Before I forget

I realized the other day I meant to post my great idea so that I could prove I thought of it first! With that said, it's just a plot idea for a show like CSI. This is my process - I was in the shower noting how long my hair (and therefore how much more time/shampoo it takes to wash it) and was thinking I should cut it soon - especially before I go to India. My approach with hair, since I lack any idea or intent of styling is just to grow it long, cut it short and donate the cut hair to make wigs for people with cancer, which got me thinking...



You know how on these shows it's set up to be an unsolvable case but then, wait, they find one little hair under the bed or something and trace it back to the murderer. Well, what if they did that, and accused the wrong person, because, yes it was their hair and DNA, and the back story on the person was such that they lived in the same town. The accused person can't figure out how the hair got there even though they weren't ever in that room/house - it looks like they will be doomed to a life in jail. As a viewer who is right? Either the DNA is right and the accused is lying, or they are convincing enough for you to think the testing was wrong. But the obligatory plot twist in the last quarter of the show was that both were right (the DNA testing and the innocent protestations) when somehow (no idea how) the police realize that the hair came from a wig of the murder who had gone through chemo. A little far fetched but not in the genre of the shows. You heard it here first!



I've told this to several friends/family who all thought it was a pretty good idea. However, got to love dad, his initial comment was that they probably already did a show with a similar plot idea. His point being that since there are, what, 8+ different types of these shows on each week, for however many years, there's been a lot of plots so the likelyhood that it was already done is high. I choose, to take the comment as a compliment, and if they haven't done it yet, they are welcome to use my idea - free of charge (I just get to have a walk on part :)