NYPD Blue is gone, and I shall miss it. My father and I had agreed yesterday that Tuesdays were going to be something less now that we didn't have Blue to watch and discuss. We'd also agreed that the follow-on Blind Justice wouldn't be the replacement.

At seven minutes after ten tonight, we reversed the decision and watched the pilot episode of this new Steven Bochco police drama.

Having done so, a few observations:
-It certainly isn't Blue. I miss Mike Post's opening theme, and then the usual cues for the series. I also miss Bonnie Somerville's Detective Laura Murphy, who was exceptionally easy on the eyes.¹

-Had Detective Jim Dunbar been employed by the Bureau of Criminal Investigation (part of the Virginia State Police) and received his injury, he would have been sent home on disability. No ifs, ands, or buts.

-What's with the quasi-infra-red imaging that Det. Dunbar uses to figure things out? It reminds me of the xenomorph's view in the Aliens versus Predator series of games.

Nothing further, your Honor. Pop and I have decided to give this program a chance to replace Blue, but it'll be hard. more...

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JohnL of TexasBestGrok has mercifully ended the poll wherein Katee Sackhoff was getting slaughtered by Grace Park. Thus, here comes the new issue of the TCP Voter Guide:

A. I recommend a vote for Captain Shane Vansen, United States Marine Corps. She flies, she shoots, she's accustomed to zero-g. What more could you ask for, other than S:AAB on DVD? (See here for some photographs of Captain Vansen.)

B. Special Agent Dana Scully, Federal Bureau of Investigation, is in the regrettable position of playing second fiddle to a fighter pilot. I'm a sucker for fighter pilot gals (see Deering, Wilma) and she's too bloody short to overwhelm a woman in uniform. Besides, I was more interested in Marita Covarrubias for a season or two.

I'm sorry, Dana. Visit the Order of the Blessed Saint Scully the Enigmatic for your Scully needs. Geez, it's been years since I've typed that name.

C. Jessica who? Sister, you're no Susan Storm Richards.

Click here to vote for Captain Vansen. After all, we support our troops. At least, those who will be our troops. Or something.

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Tonight is the final episode of NYPD Blue. Well, there goes the remaining television program that I once used to watch. It's been an impressive decline since the 1990s, when I used to eagerly watch The X-Files, Space: Above and Beyond, The Practice, NYPD Blue, and probably a lot of other programs that I used to watch.

Hrrm. ABC and Fox seem to have been my television homes, but sadly for them, no more. Why's that? Because I'm in their coveted demographic.

Television becomes even less important now than ever before. Cultural disconnect? Oh yeah. Do I mind? Not so much.

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