Name: The Detectives
Genre: Crime, Drama, Documentary
Released: 2018-01-10
Rating: 3.8

Overview

A gripping factual series that brings to life the work of real detectives by blending the best of documentary storytelling with fully dramatized re-enactments. Every episode features a different detective reliving the investigation that not only challenged them like no other, but also had a residual impact on an aspect of Canadian life and law enforcement.

Seasons

Season 1

8 Episodes

2018

E01

The Wells Gray Gunman

1/10/2018·60m

One of the largest mass murders in Canada is heinously committed In Wells Gray Park, B.C., as three generations of a family are brutally killed. For Detective Mike Eastham, it’s mission that takes him across the country and back again as he pioneers the use of the media to catch his man. When the killer gets a plea, Eastham vows to put him behind bars, because for Eastham the case won’t be over for him until he’s gone.

E02

Project Hitchhiker

1/17/2018·60m

Detective Herb Curwain is finally promoted to the Homicide Unit and with this comes the assignment of an unsolved case he knows well — the disappearance of a young woman in Pickering, Ont. There’s evidence this may be connected to one man and a string of serial killings, but when red tape threatens to get in his way — Curwain does whatever it takes and changes the way serial killers are investigated in Canada to this day.

E03

Trick or Treat

1/24/2018·60m

When a man is reported missing, things don’t add up. Edmonton Homicide Investigator Bill Clark takes charge and before long finds himself deep in the world of Internet homicide and the sickening potential that the murder was filmed and for sale to the highest bidder.

E04

Father's Day

1/31/2018·60m

When leads dry up on a double homicide, Hamilton Detective Don Forgan turns to the only potential witness, the murder victim's three-year-old son.

E05

Stranger Calling

2/7/2018·60m

Detective Rod Piukkala faces a gruesome crime scene, a bomb threat, and a killer threatening to strike again. The victim's family helps change Canadian parole laws forever.

E06

Burning Season

3/7/2018·60m

In 2011, a massive fire tore down a 19th century heritage building and threatened Toronto’s downtown core. The high-profile case still haunts detective Debbie Harris.

E07

She Said

3/14/2018·60m

The high-profile case still haunts detective Debbie Harris.

E08

Home

3/21/2018·60m

The high-profile case still haunts detective Debbie Harris.

Season 2

8 Episodes

2018

E01

The Walk Home

9/20/2018·60m

Like most nights, 18-year-old Jennifer Teague walked home from her late shift at work. But this time, she never made it home

E02

The Second Chance

9/27/2018·60m

Like most nights, 18-year-old Jennifer Teague walked home from her late shift at work. But this time, she never made it home

E03

Nine Shots

10/4/2018·60m

But this time, she never made it home

E04

Jackie

10/11/2018·60m

But this time, she never made it home

E05

Small Town Murder

10/18/2018·60m

This small town suicide didn’t raise any suspicion, but when Detective Ken Leppert dug deeper it began to look more like murder.

E06

The Last Fare

10/25/2018·60m

This small town suicide didn’t raise any suspicion, but when Detective Ken Leppert dug deeper it began to look more like murder.

E07

Hated

11/1/2018·60m

When a man with no enemies and few friends is viciously murdered in a quiet neighbourhood in Calgary, Detective Dave Sweet struggles to determine who could have done it.

E08

Master Manipulator

11/8/2018·60m

Detective Dave Sweet struggles to determine who could have done it.

Season 3

8 Episodes

2020

E01

Mother and Son

1/9/2020·60m

A Sackville mother and son are found strangled to death in their trailer home, which becomes an intensely personal case for RCMP Detective Gerry Belliveau.