# The Forgotten (spoilers welcome) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 26, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-forgotten-spoilers-welcome/511610 "2009-09-26T02:31:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-forgotten-spoilers-welcome/511610/1 "2009-09-26T02:31:57Z")
Anyone else watch the pilot for this show? I checked it out looking for a replacement for Cold Case, a show I really loved. It was decent. I’ll probably follow it a few more episodes to see where it goes. Even with the victim quasi narrating it failed to capture the emotion that I felt they did a really good job of doing in Cold Case. I’m not sure if they plan on continuing the voice of the victim thing or not. It may have just been a tool to set up the series. I didn’t like the characters they spent the most time on and hope they cover the others better in future episodes. Anyone else have thoughts on this series? ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-forgotten-spoilers-welcome/511610/2 "2009-09-26T03:53:56Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > I checked it out looking for a replacement for Cold Case, a show I really loved. Cold Case is still on. Or are you just looking to replace it? ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-forgotten-spoilers-welcome/511610/3 "2009-09-26T04:02:19Z")
I saw the pilot Tuesday and thought it was pretty good, so I’m going to give a few more shows and see if it keeps up. I’m not sure if the victim “narration” is a good thing or a bad thing. I found it more intrusive than effective at drawing me into the story. But then, I didn’t like the narration in Pushing Daisies at first, but over time got used to it. I noticed that ABC is running it twice a week, Tuesdays at 10 and Fridays at 9 (Eastern). When I tried to set my DVR to record the series it insisted on recording both shows every week, even when I set it to only record new episodes. Which means I may need to set up to record the Tuesday episodes manually every week, since I’m already recording two shows at 9 on Fridays. BTW, you said that you were considering it as a replacement for Cold Case. Are you aware that Cold Case was renewed, and begins airing new episodes Sunday at 10? ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-forgotten-spoilers-welcome/511610/4 "2009-09-26T04:06:17Z")
> [@HelloNinja](#): > > Cold Case is still on. Or are you just looking to replace it? I wasn’t aware is was being renewed last I’d heard it was being canceled. Well it looks like I was wrong. Hooray for another season! ---
**Author:** ![jacquilynne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jacquilynne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacquilynne)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-forgotten-spoilers-welcome/511610/5 "2009-09-26T13:29:34Z")
I watched the first episode and found it tremendously annoying. A huge part of the problem was the victim narration, but the writing of the non-narrated bits was incredibly annoying and twee, too. Paraphrased, but basically, the last bit with the victim’s mother: “Thank you so much for this!” “It wasn’t just me, lots of people helped.” “Where are they? Are they here?” “They’re … [dramatic pause] … everywhere.” But then cut to the next scene and his actual fricking team was there. How about “We have resources who help with this sort of thing all over the world, but let me introduce you to my team that’s standing a few feet to your left so you can thank them for all their hard work, since after all, it was one of them that got their ass beat down on this case and not so much me.”? I also found the episode tremendously heavy on exposition, but I’m hoping that will go away now that the first episode is over and people can be presumed to know what the concept of the show is. I’m going to watch one more episode, and if it still annoys me, I’m going to take it off my subscription list. ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-forgotten-spoilers-welcome/511610/6 "2009-09-26T14:00:47Z")
SO and I watched it – we both like the premise, but he wasn’t crazy about the victim narration. I’ve never been crazy about Christian Slater, but he did an OK job. I’ll have to watch a few more episodes before I make a verdict. ---
**Author:** ![akwally1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akwally1/32/3220_2.png) [@akwally1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akwally1)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-forgotten-spoilers-welcome/511610/7 "2009-09-27T20:05:01Z")
> [@jacquilynne](#): > > “Thank you so much for this!” > “It wasn’t just me, lots of people helped.” > “Where are they? Are they here?” > “They’re … [dramatic pause] … everywhere.” > > But then cut to the next scene and his actual fricking team was there. How about “We have resources who help with this sort of thing all over the world, but let me introduce you to my team that’s standing a few feet to your left so you can thank them for all their hard work, since after all, it was one of them that got their ass beat down on this case and not so much me.”? I SO agree with this. When I saw that scene (although I had already professed a dislike of it based on the fact that I still don’t get how these people figure things out that the cops couldn’t, but suspension of disbelief and all that…) I wondered why he didn’t have her thank the people on his team who were about 10 feet away and staring at them. What’s with the phone repair-dude anyway? Did he contribute anything to the team, or was he just “keeping an eye on” all the wrong people? I don’t think it’ll last more than 3 weeks. Mark ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-forgotten-spoilers-welcome/511610/8 "2009-09-27T20:30:58Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > I wasn’t aware is was being renewed last I’d heard it was being canceled. Well it looks like I was wrong. Hooray for another season! Are you perhaps thinking of “Without A Trace”? That one has been canned, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![jacquilynne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jacquilynne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacquilynne)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-forgotten-spoilers-welcome/511610/9 "2009-10-02T17:37:10Z")
I’ve decided to nix this show from my season’s pass. The second episode wasn’t noticeably better – and in some ways substantially worse. It’s just too poorly written to watch. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-forgotten-spoilers-welcome/511610/10 "2009-10-02T18:00:58Z")
I usually give premieres a chance, but I only got about 10 minutes in before I got annoyed. Everything felt so staged and portentous. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-forgotten-spoilers-welcome/511610/11 "2009-10-02T18:15:19Z")
Yep got ten minutes into the second episode and turned it off. ---
**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-forgotten-spoilers-welcome/511610/12 "2009-10-02T18:58:25Z")
Not me. I watched it all the way through, and, while I didn’t end it thinking “that was really good!”, it’s perfectly good enough to keep watching it. But of course, YMMV. J.