Most absurd show? - 12/12/09 12:12 PM
What, in your opinion, is the most implausible and absurd television show currently on the air? Note: I don't mean the premise of the show, but the most implausible once you accept the premise?
This question is inspired by Bobbart's new fic When the Sky Falls. Once you accept the premise that Superman exists, the rest of the story could be plausible, unlike some of the LnC episodes. (I liked the first LnC episode with HG Wells, which was of course based on the movie Time After Time, but I got tired of him and Tempus after that.) The various Star Trek series (now only in reruns, unfortunately) are plausible if you accept the premise that humans of the future will travel in space using a "warp drive" and will encounter other species. Most of Dr. Who is plausible if you accept that an alien who looks human has a spaceship that appears to be a phone box and which allow him to travel through time and space. OK, okay, maybe I should exclude any science fiction story . . .
But the TV show that currently has me yelling "That can't happen!" at the screen is White Collar, on the USA network. It has been coming on after I watch Monk and when I'm not necessarily ready to go to bed, so I have watched a few episodes. The premise is a master criminal who is recruited to work as a consultant for the FBI. I can accept that ONLY because I saw the premier shortly after re-watching Catch Me If You Can, which is based on a true story in which that was actually the result. (At least according to the afterword where they tell what happened to the real characters.) But on White Collar they constantly have the FBI doing things that are 'way outside their authority or where they have no jurisdiction, like the writers learned everything they know about law enforcement from watching late-night TV. (Hmm, d'ya think that's where the LnC writers learned their science?)
So getting back to my original question, which show currently on TV is the most implausible and absurd? Why? And are you watching it anyway?
This question is inspired by Bobbart's new fic When the Sky Falls. Once you accept the premise that Superman exists, the rest of the story could be plausible, unlike some of the LnC episodes. (I liked the first LnC episode with HG Wells, which was of course based on the movie Time After Time, but I got tired of him and Tempus after that.) The various Star Trek series (now only in reruns, unfortunately) are plausible if you accept the premise that humans of the future will travel in space using a "warp drive" and will encounter other species. Most of Dr. Who is plausible if you accept that an alien who looks human has a spaceship that appears to be a phone box and which allow him to travel through time and space. OK, okay, maybe I should exclude any science fiction story . . .
But the TV show that currently has me yelling "That can't happen!" at the screen is White Collar, on the USA network. It has been coming on after I watch Monk and when I'm not necessarily ready to go to bed, so I have watched a few episodes. The premise is a master criminal who is recruited to work as a consultant for the FBI. I can accept that ONLY because I saw the premier shortly after re-watching Catch Me If You Can, which is based on a true story in which that was actually the result. (At least according to the afterword where they tell what happened to the real characters.) But on White Collar they constantly have the FBI doing things that are 'way outside their authority or where they have no jurisdiction, like the writers learned everything they know about law enforcement from watching late-night TV. (Hmm, d'ya think that's where the LnC writers learned their science?)
So getting back to my original question, which show currently on TV is the most implausible and absurd? Why? And are you watching it anyway?