Steve Randy Waldman
i would like to see a television show
that would be a kind of police procedural, only the “detective” would be an IRS investigator going after the ever-more-elaborate tax dodges of very high-net-worth cheats.
May 8, 2023 at 12:58amWeb
Show threadPreston AustinMay 8, 2023
@interfluidity Surely the industry that made medical examiner a vast and storied genre can make this work! Surely.
Show threadWilliam PietriMay 8, 2023

@gl33p @interfluidity

I think the tax-dodges bit is inherently more snoozy than dead bodies. But I think that's ok, because they can focus on the many ways in which rich people are wild. Money helps pathology metastasize, as with Harlan Crow's Nazi memorabilia collection.

Especially in today's image-conscious age, I think there's so much material in looking behind the facade. E.g., the Duggars, the Chrisleys, Jen Shah. Or people like Ted Haggard and Jerry Falwell Jr.

The show Justified worked this angle sometimes and it was great.

Show threadAndrew HelwerMay 8, 2023
@interfluidity ever episode would end with the dude who was your high school valedictorian explaining how this is all intentionally legal via zoom call from the Cayman Islands
Show threadJ.R. OrciMay 8, 2023

@interfluidity
As soon as the strike is over we'll pitch this to CBS.

@KagroX

Show threadAutolycus 🏴‍☠️May 8, 2023
@interfluidity If you haven't seen it, I would highly recommend the spectacular satire, The Other Guys. It's like the film version of your post.
Show threadMatt LehrerMay 8, 2023
@interfluidity it’s not exactly that, mostly because it’s a Danish show, but Follow the Money is great https://thetvdb.com/series/follow-the-money
Bedrag - TheTVDB.com

Show threadMatt GumbleyMay 8, 2023
@interfluidity I’d like a UK version of that!
Show threadKent WillardMay 8, 2023
@interfluidity The perps can be a variety of assholes and high profile types. The underlying theme is that their vast estates almost entirely escape taxes, but they still broke the law because they think taxes are only for little people.
Show threadVictor LewisMay 9, 2023
@interfluidity they could start by reworking a few old Johnny Dollar scripts
Show threadLGsMomMay 16, 2023
@interfluidity Brilliant idea. If “Numbers” couldnwork for solving crime, “The I. R. S.” could be a big hit.