Border Patrol Canada - Einsatz an der Grenze

Could not help but notice that the prior reviewers are complaining about how dull this is....? Am I missing something? This is a reality show, which operates by completely different rules from dramatic TV. Repetition is to be be expected. Life itself is repetitive.

One of my favorite reality shows, My Cat From Hell, invariably works around the same themes year after year -- cats who pee, cats who bite, cats who try to eat the baby. But it is still a good reality show and so is this one.

What kills me are how polite the officers are. So Canadian. And it is not an act, Canadians are like that. Every few shows, in a friendly direct and oh so Canadian way, they will get a suspect to "admit" something on re-questioning that was not initially put forward.

Just friendly questioning. No threats. No water boarding. No trips to Cuba. Just chitchat.

Then they will politely ask the suspect to lean against the wall and put his or her hands behind the back.

Then, still apologizing, they slap on the cuffs. And make the arrest.

My all-time favorite episode was a guy who, just by accident, he claimed, forgot the password for his computer. Despite polite and reasonable arguments that he MUST know it, because he uses it all the time, he just keeps getting it wrong and he keeps apologizing to the Canadian officer for the memory problem. And the computer kept limiting the number of new chances to get access.

You have to imagine this. Like a scene from Deliverance called "Duelling Apologies." Finally, against every instinct that said there was something hinkey about the guy, the officer had no choice but to let him go because (at present anyway) there is no Canadian law prohibiting entry of someone with a bad memory.

And you call this boring?

Not all that exciting and it's disappointing to see the confrontational, condescending and patronizing way the Border Patrol people harass travelers who don't speak English as a first langauge. Basically if you plan to go to Canada, don't wait until the last minute to purchase your ticket. You will be pulled aside immediately because apparently nobody in their right mind plans a trip to Canada without preparing months in advance. Don't make arrangements to fly in a day eariler or a day later than your spouse because this is apparently a big red flag. It's amazing the stupid stuff they will stop you for. If you like this kind of thing, you will like this show.

I really enjoy the subject matter of this show - the specifics of international law, customs, travel, the bureaucracy and technicalities are all really fascinating to me. Those aspects of the show are great.

But this show has some serious flaws: for a 20 minute program, basically there's 5-8 minutes of actual content in the episode. The rest of the show is constant editing, voiceovers, and recaps of the same content over and over. If they stayed with a single story until it's completed, the show would never exceed 10 minutes, with each story taking 2-3 minutes each. Instead, we cut back and forth between the different stories and constantly recap their content.

Also, on the subject matter itself, the contemptuous attitude of officers toward people is disappointing. Also, swabbing IDs for drugs is scientifically dubious, since over 90% of global currency will test positive for drugs, and IDs are stored in wallets with money. It seems like fishing versus actual concern over real drug smuggling.

The way the Police custom talk to people make believe everyone is a crook

Love this and US, UK, New Zealand and Australia. Love to see thick people give it a go and lie about stuff. Surprised by extent "professional crime " goes to.

Hate the editing. OK it goes from here to there and back but i dont need a reminder of what i saw 2 or 3 minutes ago. I guess say in 30mins 10% is repeated footage, 10% is ads.

Guess thats an easy way to fill time, but annoys me!