The First 48 Hours Review

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VolFanGrl
Sweetwater, TN

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I'm addicted to this show

Love Crime Dramas, an infrequent movie goer, Love True Crime Stories, a woman, not rich, practical, Not offended by foul language, married

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Pros

Addicting, Catchy, Involving

Cons

Not Long Enough

APR

2008

I am addicted to this show! It shows what the cops and detectives deal with in the First 48 critical hours after a homicide. It is very interesting and informative.
The First 48 hours of any investigation, be it homicide, kidnapping, robbery, etc, are very critical. This is when the evidence is most fresh, the witnesses memories are most vivid, these are the hours that you are most likely going to get what you need to solve the case.
This show shows what the police do, how they think, how they investigate. It shows how all the different people work together, from different departments, sometimes even different cities, to solve a case.
Sometimes, the show is hard to watch, particularly when they are investigating a brutal crime, or a crime against a child. It makes me respect the police so much more that have to deal with these crimes everyday.
This show really draws you in, gets you interested in the case and the investigation. It shows the interviews with the suspects, the photographs of the crime scene(s), even the families of the victims. Most of the time the cases are solved, but, of course this is TV. In reality, I would say that the stats are staggering on how many cases go UNsolved every year. It even tells you what happened in the end to the suspects, which I like. That is one thing I don't like about other shows similar to this, sometimes you don't know what happened to the people once the camera's stopped rolling.