Geocaching Featured on "Law & Order"

[+donbadabon]

Didn't see this posted anywhere, but my TiVo picked up an upcoming episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent that will revolve around geocaching.

 

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

NBC May 08 09:00pm EST

Series/Drama, 60 Mins.

 

"The Unblinking Eye"

A young actor is wounded and his fiancee killed, leading detectives to look into a high-tech treasure-hunting game called geocaching.

[+Renegade Knight]

Set to record. I wonder if Wil Weaton is the actor?

[+Zeute]

I love that show, will definitely be tuning in.

[+Anonymous']

This doesn't really seem off topic

[+Stunod]

This doesn't really seem off topic

You're right...moving this to Geocaching Topic so everyone can see it.

[+Kealia]

Nice. Just checked my WISHLIST and there it was - set to record!

 

Woo Hoo!

[+JohnnyVegas]

I think I have an event cache that day to got to, but it's only 5 minutes from home for a change I am going to tape it anyway.

I was wondering when some TV crime show would work geocaching into a plot. There are lots of way to work geocaching into a story.

Like some one knocking off a rival FTF hound by setting an ambush or a booby traped cache.

[+Corp Of Discovery]

Boy, that's gotta create some kind of usage spike here...

[+Team Benhamtroll]

You've got to wonder: which one of the writer's is a cacher, and do they frequent the forums?

[Jeremy]

Thanks. I was told this was going to be on May 1st, so I'd have egg on my face if I sent that date in the New cache notification emailer tomorrow

 

We found out about this 2 weeks ago when we were contacted to get permission to use a screenshot of the web site. As far as I know, Geocaching is part of the story and in a positive light. Unfortunately that's all I know about it since they tend to keep the script confidential.

 

It's something I would expect Detective Goren to know about, but I'm surprised that CSI hadn't picked up on it before. CSI Miami used "Toothing" last week in a storyline (which, BTW, toothing was discovered to be a fake fad) and Furries in an episode last year. IMO there are far more geocachers than furries (though, sadly, furries are better TV).

[+New England n00b]

Thanks. I was told this was going to be on May 1st, so I'd have egg on my face if I sent that date in the New cache notification emailer tomorrow

 

We found out about this 2 weeks ago when we were contacted to get permission to use a screenshot of the web site. As far as I know, Geocaching is part of the story and in a positive light. Unfortunately that's all I know about it since they tend to keep the script confidential.

 

It's something I would expect Detective Goren to know about, but I'm surprised that CSI hadn't picked up on it before. CSI Miami used "Toothing" last week in a storyline (which, BTW, toothing was discovered to be a fake fad) and Furries in an episode last year. IMO there are far more geocachers than furries (though, sadly, furries are better TV).

Mebbe, but it's a lot harder to find a Furry website that you can show on TV... And I don't even wanna know what toothing is...

 

For once I might actually watch CSI. So far I haven't had the time, but if the story is good, well... mebbe it'll be worth it.

 

Frankly, I still miss Quincy.

[+Snoogans]

Too cool. Law and Order: CI is my FAVORITE network TV drama. Vincent D'onofrio totally rocks.

[CoyoteRed]

Uh, oh! CI is a cool show, but if there is enough detail to show a screen shot it will have the bit a good portion of the motivation for either the victim or the suspect. Let's hope it's a case of "he just happened to be out geocaching..."

 

Or possibly they saw my script.

[+lostinjersey]

I saw this and thought, wow, goran would probbaly like the concept of caching, but I somehow doubt eves would.

[+briansnat]

Cool, never saw the show, but this is a good reason as any to check it out.

[davien]

"toothing" was the alleged habit of trolling around with a bluetooth device in an attempt to find other, unsecured bluetooth devices to "steal from" or whatever.

 

If an understanding of the technology weren't enough to instantly dismiss "toothing" as a fake fad, the name, sure should have been. "toothing?" eh.

 

is this the first mention of geocaching in/on something as widespread as TV?

[+Renegade Knight]

...It's something I would expect Detective Goren to know about, but I'm surprised that CSI hadn't picked up on it before. CSI Miami used "Toothing" last week in a storyline (which, BTW, toothing was discovered to be a fake fad) and Furries in an episode last year. IMO there are far more geocachers than furries (though, sadly, furries are better TV).

Ditty, I would of thought some geocachers would of found a Body on CSI by now. CSI Miami had a flashmob episode.

[+AuntieWeasel]

IMO there are far more geocachers than furries

Lordy, I hope so.

[Jeremy]

"toothing" was the alleged habit of trolling around with a bluetooth device in an attempt to find other, unsecured bluetooth devices to "steal from" or whatever.

Slightly. It was actually reported to be a way to contact a stranger for anonymous sex (which turned out to be a hoax).

 

To New England n00b (and others): It is actually Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Crime Scene Investigation was just another show I referenced that addresses Internet-based activities. There are so many L&O and CSI shows it is difficult to keep it straight! Sadly I watch almost all of them.

 

My speculation is, like many L&O shows, geocaching was picked up from a police investigation outside of Las Vegas. A geocacher stumbled on a body while geocaching. There have, of course, been other bodies discovered throughout the course of geocaching. It is inevitible since we know where all the good hiding places are.

[CacheNCarryMA]

I posted a "Law & Order"-esque find log early last year.

[+Doc-Dean]

Thanks for the heads up! Will add to my wishlist. Tivo rocks!

 

BTW, toothing was just recently in an episode of CSI: Miami.

[CacheNCarryMA]

Too cool. Law and Order: CI is my FAVORITE network TV drama. Vincent D'onofrio totally rocks.

Mrs. CacheNCarry and I refer to "Law&Order:Criminal Intent" as "CSI:Edgar" because:

 

1) All the L&O / CSI shows look the same

 

2) It's hard for us to see Vincent D'Onofrio and not think of "Edgar" from "The Men In Black"

 

 

(in our house "L&O:Special Victims Unit" is known as "Law&Order SUV".)

 

Edgar:

[+southdeltan]

Too cool. Law and Order: CI is my FAVORITE network TV drama. Vincent D'onofrio totally rocks.

Mrs. CacheNCarry and I refer to "Law&Order:Criminal Intent" as "CSI:Edgar" because:

 

1) All the L&O / CSI shows look the same

 

2) It's hard for us to see Vincent D'Onofrio and not think of "Edgar" from "The Men In Black"

 

 

(in our house "L&O:Special Victims Unit" is known as "Law&Order SUV".)

 

Edgar:

That's Eg-ur, not Edgar.

 

sd

[Jeremy]

2) It's hard for us to see Vincent D'Onofrio and not think of "Edgar" from "The Men In Black"

I always remember him as 'Thor' from Adventures in Babysitting - a true classic.

[Jeremy]

I dug up a longer plot. I haven't read the script so you know as much as I do (now).

 

STREET SHOOTINGS RAISE PUBLIC OUTCRY AS POLICE PROBE FEMALE STALKER -- AND HIGH-TECH TREASURE HUNT GAME -- After a young actor Mike, (guest star Jeffrey Hephner) is wounded and his fiancee is shot dead on the street, Detectives Goren (Vincent D'Onofrio) and Eames (Kathryn Erbe) are pointed towards the surviving victim's former girlfriend, who is known to have stalked him The key, however, might turn on their probe of "geocaching," a high-tech treasure-hunt game that could yield vital clues As the media and public mourn the man's tragic loss, the police want to take another look at some of his acting buddies, especially one who never lets go of his Palm Pilot Jamey Sheridan and Courtney B Vance also star.

[+KC0GRN]

Interesting.. Wish there was a way to have a national event, then every cacher could watch the show and get to log it as a find

 

I usually wouldn't give a rip about law and order, or for that matter most tv shows, but I'll make an exception for this one.

[+Miragee]

Interesting.. Wish there was a way to have a national event, then every cacher could watch the show and get to log it as a find

Now, there's an idea!

 

I usually wouldn't give a rip about law and order, or for that matter most tv shows, but I'll make an exception for this one.

I agree.

 

2) It's hard for us to see Vincent D'Onofrio and not think of "Edgar" from "The Men In Black"

I always remember him as 'Thor' from Adventures in Babysitting - a true classic.

I always remember him from the role he played in "The Player".

[+WalruZ]

any thoughts about the number of newbies this might attract to geocaching?

[Jeremy]

I honestly don't know how many will find out about geocaching in this way. We have found that news articles (even big ones) don't attract nearly as much interest as an online news article. The ease of clicking on a link to find the web site brings a lot more activity. That's just traffic, however. It is possible that the folks who stick around are the ones that find out about the activity via more traditional means.

 

We should get that survey done so we can accurately find out where people find out about geocaching. It would be neat to find out that most discover geocaching via word of mouth.

[+GeoBlank]

Palm Pilot? That is blasphemy...

[+Doc-Dean]

 

 

2) It's hard for us to see Vincent D'Onofrio and not think of "Edgar" from "The Men In Black"

 

I always remember him as 'Thor' from Adventures in Babysitting - a true classic.

 

I always remember him from the role he played in "The Player".

 

Not to forget him as Private Gomer Pyle/Leonard Lawrence in Full Metal Jacket

[Jeremy]

Not to forget him as Private Gomer Pyle/Leonard Lawrence in Full Metal Jacket

I never made the connection. Whoa!

[+fly46]

Davien, GC has been mentioned on a few national news things as a public interest type story, but this is the first to my knowledge that it's been in a show and not a FYI piece.

 

I miss Quincy, too!!!! Did you ever see the episode when they reconstructed the skull to determine who's it was? I never saw it, but if you say Quincy to my dad..... lol.. That was the best show (mind you, twenty years before my time, but a darn good show)... It's a shame Jack can barely talk now after having cancer. He's such a good actor. (FYI, he guest starred on Crossing Jordan as a ME.)

 

Jeremy.... What are you doing watching Adventures In Babysitting? That was such a weird movie.... When I was in junior high, every afternoon before a holiday break we'd get out of class to watch a movie before the end of the day (yes, odd, I know) and they showed us that once. lol. The worst thing was that they kept the movie choice secret until we got there. I think they knew telling us "Bambi eats Cleveland" was the movie would get more anticipation than Adventures In Babysitting did.

[+Corp Of Discovery]

2) It's hard for us to see Vincent D'Onofrio and not think of "Edgar" from "The Men In Black"

I always remember him as 'Thor' from Adventures in Babysitting - a true classic.

I love the scene in the blues club...hehe.

[+Bear_Left]

I usually wouldn't give a rip about law and order, or for that matter most tv shows, but I'll make an exception for this one.

I haven't so much as glanced at a TV for a couple of years, but this might be worth checking a Torrent site for...

[+Bear_Left]

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.

But I have caches to find and miles to go,

before I sleep!

Maybe that could be:

 

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,

but I have geocaches to seek,

and miles to go before I sleep,

and miles to go before I sleep.

 

Not a perfect rhyme, but it scans better!

[+Snoogans]

Not to forget him as Private Gomer Pyle/Leonard Lawrence in Full Metal Jacket

 

"Leonard talks to his gun.... I think Leonard's Section 8......"

[+tobsas]

Thanks. I was told this was going to be on May 1st, so I'd have egg on my face if I sent that date in the New cache notification emailer tomorrow 

Now, if you only would be so kind to tell us europeans when this will be aired overhere? I guess in a year or two?

 

SCNR,

Tobias

[+Divine]

Now, if you only would be so kind to tell us europeans when this will be aired overhere? I guess in a year or two?

I think you should ask your local broadcasting company, not American tv viewers.

[+sTeamTraen]

As far as I know, Geocaching is part of the story and in a positive light.

Whew. If a geocacher had been shown up as the murderer, who knows what the SC legislature might come up with.

[+Two Geeks and a GPS]

Uh, oh! CI is a cool show, but if there is enough detail to show a screen shot it will have the bit a good portion of the motivation for either the victim or the suspect. Let's hope it's a case of "he just happened to be out geocaching..."

 

If there is enough resolution, maybe one of us will show up in the rotating pics at the top homepage! I wonder when this was shot......have I posted enough pics recently? HHHMMMMM?

I'll be watching.

[+slapshot52]

Hey,

 

Does anyone out there have the ability to do a video capture on this so we could email (or snail mail) it around?

[+Jeep_Dog]

We should get that survey done so we can accurately find out where people find out about geocaching. It would be neat to find out that most discover geocaching via word of mouth.

I think we may be pleasantly surprised by this number being higher than expected. I'd bet it is a pretty high number.

 

1/2 the cachers I know found out about the sport through word of mouth.

 

To be more precise, they found out from word coming from my mouth.

[+fratermus]

known to have stalked him The key, however, might turn on their probe of "geocaching," a high-tech treasure-hunt game that could yield vital clues As the media and public mourn the man's tragic loss, the police want to take another look at some of his acting buddies, especially one who never lets go of his Palm Pilot Jamey Sheridan and Courtney B Vance also star.

Ahhh, and paperless caching no less. :-)

[+Corp Of Discovery]

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.

But I have caches to find and miles to go,

before I sleep!

Maybe that could be:

 

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,

but I have geocaches to seek,

and miles to go before I sleep,

and miles to go before I sleep.

 

Not a perfect rhyme, but it scans better!

How's this? I tweaked it a bit.

[+WildGooseChase]

Hey,

 

Does anyone out there have the ability to do a video capture on this so we could email (or snail mail) it around?

I've got the stuff to do it, but is it legal to pass it around that way?

 

TiVo is set to go!

[+M-T-P]

You all know as well as I do that the show is going to be about some cacher in SC trashing through graveyards at night!

[+brodiebunch]

Will watch L&O, prefer that the new Family Guy or South Park do episodes with geocaching in them instead......

[+JMBella]

...It's something I would expect Detective Goren to know about, but I'm surprised that CSI hadn't picked up on it before. CSI Miami used "Toothing"  last week in a storyline (which, BTW, toothing was discovered to be a fake fad) and Furries in an episode last year. IMO there are far more geocachers than furries (though, sadly, furries are better TV).

Ditty, I would of thought some geocachers would of found a Body on CSI by now. CSI Miami had a flashmob episode.

That's exactly what I thought. I watch CSI a lot and there have been a few times I thought they were going to bring it up.

[+Ranger Boy]

I get confused with all the spinoffs. Which one is it on again? Law & Order: Parking Ticket Checker, Law & Order: School Crossing Guard Unit, or Law & Order: 12 Items or Less Grocery Checkout Line Enforcement Unit?