I haven't watched TV since late 2020, but do recall, a few years prior, being able to stream Blacklist, my favorite show at the time, no commercials and in order, while recuperating from surgery at a friend's house. I vaguely remember the episode you refer to, enjoyed the Blacklist show despite it's sometimes gruesome nature. Overall, what struck me was that it seemed "real" - like the situations portrayed could be (and probably were) based on actual occurrences, things that were too heinous to be made common knowledge.

To a lesser degree, the Law & Order: SVU program had that same sense. There was an episode where MH takes a phone call from a little girl who happened to be a human trafficking victim, crescendoed into the end where they were able to save her in the nick of time after her abductor buried her alive when he realized the LEOs were onto him. It was a pretty good depiction of the kind of cruel malevolence and evil these beasts are made of.

Another one was Criminal Minds and they delved into psychology a lot in that show. I had to stop watching that one, much as I really liked it, as it seemed too real. At the time I had a hard time wrapping my mind around the fact that there were likely truly deranged individuals such as were depicted on that show, the evil under belly of society. That was in the pre-GAW days. Now we stare into the abyss daily.

As I said it's been a while since I watched TV so I can't dredge up too many specifics as they may relate to Q topics.

Edit: Elementary was another one that "connects" on several levels, another of my favorite shows. One episode had surveillance built into flying "insects", another had some kind of strange (hieroglyphics) comms being sent to criminals on their cellphones from shadowy overlords, another with an assassin who was skilled at making his hits look like accidents, etc.

I haven't watched TV since late 2020, but do recall, a few years prior, being able to stream Blacklist, my favorite show at the time, no commercials and in order, while recuperating from surgery at a friend's house. I vaguely remember the episode you refer to, enjoyed the Blacklist show despite it's sometimes gruesome nature. Overall, what struck me was that it seemed "real" - like the situations portrayed could be (and probably were) based on actual occurrences, things that were too heinous to be made common knowledge.

To a lesser degree, the Law & Order: SVU program had that same sense. There was an episode where MH takes a phone call from a little girl who happened to be a human trafficking victim, crescendoed into the end where they were able to save her in the nick of time after her abductor buried her alive when he realized the LEOs were onto him. It was a pretty good depiction of the kind of cruel malevolence and evil these beasts are made of.

Another one was Criminal Minds and they delved into psychology a lot in that show. I had to stop watching that one, much as I really liked it, as it seemed too real. At the time I had a hard time wrapping my mind around the fact that there were likely truly deranged individuals such as were depicted on that show, the evil under belly of society. That was in the pre-GAW days. Now we stare into the abyss daily.

As I said it's been a while since I watched TV so I can't dredge up too many specifics as they may relate to Q topics.