so he
could easily have many subordinates that would die for him. What rules out this
theory is that they appear face to face in the end of season 2. RJ was wearing
a mask we couldn’t see his face but he could have been an accomplice. There is
also the fact that his wife and daughter were killed while he was on TV.
Red John:
He can also be someone we don’t know or never seen before. He could be a random
serial killer who happens to see Patrick Jane as his equal or “symmetry”.
However, my gut tells me that we have already seen Red John but we didn’t
realize it yet. RJ is so obsessed with Patrick and so narcissistic that I know
he had to get close to him and I dare to say that he already approach him and
even talked to him.
Next I will
embed a video comparing CSI Brett Patridge’s voice with Red John’s voice
Hi everybody
and welcome to Freeze! My name is Diego Morales, I’m 20 years old and I’m a
student at Washburn University. I’m a huge fan of Cops-Crime tv shows and that
is why this corner of the world wide web is dedicated to it.
I will be
providing reviews of the old and new Cop series such as CSI, Criminal Minds,
The Mentalist, Law and Order and many more. On “Freeze!” you will also be updated
with news about the series, cast and possible new shows.
Feel free
to discuss when I write about my personal theories about what is going to happen
on on-going shows. I love to analyze what is going on and make an educated
guess of what is going to happen. Sometimes my theories are correct but other
times I’m proven wrong (most of the time).
Don’t
hesitate to comment! I will use your comments as feedback in order to improve
my blog! Enjoy!
