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PADemD

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1. No Sherlock Holmes?

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Sat Oct 17, 2015, 10:08 PM

Oct 2015

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Your favorite crime-buster: [View all] Ptah Oct 2015 OP

No Sherlock Holmes? PADemD Oct 2015 #1

Or Miss Marple? Or Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys!! MADem Oct 2015 #22

Or Hercule Poirot? kentauros Oct 2015 #39

YES!!! Just as I pictured him in my mind's eye! nt MADem Oct 2015 #42

Yes! Hercule Poirot! mithnanthy Oct 2015 #58

I always thought David Suchet did the best job, too. kentauros Oct 2015 #60

A tie between Lennie Brisco and Robert Goren TexasBushwhacker Oct 2015 #2

me too, in that order, altho the new ish Sherlock Holmes/Joan Watson is pretty good. irisblue Oct 2015 #4

I miss "Lenny Lines." sakabatou Oct 2015 #7

A wonderful synergy of great writing and a great actor n/t TexasBushwhacker Oct 2015 #12

Lt. Frank Drebin Joe Shlabotnik Oct 2015 #3

Isn't he on the Benghazi committee? kairos12 Oct 2015 #10

He's more competent than those on the committee NobodyHere Oct 2015 #53

Cordelia Gray & Adam Dalgliesh irisblue Oct 2015 #5

I picked Tom shenmue Oct 2015 #6

Harry Bosch Scuba Oct 2015 #8

V.I. Warshawski Bertha Venation Oct 2015 #9

No Ben Matlock? Pool Hall Ace Oct 2015 #11

Kathleen Mallory. LWolf Oct 2015 #13

Columbo. Oh, and one more thing.... frogmarch Oct 2015 #14

Jim Rockford, no contest. OrwellwasRight Oct 2015 #15

Another vote for Rockford. femmocrat Oct 2015 #26

Another for Jimbo. mac56 Oct 2015 #32

+1 U4ikLefty Oct 2015 #33

Piling on the Rockford love Bandwagon OriginalGeek Oct 2015 #45

you misspelled Spenser Skittles Oct 2015 #16

Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) or Jim Rockford Number9Dream Oct 2015 #17

Inspector Clouseau. sarge43 Oct 2015 #18

Hands down Turbineguy Oct 2015 #27

Batman Art_from_Ark Oct 2015 #19

Barney Fife pinboy3niner Oct 2015 #20

My thoughts exactly. He gets my vote. Marie Marie Oct 2015 #31

Isn't he with the LAPD? nt U4ikLefty Oct 2015 #34

You mean, it's not kentauros Oct 2015 #38

No offering for The Closer Aerows Oct 2015 #21

Brenda Johnson! progressoid Oct 2015 #23

We keep hoping she'll show up in the spin-off OriginalGeek Oct 2015 #46

To split hairs, Magnum wasn't a crime buster, he was a private investigator (and my inspiration) NightWatcher Oct 2015 #24

I know he is probably A Jerk in real Life, but I liked Magnum P.I. yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #25

Jessica Fletcher n/t Rhythm Oct 2015 #28

Most everybody she knew was murdered. Hmmmm! Kaleva Oct 2015 #47

The entire population of Cabot Cove twice over, lol! pinboy3niner Oct 2015 #49

Jacques Clouseau Xipe Totec Oct 2015 #29

Ummmm, where's the goddamn Batman?! Codeine Oct 2015 #30

I was thinking about Batman, but I would have to get into WHICH Batman. NaturalHigh Oct 2015 #36

Leroy Jethro Gibbs. NaturalHigh Oct 2015 #35

Great show! TexasBushwhacker Oct 2015 #55

I didn't know that. NaturalHigh Oct 2015 #57

Monk kentauros Oct 2015 #37

Inspector Morse Byronic Oct 2015 #40

What about Brother Cadfael? 47of74 Oct 2015 #41

Very good series!! Kaleva Oct 2015 #48

Not on list... Inspector Foyle of PBS's Foyle's War.........eom mrmpa Oct 2015 #43

Christopher Foyle Shrek Oct 2015 #44

Paul Kersey Reter Oct 2015 #50

Tom Selleck makes my teeth sweat. KentuckyWoman Oct 2015 #51

Gotta go with Quincy jmowreader Oct 2015 #52

Inspector Cockrill mockmonkey Oct 2015 #54

Batman nt MrScorpio Oct 2015 #56

The entire cast Mendocino Oct 2015 #59