Crime dramas typically do everything they can to throw the audience off the trail of the story’s mystery, and sometimes supernatural or surreal elements come into play because of this. Making the audience question what’s real and what’s imagined is a great way to build unreliable narrators and a sense of dread throughout the episodes. Sometimes, these aspects of the plot can get so outlandish that the series becomes almost absurdist. However, this isn’t necessarily a bad thing since this distinguishes the show from the competition. There is no shortage of supernatural series and crime dramas out there.
