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randomsurfer
Since: Jan, 2001
ivanw24
Since: Nov, 2011
ivanw24
Since: Nov, 2011
eroock
Since: Sep, 2012

What is it called when a (usually Police procedurals) show cold opens with something dramatic (a hero getting shot, being arrested and put to jail, etc..) - and then, the next scene starts with a subtitle of (something like) 24 hours earlier 'or 3 month earlier.. or whatnot)... where everything seems routine.