http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/05/COLD-CASE----Worlds-End.aspx The rhetoric of pop culture can make people do crazy things. In 1938, Orson Wells put on a radio show that nearly ended the world. In fact, it was called “War of the Worlds,” and people thought this radio show was real. Imagine millions of people who really believed a show that was meant for their entertainment was a real broadcast about aliens invading Earth. When entertainment strives to be as realistic as possible, it can make some people do insane things. In tonight’s episode of COLD CASE, Lilly Rush (Kathryn Morris) and her team get a little taste of the insanity that can be brought on by entertainment, when they investigate the apparent murder of a women who disappeared while trying to outrun those aliens. This is quit an interesting premise. I mean, COLD CASE isn’t real, it’s a show, and it’s airing an episode about people who died running from the imagined invasion of aliens that came from one of the premiere entertainment artists in modern history, Orson Wells. But, that’s how far TV programming has come. While we should all understand it’s not real, they get some of their best material from real life. Take LAW AND ORDER for example; their tag line is ‘ripped from the headlines.” Pretty much every episode is based on a real life incident. That being said, it is just entertainment. And with COLD CASE, it’s particularly well-done entertainment at that. en-US Critics Rant info@criticsrant.com Subtext Version 1.9.4.0 http://www.criticsrant.com/images/default_gravatar_bullhorn.png http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/05/COLD-CASE----Worlds-End.aspx 77 60