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The Good Guys

★ 8.0 8K votes 2010–2010 1 season · 20 episodes Canceled FOX
Banter chemistryRelationships built on verbal spark.This show: 8/10Witty banterRapid-fire verbal sparring.This show: 8/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 8/10Central duoOne pair's chemistry carries everything.This show: 7/10CampyKnowingly over the top and enjoying every minute of its own excess.This show: 7/10ProceduralA case or problem of the week, solved by a formula that works.This show: 7/10Easy watchingLow-demand television where half your attention is enough.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Bradley WhitfordColin HanksJenny WadeDiana Maria RivaJenna BurrisKimberly Lynn Campbell
Written by
Matt Nix
Starring
Bradley WhitfordColin HanksJenny WadeDiana Maria RivaJenna BurrisKimberly Lynn Campbell
Written by
Matt Nix
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
063125188250

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About

"A buddy-cop parody that never winks too hard"

A washed-up, mustachioed detective stuck in the past is paired with an uptight, by-the-book partner who'd rather be anywhere else. Together they stumble into outlandish cases that spiral into over-the-top shootouts and stakeouts. The show leans hard into 1980s buddy-cop cliches and plays them for laughs rather than thrills, riding on the mismatched chemistry between its two leads. It's fast, silly, and unapologetically broad, more sitcom energy than procedural grit, and it never takes its own action-movie trappings seriously for a second.

Watch it for

the mismatched chemistry between a burnout relic detective and his exasperated straight-laced partner.

Maybe skip if

you want grounded crime drama rather than broad, self-aware genre spoofing.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12010
8.12K2017h 54m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Pilot7.7
23845 min
▶2Bait & Switch7.7
16743 min
▶3Broken Door Theory7.8
15043 min
▶4The Dim Knight7.8
12860 min
▶5$3.527.8
14344 min
▶6Small Rooms7.7
12260 min
▶7Hunches & Heists8.4
11260 min
▶8Silvio's Way7.9
11760 min
▶9Don't Tase Me, Bro8.1
12960 min
▶10Vacation8.3
10560 min
▶11Common Enemies8.6
9960 min
▶12Little Things8.1
8760 min
▶13Dan on the Run8.3
10060 min
▶14Old Dogs7.9
8744 min
▶15The Whistleblower8.6
10060 min
▶16Silence of the Dan8.2
9345 min
▶17The Getaway8.3
8360 min
▶18Supercops8.4
9645 min
▶19Cop Killer8.3
9260 min
▶20Partners8.7
8645 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Bradley Whitford Dan Stark
Colin Hanks Jack Bailey
Jenny Wade A.D.A. Liz Traynor
Diana Maria Riva Lieutenant Ana Ruiz, Lt. Ana Ruiz
Jenna Burris Detective Testolin
Kimberly Lynn Campbell Detective Williams
Nathan Fane Detective Rios
AC Hensley Detective Parsons, Detective Parson
Joel Spence Det. Hodges, Detective Hodges
RonReaco Lee Julius Brown, Julius Grant, Julius

Crew

Matt Nix

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