Complex questions: The St. Petersburg Times wonders whether television mysteries have gotten too complicated for viewers to solve. In its search for answers, the newspaper interviews comics writer-turned-TV writer Gerry Conway, who's now on the staff of Law & Order: Criminal Intent:

"For my mother, (traditional mysteries) were like comfort food for the mind -- she was able to sit down with characters she enjoyed, like Angela Lansbury's Jessica Fletcher. Now we're dealing with an audience that expects a sense of novelty from moment to moment. It's the difference between sitting down to dinner and getting on a roller coaster."