Boston Public is such an awesome show. A dramatization of the roller-coaster of public school life in America, you get these amazing situations. One moment it looks desperate, like what are the teachers going to do with this student, then it's so heart-warming and touching to see that the student is actually gentle and sweet, then something gets stolen, and it's "obvious" who stole it, then the teacher discovers the student is being framed...
And many other co-plots developing contemporaneously, each as interesting as the next, each with its own unpredictable emotional trajectory, each resolved interestingly and believably. And everyone finds their own way and it all kind of makes sense, it all kind of works out, so it's incredibly touching and inspiring. And they're going to move it from its midnight timeslot to 1 am. How nice.
CSI was great too, lots of sad stories too. This guy brought about $100,000 to the casino to play blackjack, and used a double-up method. Start with say $1,000, if he loses, he bets $2,000, if lose, bet $4,000, etc. This is practically miraculous, but he lost all the way. The last hand he bet about $50,000 (this probably doesn't add up, but bear with me) and got two picture cards, I think. Then the dealer has small cards, and keeps opening small cards. Dealer has 7 cards and only 13 points. Opens an ace, and another ace. Then opens a 6, for 21 points.
The guy goes home, desperate, in shock, in disbelief, strokes a knife. Jams the butt into a recess in the door frame and turns his back and rams into the knife. Moves forward, then rams against the knife again, 5 times. Turns around, throws his chest into the knife a couple of times, then staggers to the middle of the room and lies there to die. His mentally retarded brother, whose life savings he "borrowed" thinking it was a sure bet, would get a million dollars if the cause of death was murder.
And in real life, I've got quite a lot of work to do these days and I am going to sleep now.
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