2. When a child is kidnapped, the culprit is most likely a family member
3. Bikini-clad girls, dancers, wildly partying college students are more prone to finding a dead body than any other population type
4. At least one of the regular character has a family member who gets in trouble/makes trouble (and who's most likely an alcoholic or abuses drug)
5. At least once during the series the team would come across an abnormally intelligent sociopath/psychopath, who often develops a personal connection to a regular character
6. At least one of the regular characters either a) abused as a child, b) addicted to drugs, c) had gambling problems, d) was in foster care
7. At least one of the regular characters goes through a divorce, or has custody problems with an ex (or two)
8. There is always an episode where A kills B, only to later realize that B was his/her own child, parent, or turns out B had done something entirely different
9. At least one of the regular character has a family death
10. My friend Marzipan thinks the following interrogation scene has been seen on TV too many times to count:
Cop: Why didn't you tell anyone? Why didn't you call the police?
Suspect: Because noone would have believed me!
(beat)
Cop: I would have believed you.
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