To watch Silent Witness despite it being the worst TV show ever?

It goes by Witless Silence in my house, which I think we may have pinched from French and Saunders.

and Jack is always referred to as Karl Kennedy, as he seemingly was involved with every single aspect of medicine as Jack is with police work.

The shower scene - we were “eugh!” First she declines when he says “you coming in?” Then they start their forensics conversation which makes him irresistible and she jumps in! Nooo… unsexiest thing ever.

It's a love to hate thing, really. Every time they get into mortal danger you know they will be free with one bound, and I love the way the cops are apparently happy to pay them to waste hours doing work that goes way beyond the remit of forensic scientists.. But if the voiceover philosophising is going to become a regular thing, we may have to give it up.

Love this thread. Every year DH and I decide we won’t watch it again, but we’ve watched every episode since the pilot and it’s a hard habit to give up.

I adore the humour and intelligence of Francesca Mills’ Kit, and Maggie Steed is a great and quirky addition, but it is long past the time when Nikki and Butt-head - oops sorry, Jack - left the show. The plots are risible. Even Midsomer Murders and Father Brown make more sense.

But I do love watching for Emilia’s outfits…

Same. Referred to as silent shitness here but I can’t stop watching. DH despairs of me.

@mynamechangemyrules I admire your persistence. I watched Silent Witness for years but gave up a couple of series ago. I couldn’t get past the complete lack of chemistry and stilted dialogue between the whole cast. Feel like I may be missing out now and might have another look, just for old times sake.

I also love that occasionally the script remembers there must surely be other people working there, not just (currently) four people, and someone will walk past in the background or be asked to do something and then never be seen again.

There has been some real life forensic programmes on over the last few years, I think there's a new one running now.

I bet they fall about laughing or gagging if they even bother to watch the Nikki and Jack show.

I love Silent Witness! But I'm under no illusion that it is a documentary. This series was ridiculous going from Jack being attacked in prison to Nikki being attacked in the next. It's the way that pretty much anyone seems to be able to walk around their lab that is supposed to be forensics.

At the end of every episode Im usually saying "But WHY" or "BUT HOW" or occasionally "but WHO??" because the plots are so awful.
I watching an episode of Astrid which opens on a plane yesterday and trying to remember another TV show which had a plane episode where the plane couldn't land for about five hours for no real reason apart from plot,and remembered yes it was Silent Witness. And remember the whole series about how DNA evidence was no longer valid because of weird science, that didn't go anywhere.

Yes! Why on earth don’t the police tell these people to stay in their lane? Realistically they would do the autopsy and the forensic work, write a couple of reports then hand it over to the police.

Who is funding them? Having all these highly paid people concentrate solely on one case for days at a time would cost loads.

I wish Harry and Leo were still in it, I've given up watching it now, managed most of episode one of this new series but frankly, Nikki and Jack's relationship was making me feel queasy.

How many companies or organisations would allow close working together like they do and not have to provide sick buckets for the rest of the staff when the two of them start kissing.

I might have to go back to the Amanda Burton series and watch those again.

Where is his deaf daughter gone ? And I couldn't follow the Chinese/not Chinese storyline very well mainly because I found it so twisty that I I fell asleep .
Her plaits are hilarious 😂 And no more mention of Kit's admirer . The piano and pearls with the elaborate hairdo whilst watching Nikki plunge her hand into some gooey substance is pure farce .

Every single episode I shout "cover your hair" at them all ...
Complete tosh. Addictive.

The title music is the best thing about it. I enjoyed it when Clarissa was in it, but haven’t watched it for years.

We stopped watching it when she was kidnapped the first time! 🤣

It doesn't sound from most of these posts like we're missing anything.

Jack is an utter utter knob and I don't believe Nikki would go for him.

The storylines this series were so far fetched as to be tipping into a Comic Relief style parody.

I still watch it though!

I unashamedly LOVE it! It’s all a bit of fun. DH not a fan but I make him watch it with me every year and he spends the whole time pointing out all the silliness. And I actually don’t mind Jack and Nikki together, I think they’re quite sweet and I like the fact that the writers don’t keep breaking them up and getting them back together for the drama.

Habit for me as much as anything. DH can’t stand it, so it’s mindless alone watching for me. I do like Kit though, and Harriet.

I think it genuinely used to be good - if always unrealistic. I never watched the Amanda Burton ones but watched all of the Nikki ones until Thomas died, after that I think it really did start going downhill with the whole Jack/Nikki romance.

Best era was Nikki, Harry & Leo for me. Those were the days!!

I agree, it is definitely cringey but i watch every episode! Jack and Nikki though? Just no UGH! I absolutely love Kit though, she is a breath of fresh air, i hope she stays.

This.

Used to be excellent, its lost its way. Whats happened to Jack's face?

It is terrible OP. Awful storylines, beyond ridiculous and I hate it but watch every episode although frequently I won’t get all the way through the second episode. It’s because there is very little decent tv to watch.

‘Shoehorn in a learning point’ love that. I haven’t watched it for years since it became all about the main actors and not standalone pathology investigations that solved murders.

Casualty was the same. Used to be entertaining then it became all about the staff’s relationships and unlikely predicaments with a topping of ISSUE OF THE DAY. I used to watch it with my DC and play ‘spot the topical issue’. FGM? Disability rights? Coercive control?

I stopped watching when Sam Ryan left.