Season 2 • Episode 6
LatestWracked with guilt for not following his instincts on a domestic disturbance call when the woman involved is reported missing and presumed dead several hours later, Tom works with Katherine to uncover the whereabouts of the woman and the person who murdered the chief suspect in her disappearance.
Each episode of this series, set in contemporary Los Angeles, examines one crime from many different viewpoints - uniformed cops, detectives, witnesses, the media, the fire department and rescue squad, even the criminals themselves.
Writing
Graham Yost's nonlinear scripts demand active viewing.
Acting
Neal McDonough's morally slippery DA steals every scene.
Direction
Visual callbacks between perspectives reveal hidden connections.
Creator
Graham Yost
Donnie Wahlberg
Detective Joel Stevens
Neal McDonough
Assistant District Attorney David McNorris
Mykelti Williamson
Police Department Detective II Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
Gary Basaraba
Police Department Police Officer III Ray Hechler
Lana Parrilla
Teresa Ortiz, paramedic in season one, rookie police officer in season two
Jason Gedrick
Police Department Police Officer II Tom Turcotte
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
NBC aired episodes out of order, destroying the narrative continuity that made the show work.
Predates True Detective's timeline tricks by a decade; influenced how prestige crime handles unreliable narration.
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