Madeleine McCann Stars In US Crime Show
MADELEINE McCann Watch: Anorak’s at-a-glance look at Madeleine McCann in the news -
How entertaining have you found the disappearance of Madeleine McCann? Is it better of worse than Lost, the show with no end? For some people the tale of a child vanished could to with more plot structure and a decent pay off at the finale, maybe a high-speed car chase or a fistfight in the courtroom.
Playing armchair detective is great fun but the story of Our Maddie has always been a single-thread narrative, lacking the multi-layering that TV executives enjoy. So here’s an episode of Law & Order to shows all parties how it should be done:
Law & Order: Criminal Intent has always been treated like the unwanted stepchild of the Law & Order universe, even though it features one of TV’s most eccentric and oddly hypnotic performances.
The brainchild of Law & Order creator Dick Wolf and Montreal native Rene Balcer, a former Concordia University English major and one-time staff writer for the (now-defunct) Montreal Star, early episodes of L&O: CI played like an updated version of Columbo, in which a dishevelled-but-brilliant detective, played by Vincent D’Onofrio, plays cat-and-mouse games with ingenious criminals (almost) as smart as he is.
In recent seasons, as Balcer left the show - to help revive the original Law & Order - L&O: CI has adopted a more melodramatic tone. Tonight’s repeat, from June, is loosely based on the infamous Madeleine McCann case, in which a three- year-old girl vanished from a holiday apartment in Portugal while her parents were dining in a restaurant just metres away.
Law & Order: CI – based on an original idea by Madeleine McCann Inc.
In the L&O: CI version, Goren and his partner, Det. Alex Eames (Kathryn Erbe), are investigating a hotel robbery when they learn a toddler has been abducted at the same time a thief was allegedly breaking into people’s rooms.
A robbery. You see – layers.
Here, similarities to the McCann case end - there’s a jaw-dropping twist at the end that feels more like the product of a TV writer’s imagination than something that could happen in real life…
Bring it on - the police are out of ideas…
Posted: 23rd, August 2009 | In: Madeleine McCann, Media Comments (25) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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August 25th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
He been located, pingpong table, underneath
August 25th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Vimes… quite possibly
August 25th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
STOP PRESS
I found a kaghoul in the Crown and Anchor, is that a clue?
August 25th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Oh no! I hope he isn’t the latest victim of celebrity swine flu
August 25th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
I think I spotted him wearing a tea towel and waving a Saltire on the tarmac at Tripoli airport. I expect a piece from our correspondent in Libya shortly’
August 25th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
I was wondering what happened to Anorka.
Should we start a search fund do you think?
August 25th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
The Bertie Mee ward has reopened after its summer refurb. It might be worth checking there. You know he likes to keep the sheets aired. Adebayour scoring in two successive games for Man City may have driven him to early doors
August 25th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Yampster
I think the Ashes win was all too much and he needed a restcure. Perhaps we should organise a Pubhunt for him?
August 25th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
I think Anorka’s gone off on his holidays and taken the keys with him. We have not had a peep out of him since 23/08. Either that or he’s over at the 3A’s helping out with the baling
August 25th, 2009 at 11:44 am
I’m with Frankie Howerd - “twitter ye not”.
I do enjoy a bit of the old banter, though - am I right in thinking that we’ve met before?
August 25th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Back in the old days comments were fast and furious and in the thousands though lately I think Anorak has shot itself in the foot by putting up too many threads at once. No continuity or comraderie anymore!
Those of us that work at the PC used to enjoy a quick banter / bicker / pi*s-take during the working day. Now all we have is Twitter……..
August 25th, 2009 at 9:11 am
I know - that’s why I put the “a” in the middle. The Anorakians still seem to be interested though, judging by the number of stories and comments published here - perhaps you should tell them. Sorry about the “witticisms” - I’ve clearly misundertood the concept of a “satirical” website. I actually quite like “fruit loops”, although I do prefer “crunchy nut cornflakes” but referring to our heroes and Mr Murat as “3arses” is a touch rude, don’t you think? Maybe that’s a slang meaning of “arguido” - if only we had someone to translate.
August 25th, 2009 at 8:53 am
Morning everyone!
Vimes, can I just say that myself and CC are two different posters, just in case you thought there was a connection.
Opposite sides of the divide so to speak.
Sadly your witticisms are wasted as no-one (other than the fruit loops) is really that bothered about the McCanns anymore. The occasional merry quip is about it these days.
August 25th, 2009 at 8:16 am
Naughty, Clive - now, say 50 “Hail Katies” and kiss Clazza’s ring. Morning Mr CaC - it’s actually quite nice here in Anorakia. I might stay a little longer, while the old sceptic tank’s being deloused, if the guards don’t deport me again - I love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning.
August 24th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
How I wish the 3arses would get going again then the fruit loops can go back home!
August 24th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
AFTER READING MADELEINEFOUNDATION LETTER TO GORDON BROWN , YOU WILL SEE THAT THE TAMPAS PEOPLE ARE NOW SPILLING THE BEANS ON EACH OTHER? REGARDING CHILD ABUSE , THEY SHOULD ALL BE IN CHAINS NOW ? THIS CASE WILL BE OVER VERY SOON ? PRAISE THE LORD , LITTLE MADDIE IS NOW SITTING AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LORD?
Moderator - Lower case only!
August 24th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Hey
I am going on holiday this wekend - must remember to pack the clothes
I was doing autopsies in and take some meat for the hire car.
August 24th, 2009 at 10:09 am
They could just ask Emma Loach to direct the next episode - might I suggest the title, “A Bad Boy Did It And Ran Away”?
August 24th, 2009 at 9:18 am
I think most people realised after watching the farcical press conference that this lead and yet another person of “significant importance” was going nowhere,good job the leafletting story came along,it at least had some substance in fact.
August 23rd, 2009 at 5:08 pm
CC
Wonder how long that will take?
The only news has been the leafletting, and the withdrawing from suing the Portuguese newspaper, so, no further forward
August 23rd, 2009 at 3:28 pm
June,
I don’t need to go back thro the archives to know that the Posh lookalike had nothing to do with Wyliie, whose yacht may have been in Barcelona while she was on the Cote d’Azur.
So, no news on the Posh lookalike and Wyliie is beyond suspicion, being wealthy, well-connected, having good lawyers and, as we all know, nothing to do with the case. Although the detectives haven’t quite eliminated her from the case as they haven’t interviewed her yet. Or Mr Hewlett.
6.8 billion people remain of interest to the inquiry.
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:42 am
So the Pope pulled out at the last minute did he? Good to see him following the advice of his own church
August 23rd, 2009 at 9:37 am
i think the pope withdrawing support ? sends a powerfull SPIRITUAL MESSAGE OF GUILT?
August 23rd, 2009 at 9:20 am
CC
Check back through the archives for all you want to know, about 3 weeks back and the name Wyllie
August 23rd, 2009 at 9:07 am
A tragic accident covered up by the shamed parents? Ludicrous. Besides, who would have believed they’d left the child in the hotel room while they went for dinner - what sort of idiot does that? The storyline can only be described as ludicrous.
Back in real life for a moment, have the detectives tracked down the woman who looks like Posh or interviewed the Australian heiress in order to eliminate her from the enquiry? Edgar and Cowley will have this case cracked before you can say “Series 9″.