Good for an (unintentional) comedy:
What? They can't take a commercial flight but bring their own plane (my tax dollars at work?) Maybe a precursor to the Marvel: Agents of Shield plane...
But they have to bring their own vehicles? Very INCONVENIENT in Thailand where it's right hand drive (they drive on the left side of the street, so steering wheel is on the right hand side). The left hand drive American car they brought VERY DANGEROUS when you want to pass on a two-lane road. (Note that the police cars shown are left hand drive, but the one "stock" shot of country road traffic shows vehicles driving on the left as they really do). Even if the US Embassy didn't have an available vehicle (they would), Thailand does have car rental companies, with SUV's even...
Thais don't smile? It's the "Land of Smiles"... It's a matter of Karma, Khun Jai Dee (good heart), so even if they are not pleased with you, they do smile as not doing so reflects badly on THEM.
Agree any local police might not take too seriously a short disappearance of 2 adults, especially young ones. But once a murder verified... any country dependent on foreign tourism takes any serious crime on those tourists VERY seriously (bad publicity). After all, in the actual case referenced at the beginning (murder of 2 backpackers), the "incompetent/disinterested" Thai police found the suspects rather quickly (whether they actually did the crime subject to some debate, but like I said, not quickly finding "them": bad publicity). And letting a foreign (FBI) team take the lead... If nothing else, big loss of face, and Asians do care about face... No country will let foreigners run around with guns drawn, screaming in English (OK, war zone combatants excepted...)
A big white guy ("ironing board" from above review) chasing a local through a crowded market? No locals would step in to a)protect one of their own?, and b)no crowd would gather with again, locals jumping in to "unheadlock" one of their own? LOL comedy.
I'd think the "critical brand" would be shown to the police sooner rather than later, rather than e-mailing it back to the FBI for identification. After all, locals much more familiar with local "brands" (pun intended).
Why do so many shows, after a good guy knocks down the bad guy, the good guy runs away rather than a)finishing the job - hit him 1, 2, 100 more times, b)or at least take a weapon... Oh, wait, there is 45 minutes to fill, and the "team" must make the rescue...
Finally, if I'd had a bamboo spike stuck through my calf, in a jungle, in mud, I'd be heading for a hospital (Bumrungrad or Bangkok Nursing EXCELLENT hospitals) for several days stay rather than jumping on a plane for home.
And, sorry to say, unless you're the family of a US senator or Representative, or some industrial bigwig with a lot of "juice", the American government is NOT coming to save you (OK, maybe if you're in a war zone). But otherwise... Note: an American citizen cannot even walk into the US Consulate in Bangkok without an appointment...
This show an insult even to a half-wit, and certainly to the Thais. No doubt, it'll be downhill from here... But at least there is Alana De La Garza to watch (very easy on the eyes), but such a long fall from "Law and Order". To make the comedy team complete, they should bring in Lieutenant Horatio Caine (and his sunglasses) from CSI: Miami. "Big H", they need you... duty calls...
What? They can't take a commercial flight but bring their own plane (my tax dollars at work?) Maybe a precursor to the Marvel: Agents of Shield plane...
But they have to bring their own vehicles? Very INCONVENIENT in Thailand where it's right hand drive (they drive on the left side of the street, so steering wheel is on the right hand side). The left hand drive American car they brought VERY DANGEROUS when you want to pass on a two-lane road. (Note that the police cars shown are left hand drive, but the one "stock" shot of country road traffic shows vehicles driving on the left as they really do). Even if the US Embassy didn't have an available vehicle (they would), Thailand does have car rental companies, with SUV's even...
Thais don't smile? It's the "Land of Smiles"... It's a matter of Karma, Khun Jai Dee (good heart), so even if they are not pleased with you, they do smile as not doing so reflects badly on THEM.
Agree any local police might not take too seriously a short disappearance of 2 adults, especially young ones. But once a murder verified... any country dependent on foreign tourism takes any serious crime on those tourists VERY seriously (bad publicity). After all, in the actual case referenced at the beginning (murder of 2 backpackers), the "incompetent/disinterested" Thai police found the suspects rather quickly (whether they actually did the crime subject to some debate, but like I said, not quickly finding "them": bad publicity). And letting a foreign (FBI) team take the lead... If nothing else, big loss of face, and Asians do care about face... No country will let foreigners run around with guns drawn, screaming in English (OK, war zone combatants excepted...)
A big white guy ("ironing board" from above review) chasing a local through a crowded market? No locals would step in to a)protect one of their own?, and b)no crowd would gather with again, locals jumping in to "unheadlock" one of their own? LOL comedy.
I'd think the "critical brand" would be shown to the police sooner rather than later, rather than e-mailing it back to the FBI for identification. After all, locals much more familiar with local "brands" (pun intended).
Why do so many shows, after a good guy knocks down the bad guy, the good guy runs away rather than a)finishing the job - hit him 1, 2, 100 more times, b)or at least take a weapon... Oh, wait, there is 45 minutes to fill, and the "team" must make the rescue...
Finally, if I'd had a bamboo spike stuck through my calf, in a jungle, in mud, I'd be heading for a hospital (Bumrungrad or Bangkok Nursing EXCELLENT hospitals) for several days stay rather than jumping on a plane for home.
And, sorry to say, unless you're the family of a US senator or Representative, or some industrial bigwig with a lot of "juice", the American government is NOT coming to save you (OK, maybe if you're in a war zone). But otherwise... Note: an American citizen cannot even walk into the US Consulate in Bangkok without an appointment...
This show an insult even to a half-wit, and certainly to the Thais. No doubt, it'll be downhill from here... But at least there is Alana De La Garza to watch (very easy on the eyes), but such a long fall from "Law and Order". To make the comedy team complete, they should bring in Lieutenant Horatio Caine (and his sunglasses) from CSI: Miami. "Big H", they need you... duty calls...