| The Unusuals | |
|---|---|
| Format | Comedy-drama Serial drama |
| Created by | Noah Hawley |
| Starring | Amber Tamblyn Jeremy Renner Harold Perrineau Adam Goldberg Terry Kinney Joshua Close Monique Curnen Kai Lennox |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 (List of episodes) |
| Production company(s) | Sony Pictures Television |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Original run | April 8 – June 17, 2009 |
The Unusuals is a comedy-drama television series which premiered on ABC on April 8, 2009 in the U.S. and Global in Canada. An ABC press release described The Unusuals as "like a modern-day M*A*S*H" that "explores both the grounded drama and comic insanity of the world of New York City police detectives, where every cop has a secret". Its premise elaborated:
The pilot and first episode were written by Noah Hawley, a former writer and producer for Fox's Bones.
The initial series order was for 10 episodes. Show creator Noah Hawley announced via his Twitter account in mid-May 2009 that ABC would not be bringing the show back for a second season.[2]
Contents |
Det. Casey Shraeger transfers from Vice to NYPD's Second Precinct with a mission: to clean up Sergeant Harvey Brown's station at his request. Her new partner is Jason Walsh, whose previous partner was murdered the same night Shraeger was assigned to him. Shraeger was chosen mostly because Brown believes her to be incorruptible, since she comes from a wealthy family and chose to work for the police from a sense of doing good, rather than for money.
As soon as she meets her new partner, they start a quest for Walsh's ex-partner's killer. He was a corrupt cop, which was a known fact, but he was also investigating other cops at the 2nd Precinct. His main focus was Det. Henry Cole who once lived by another name and robbed an armored car. Cole's partner, Det. Allison Beaumont, is later revealed to be Walsh's girlfriend.
Besides Shraeger, Walsh, Beaumont and Cole, the station has three more detectives: Leo Banks, who wears a bulletproof vest everywhere he goes, because he is afraid he will die at age 42, as his father, grandfather and uncle did; Banks' partner Eric Delahoy, who has a brain tumor but refuses to notify anyone or get treatment that can potentially kill him or leave him disabled; and Eddie Alvarez, who believes himself to be a 'lone wolf' and talks about himself in the third person.
The show was left cancelled with a cliffhanger about what happens to Delahoy.
| Episode Number | Episode | Rating | Share | Rating/Share (18-49) |
Viewers (millions) |
Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pilot" | 4.5 | 8 | 2.2/6 | 6.83 | 4/8/2009 |
| 2 | "Boorland Day" | 3.9 | 7 | 1.9/5 | 6.01 | 4/15/2009 |
| 3 | "One Man Band" * | 3.8 | 6 | 1.6/5 | 6.33 | 4/21/2009 |
| 4 | "Crime Slut" | 3.2 | 5 | 1.6/5 | 4.97 | 4/22/2009 |
| 5 | "42" | 3.3 | 6 | 1.7/5 | 5.08 | 4/29/2009 |
| 6 | "The Circle Line" | 3.1 | 5 | 1.6/4 | 4.63 | 5/6/2009 |
| 7 | "The Tape Delay" | 2.5 | 4 | 0.9/3 | 3.91 | 5/27/2009 |
| 8 | "The Dentist" | 2.0 | 4 | 0.7/2 | 2.94 | 6/3/2009 |
| 9 | "The Apology Line" | 2.8 | 5 | 1.2/4 | 4.67 | 6/10/2009 |
| 10 | "E.I.D." | 2.5 | 4 | 1.1/4 | 3.91 | 6/17/2009 |
It was released as an amazon.com exclusive on April 6, 2010. All ten episodes of The Unusuals are currently available on Netflix and all ten can be found on Hulu and Sony-owned Crackle.