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Detroit 1-8-7

★ 7.6 4K votes 2010–2011 1 season · 18 episodes Canceled ABC
ProceduralA case or problem of the week, solved by a formula that works.This show: 8/10Detective mysteryCrime-solving from the investigator's side of the table.This show: 8/10GrittyRaw, unglamorous realism in both look and subject matter.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Michael ImperioliJames McDanielAisha HindsJon Michael HillShaun MajumderNatalie Martinez
Written by
Jason Richman
Starring
Michael ImperioliJames McDanielAisha HindsJon Michael HillShaun MajumderNatalie Martinez
Written by
Jason Richman
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
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About

"A city's decay turned into quiet, human procedural drama"

A one-season police drama following homicide detectives working cases across Detroit, shot in a loose documentary style that puts the city itself front and center. The show mixes case-of-the-week investigations with quieter looks at the detectives' personal lives and the toll the job takes on them. Pacing is steady procedural rhythm rather than flashy action, and the atmosphere leans gritty and melancholic, using Detroit's real economic struggles as a constant backdrop. It's a solid, unglamorous cop show carried by its ensemble cast and its distinctive sense of place rather than twisty plotting.

Watch it for

the unusually grounded, documentary-style look at Detroit and the detectives who work its streets.

Maybe skip if

you want flashy plotting rather than a slow, atmospheric character-driven procedural.

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All Seasons

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Season 12010
8.21K1815h 10m
Headed by Lieutenant Maureen Mason, a strong-willed single mom struggling to balance home and work, the team is made up of quite the firing squad. There's the damaged but driven Detective Louis Fitch along with his new partner, Detective Damon Washington. Detective Ariana Sanchez is the sexy and beautiful rising star in the department who teams up with narcotics undercover cop John Stone. Last but not least, Sergeant Jesse Longford is the 30-year veteran who forms an amusing match of experience and enthusiasm with his partner, Detective Vikram Mahajan, a fully Americanized son of Indian immigrants.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Pharmacy Double/Bullet Train7.2
11760 min
▶2Local Hero/Overboard8.1
6644 min
▶3Nobody's Home/Unknown Soldier7.9
7660 min
▶4Royal Bubbles/Needle Drop8.2
7060 min
▶5Murder in GreekTown/High School Confidential7.8
6160 min
▶6Lost Child/Murder 1018.2
7044 min
▶7Broken Engagement/Trashman8.1
6160 min
▶8Déjà Vu/All In8.3
5060 min
▶9Home Invasion/Drive-By8.4
5260 min
▶10Shelter8.4
5544 min
▶11Ice Man/Malibu8.4
5844 min
▶12Key to the City8.7
6744 min
▶13Road to Nowhere8.4
5342 min
▶14Beaten/Cover Letter8.2
5142 min
▶15Legacy/Drag City8.3
4642 min
▶16Stone Cold8.1
5342 min
▶17Motor City Blues8.4
5860 min
▶18Blackout8.8
7542 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Michael Imperioli Detective Louis Fitch
James McDaniel Sergeant Jesse Longford
Aisha Hinds Lieutenant Maureen Mason
Jon Michael Hill Detective Damon Washington
Shaun Majumder Detective Vikram Mahajan
Natalie Martinez Detective Ariana Sanchez
Erin Cummings Dr. Abbey Ward
D.J. Cotrona Detective John Stone
Megan Dodds Jess Harkins
Erin Way Wendy Chapin-Lomeister

Crew

Jason Richman

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