6.645 minSeason 1 • Episode 10
LatestA city-wide manhunt begins for Rawls's shooter. Ballard receives an unexpected update on the LAPD conspiracy case.
Detective Renée Ballard plunges into a web of murder and corruption as she hunts a ruthless serial killer and uncovers a sinister police conspiracy that threatens everything she stands for. With her own demons nipping at her heels, Ballard must outwit both criminals and colleagues to bring long-overdue justice to the victims and their families.
Acting
Maggie Q's thousand-yard stare could solve crimes alone
Direction
LA as haunted house—palm trees never looked so sinister
Writing
Connelly adaptation respects the source, elevates the medium
Creator
Kendall Sherwood
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Michael Connelly personally approved Maggie Q after she shadowed actual LAPD cold case detectives for three weeks. She kept a worn notebook filled with their offhand comments about the job.
The series deliberately echoes 1970s paranoid thrillers like The Parallax View, updating the 'lone honest cop' trope for an era where audiences no longer trust institutions by default.
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