Dragnet
Dragnet noun - A conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths.
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Plot
Plot noun - A secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends.
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- Opening Narration: In the vein of Dragnet, in that it often tied into the plot of that week's episode.
Source: Series / H Ighway Patrol - Joe Friday's "This is the city" narrations from Dragnet very rarely fell into this, mostly because the narration is used to set up the plot of the episode, very little waxing philosophical is ever done.
Source: Fauxlosophic Narration
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