The conventions of the crime genre are littered within the beginning as it starts with the police raiding a suspects house and the main character (Sam) chases down the suspect and catches him, they interview the suspect on a murder case having a lawyer and the detectives in the scene with him which is conventional of the crime genre however having a psychiatrist and social worker with the suspect making the scene unconventional and more realistic, also when Sam goes to the crime scene of his partners kidnapping having the area taped off and police surrounding the crime scene conventional to the crime genre however no connections to the sci-fi genre is shown until Sam is hit by a car and this begins the sci-fi elements as he is transported into the past and s the episode continues a psychological element is introduced as its implied that he is in a coma and everything he is seeing in the 70s is just his imagination.
The enigmas created within the beginning align more with the crime genre as the suspect is let go after having an alibi and the murder case is still open ended and this enigma is reinforced when Sam's partner is following the suspect and is kidnapped, When Sam is hit by the car and wakes up in the 70s the enigma of wondering if he is in a coma and everything was fake or he really did travel back in time is created and spans along the entire series but also another enigma is created as the murders mirror each other in both the past and present and this is solved at the end of the episode.
Within the present the police are presented as more professional and gender is portrayed equally until we are put into the past as the police are shown as unprofessional messing up evidence and being sexist to female police officers.
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