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I've also recently gotten hooked on Dr. G: Medical Examiner. I'm not a big fan of reality TV, but this particular show is somewhat educational both in criminal investigation and anatomy, and I like that. I'm also inspired by and really look up to women like Dr. G. She's not a Barbie doll or made up for TV in any way, is incredibly intelligent and intuitive, breaks career stereotypes for women and has a dark sense of humor -- I guess you have to have that if you cut open dead bodies for a living ("The smell [of a decomposing body] keeps a lot of doctors out of this profession, but I really don't smell it; it really doesn't bother me," she said with a shrug) -- tempered with a sensitive side that makes it easy for victims' families to open up to her. And as a small bonus, the show is filmed in Orlando -- Dr. G is the Orange County District 9 Medical Examiner -- so it features lots of shots of downtown Orange Avenue, OPD and local highways.
One recent episode featured a dead body found floating in a retention pond off "Orlando's John Young Parkway" -- near my parents' house (ugh). After opening the victim's stomach and detecting a strange smell, she quickly moved her face closer to the body for a better whiff. Then, curious, she quickly grabbed the nearby stainless-steel bowl in which she'd been depositing pieces parts from the victim and sniffed in it. "What do you smell?" she asked an assistant. Then, she answered for her: "Mouthwash!"
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Which would explain the smell that comes from that pond.
Posted by Richard @ 01/18/2006 02:29 PM EST