Continuing on in this little subcategory of “Shows Evan_the_Bard remembered from his childhood but no one else does and honestly thought he made up” is Likely Suspects, a FOX detective show that ran for one season in 1992-1993. The only reason Likely Suspects merits any discussion at all is because it is, to my knowledge at least, the only tv show shot in through the second-person perspective.

The show is about “YOU,” a rookie detective, and your motormouth partner, trying to solve crimes in and around Los Angeles. YOU don’t speak and are incapable of touching or interacting much with the crime scenes, but the show makes it sound like YOU are playing along with the show. Interactive tv this ain’t. It’s all the fun of an arcade rail-shooter game, except you don’t actually shoot at anything and instead watch someone else play.

Young Evan_the_Bard only remembers it because it aired Friday nights at 9:30 pm, right before American Gladiators, which Evan_the_Bard and his brother (er, Nale_the_Sorcerer?) watched religiously. Because of its terrible time slot, unremarked-upon death, and incredibly generic name, it took me almost 25 years to track down what this show was called.

Many of the episodes are available to watch on YouTube, which now seems appropriate. The view totals are in the mid three digits.