I think the thing about procedurals is that they are designed so people can start watching at any stand alone episode and still enjoy it even if they don't know the backgrounds of any of the characters. They are also designed to work well in reruns, again, being written in a way that people can jump in at any time. Because of this, characters have to be pretty recognizable, but also pretty stagnant.
I do think that CM is still better than most so far. For example Bones gives a much larger portion to the personal lives of the characters but the fans also complain about there being constant character continuity problems, particularly in the form of characters being "reset", either because they need them to be quirky and odd again even though technically, in canon, the character should have moved beyond that already or because a major event that should have affected the characters longterm is quickly forgotten. So more focus on the personal apparently is no insurance against poor character continuity it seems.
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Date: Sep. 26th, 2009 06:27 am (UTC)I do think that CM is still better than most so far. For example Bones gives a much larger portion to the personal lives of the characters but the fans also complain about there being constant character continuity problems, particularly in the form of characters being "reset", either because they need them to be quirky and odd again even though technically, in canon, the character should have moved beyond that already or because a major event that should have affected the characters longterm is quickly forgotten. So more focus on the personal apparently is no insurance against poor character continuity it seems.