Honestly, Homicide ruined cop shows* for me. I can't even watch CSI regularly, because the policework strikes me as false (or, well, it did on CSI:NY; I watch the original CSI occasionally but can never remember when the hell it's on; CSI:Miami has that annoying David Caruso, so I wouldn't watch it anyway), though I'm sure the science has basis in fact. The only cop show I watch now is The Wire, which happens to be by a lot of the same folks, and also exceptionally realistic for a tv show.


*I can watch L&O, but without any real emotional involvement.