Well,obviously i do,he he.I don't normally patronise or even follow foreign shows & programs until i set foot here in Australia.Since we're not that keen in subscribing to either Foxtel (not that much choice for channels plus it can hurt the family budget) or TFC (no thanks, am not a big fan of ABS-CBN),i was stuck with whatever programs that free TV can offer here in Queensland.
It took sometime before i got used to it but then i discovered that it's worth it.For one,at least there's still the option of choosing programs that appeal to my taste and the ones that the whole family can enjoy without being bombarded by more than 10 minutes of TV ads plus there's more to TV here at least than the usual teleseries,gossip shows & dramas you'll normally find in Philippine TV programs.Plus,if you're someone who likes documentaries like me,they have & show documentaries here in Australia at an earlier time,no need to wait till 11:30-12 mn before you can watch even a single one in a day.
And now for some of the shows that had fascinated me,most of all the one im about to talk about.
I may not be as keen as watching TV every night & even during weekends as Bob does but i do follow some programs here like Swift & Shift Couriers(an Aussie comedy about a courier service company who had the most dysfunctional staff you can ever find),4 Corners(an ABC documentary that features & focuses on a certain issue every week),reruns of the late 80's & early 90s British hit comedy series Red Dwarf,Top Gear the British version(boy how i like the way Jeremy Clarkson bitches about cars he didnt find fascinating,he he),NCIS,CSI New York and the top 2 which i must admit i do try to follow every Wednesday,House MD at 8;30 pm on Channel 10 and of course,Cold Case on Channel 9 at 9:30(it's actually a CC double episode every week).
The fascination about Cold Case started as soon as im able to watch a few episodes whenever i took control of the remote as soon as Bob falls asleep on the couch about 3-4 months ago i believe(told ya,between the 2 of us he's the TV freak,he he).I love not only the way they solve each cases that had been dormant for years & even decades ago but the way they look at each & every angle of the story as told by all the people involved,even the agents themselves.I also love the way it touches the story behind the crime,the human side so to speak,from both sides,particularly the loved ones who were left behind by the deceased.One episode that hit me was the one where 4 out of 5 sons of a single mom from a black neighborhood were killed in seperate years by one heartless Latino thug over a scooter which they treasure coz as the youngest & only survivor among them said,"it's not just a scooter"It was given at his school as a reward of sort from an essay contest that he won.What made me feel this particular episode was when the senior case officer who handled the case of the 1st 2 murdered brothers told the then newly recruit Lily Rush that it was another case of NHI(no human involved) simply because the victims were black kids in a rather violent neighborhood.My thoughts went,"so,is that reason enough not to be that keen about solving their murder?Because they were blacks that's why they're considred as NHI?WTF".
Another unforgettable episode(for me at least) was the one where a female news reporter from the 80s was killed in cold blood by being choked with her own scarf.Turns out as the story unfolds that she was actually killed by her own mentor/friend after she discovered a case of asbestos poisoning that had been going on for years & the company owners tried to cover up thru red tape & a host of other anomalous dealings,news blackout included.The discovery could have spelled as a big break in her then blooming career but she's more eager to let the truth come out.That costed her her life but when it was discovered nearly 30 years after her demise,the web of deception came crashing down as well.It sort of touched me in a way coz here in Australia,one person died fighting the company he used to work with when he got sick from all the asbestos that got into his body after all the years that he had worked there.Medical tests had proved his claims but he died long before the verdict was handed down in his favor.This particular episode also made good use of the Tears for Fears hit song "Shout" coz some of the lines speaks so much of how the story unfolded.
I can tell of other good Cold Case episodes that ive seen so far but all in all,though they claim in the opening credits that their stories are fictional, we all know by now that most storylines made for TV & the movies were based on real events.And this TV show does a great job at weaving their stories together to come up with something that really hit hard & make us think outside the square.As of now they never fail to deliver the goods so to speak every week.Even if i miss some episodes i sure can never get enough of Cold Case no matter what.
