[DanaC]

*nods*

I agree.

Have you tried watching Person of Interest, Grav?


The first season was straight up case of the week. Each week a new social security number for a person of interest, whilst drip feeding a bit of background on the characters and the development of The Machine. By season two it's neck deep in a Wire-like local government, police and organised crime conspiracy - by season three the true nature of the machine becomes apparent as does the existence of a competitor. And by season four we are in today's word, but with an unseen war played out between two vast, rival artificial intelligences and our heroes are the assets deployed by The Machine in that war - the numbers still come - but they link more and more to the wider story.

It could stand as a precursor to Terminator's Skynet.

Season 1:




Season 4:



The progression was so smooth though - really cleverly done. And still keeps some of the flavour and structure of a weekly procedural.