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I guess we just lived slightly different realities then. 90/91 was my freshmen year in High School and recent graduates would often stop by to visit teachers before heading to desert storm so it was very much talked about in my town. I also grew up somewhere significant to the anti-war protests of Vietnam so there wasn’t a lot of rah rah America happening.

I read a great article regarding the time setting & costume design/set design for the show. The colors are muted & the outfits more plain for a reason. Partly it being a police procedural & partly just not to distract from the actors. They also spoke about the tech used & other things.

I can’t speak to why they made the sartorial choices they did in Will Trent (love that show) and I know that is a current time setting. I believe they spoke to why Trent dresses as he does but his boss & partner are also, particular and it does stand out.

I think if you watch Dexter: Original Sin you’ll see more of the early 90s color that you are missing here but that works more for the show & location.

Other than a song used in the 1st episode here (which I think I commented on) I think they are doing well in the set dressing & feel for this show. Slightly bleak, gritty police procedural. Any bright colors would really deter from the mood.

Honestly my only real issue is with Lori Petty’s character having pinkish hair as that would not have been tolerated in an official government post but I think she’s just a precursor type character to Abbey and we all know that wouldn’t have flown either so some things we let slip for the sake of a good story shrug