I think I watch too much TV
So, I've run out of Monk (I loved the series finale, by the way -- Monk, of all people, managed to get a happy ending, and Tony Shalhoub is awesome) and Psych (which is hilarious and uses one of the most accurate symbolic depictions of Shawn's erratic eidetic memory I've ever seen) and I'm still waiting on my other library holds. Netflix has 180 episodes of Law & Order , not to mention several of its spinoffs. Okay then. L&O is an awesome social time capsule. First off, it ran for 20 years, coming just short of busting the record for longest-lasting prime-time drama set by Gunsmoke . The fashion aspect alone is shockingly educational. The crimes committed against hair in 1990 make me shudder, as they should do all respectable God-fearing citizens. Any woman in a position of power wears the required hideously unflattering pantsuit, with extra-huge shoulder pads. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure Chris Noth was still wearing that leather coat when he rep...