The Unusuals


The Unusuals is an American comedy-drama television series created by Noah Hawley that aired on ABC from April 8 to June 17, 2009, in the U.S. and Global in Canada. Set in New York City, the series revolves around the detectives of the New York City Police Department's fictional 2nd Precinct, many of whom have their own eccentricities and secrets.
The initial series order was for 10 episodes. Following the conclusion of the first season, The Unusuals was cancelled by ABC.

Premise

Det. Casey Shraeger transfers from Vice to the NYPD's 2nd 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 known to be corrupt, but he was also investigating others at the 2nd Precinct, particularly 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, for fear that treatment could kill or cripple him; and Eddie Alvarez, who sees himself as a "lone wolf" and talks about himself in the third person.
The show's cancellation left the question of Delahoy's fate unresolved.

Cast

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Home releases

The entire series was released on DVD on April 6, 2010, exclusively though Amazon. All ten episodes can be found on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon.com, and free of charge on Crackle.