The Unusuals

2009
4.8
41 reviews
TV-14
Rating
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Season 1 episodes (10)

1 Pilot
4/8/09
In "Pilot," Casey is taken off the streets where she's been working as an undercover hooker and finds herself reassigned to the Second Precinct, effective immediately. She meets her new partner, Jason Walsh (Jeremy Renner), whose last partner, Detective Burt Kowalski, was just murdered. Tasked with tracking down the murderer, Walsh races off to investigate Kowalski's past, with Shraeger trailing behind. As the duo seeks out the cop killer, the secrets and eccentricities of the rest of the department begin to emerge...
2 Boorland Day
4/15/09
One of New York's oldest family of criminals, the Boorlands, go on a crime spree that has the detectives running all over the city. When Walsh (Jeremy Renner) and Shraeger (Amber Tamblyn) learn the surprising reason behind the family's cluster of crimes, they use this information to negotiate its end. Meanwhile, Sergeant Brown (Terry Kinney) tells Shraeger that Walsh's former partner, Kowalski, was a dirty cop and asks her to dig into Walsh's past; and Cole's (Adam Goldberg) efforts to keep his criminal past a secret are threatened by the arrival of Frank Lutz (Ryan O'Nan), Cole's former partner in crime, on "The Unusuals."
3 One Man Band
4/21/09
Banks and Delahoy run into trouble on an undercover sting while Casey discovers that a personal favor throws a wrench into another case.
4 Crime Slut
4/22/09
Beaumont tries to keep her financial woes a secret after she's caught in the middle of a pawn shop robbery.
5 42
4/29/09
Cole (Josh Close) receives a disturbing call from Lutz (Guest star Ryan O'Nan), who believes Walsh (Jeremy Renner) knows he killed Kowalski and is on his way to Walsh's diner. Lutz poses as a customer and strikes up a conversation with Walsh before pulling a gun and firing. Lutz escapes and Walsh discovers that one stray bullet went through the diner into his apartment, striking Beaumont. Cole fears for his future as Walsh and Casey begin to uncover pieces of his past relationship with Lutz. Meanwhile, Banks (Harold Perrineau) continues to be haunted by the number 42 while he and Delahoy (Adam Goldberg) investigate a string of bus robberies. One passenger, a clairvoyant, tries to help them catch the robber with her predictions, causing Banks to question whether fate can be stopped.
6 The Circle Line
4/29/09
Officer Lewis Powell fell off the wagon and woke up in an alley covered in blood with his off duty weapon missing. Lewis tells Walsh he may have killed someone the night before during an alcohol-induced blackout and asks for his help. While Walsh and Shraeger scramble to put together the pieces of Lewis' missing night, Banks and Delahoy learn they are both victims of identity theft. While investigating the murder of the man pretending to be Leo Banks, Delahoy and Banks peer into the lives of the men who have stolen their identities and consider changing the way they live their lives, on "The Unusuals."
7 The Tape Delay
5/27/09
Casey and Walsh are placed on protection detail of a wealthy businessman, George Reed, who had recent threats made on his life. Casey and Walsh hear screams and are pulled away from their post in front of Reed's hotel room. When they return, Reed's room is trashed, he is missing, and a ransom call is made asking for $10 million for his safe return. Meanwhile, Banks and Delahoy are put on the case of an eighty-seven year old man on a geriatric crime spree.
8 The Dentist
6/3/09
While Sergeant Brown is away, Alvarez is in charge, and things aren't going well. A U.S. Marshall named Foster convinces Alvarez to release Bo Keebler, a man recently collared for trying to rob a Chinese restaurant, into his custody. But after a fake bomb threat is called in to the precinct, Casey, Alvarez, and Walsh discover that Foster is not all that he seems. Meanwhile, Banks decides to stay in his apartment till he turns 43 years old to avoid getting killed.
9 The Apology Line
6/10/09
Walsh and Shraeger investigate the murder of drug store owner and naturalist who was shot running down a Lower East Side street naked. When the boyfriend of the victim's daughter informs the detectives about an argument the victim had with a loan shark a few nights earlier, the case turns in a new direction. Meanwhile Beaumont and Cole look into the theft of a series of tapes from an apology line service, and Delahoy gets more than he bargained for when he convinces the medical examiner to give him an MRI.
10 E.I.D.
6/17/09
Beaumont and Cole interview a couple regarding a break-in at their home. Although nothing was taken, the couple discovered that an adult film they rented was shot in their apartment. After Delahoy and Banks identify other apartments used in the series of adult films, Cole finds a common thread between all of the dysfunctional tenants. Hoping to set the scene for another movie, Beaumont and Cole go undercover. Meanwhile Scraeger becomes emotionally invested in trying to help a serial accuser who was the victim of a violent attack 10 years ago after disappearing from a big prep school party.

About this show

Set within the walls of New York City's Seventh Precinct, 'The Unusuals,' follows Detective Casey Shraeger as she makes the leap from vice to robbery/homicide. Entering the Seventh, Casey is paired with Detective Joe Walsh, a former minor-league shortstop and amateur restauranteur who is still reeling from the recent murder of his partner.

Ratings and reviews

4.8
41 reviews
Wendy Joines
March 28, 2014
Well written & acted. Jeremy Renner's best post Hurt Locker performance, bar none.
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darlene landis
June 5, 2014
Loved jeremy renner in this , but also adam goldberg and the rest of the cast. Very funny!
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A Google user
July 22, 2012
Too bad it didn't last. The good ones never do.
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