Your five favourite police/cop/detective shows

[Bruins4Lifer]

The Shield and The Wire stand alone as the top 2 for me.

Justified (it should count, right?) and SouthLAnd would be the next two.

For a miniseries, I'll mention Unbelievable. Great show, I think it's one of the best things Netflix has ever made.

 

[DaaaaB's]

The Shield and The Wire stand alone as the top 2 for me.

Justified (it should count, right?) and SouthLAnd would be the next two.

For a miniseries, I'll mention Unbelievable. Great show, I think it's one of the best things Netflix has ever made.

I've never watched The Shield or Southland but I loved The Wire and Justified. Completely agree about Unbelievable too. Such a good miniseries with great acting and actual detective work. Based on true events too.

 

[End of Line]

Homeland (mainly details with National Security/Intelligence though)
Narcos
Law & Order SVU
True Detective (S1 & S3)
Cops

 

[The Macho King]

I've never watched The Shield or Southland but I loved The Wire and Justified. Completely agree about Unbelievable too. Such a good miniseries with great acting and actual detective work. Based on true events too.

The Shield is mostly excellent but for a weird anti-vaxx/autism plotline in like season 3 or 4? First time I ever saw Walton Goggins and he's excellent in it. Also the Glen Close season which is full on Copagandha about the benefits of civil asset forfeiture is unfortunate too.

But - Mackey is great. CH Pounder and the guy that plays Dutch are fantastic. There's just some stuff that's like... awkwardly aged? There's also this was made during the era of lots of episodes per season (I think 22ish for most of it?) so there just ends up being some awkward storylines and plotlines that end up as filler. Definitely recommend it, but it is a bit uneven at points.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

The Shield is mostly excellent but for a weird anti-vaxx/autism plotline in like season 3 or 4? First time I ever saw Walton Goggins and he's excellent in it. Also the Glen Close season which is full on Copagandha about the benefits of civil asset forfeiture is unfortunate too.

But - Mackey is great. CH Pounder and the guy that plays Dutch are fantastic. There's just some stuff that's like... awkwardly aged? There's also this was made during the era of lots of episodes per season (I think 22ish for most of it?) so there just ends up being some awkward storylines and plotlines that end up as filler. Definitely recommend it, but it is a bit uneven at points.

Forest Whitaker was brilliant on that show.

 

[The Macho King]

Forest Whitaker was brilliant on that show.

Yeah he was great too. And the finale really nailed the landing.

 

[SirPaste]

The Wire stands above all others, but to be fair its my favorite show of all time.

The Shield, Luther, and Broadchurch are all very good. Also love Reno 911 even though its totally different, but one of my favorite comedies ever too.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Foyles War
Poirot (all Agatha Christie)
Endeavour
Blue Bloods
Midsomer Murders
Castle

 

[Speyer]

In no particular order:

Crime Story (1986-1988)
Twin Peaks (1990-1991)
The Wire (2002-2008)
The Shield (2002-2008)
Veronica Mars S1-S3 (2004-2007)

 

[TheAngryHank]

Wire.
Mayor of Kingstown.

 

[Bounces R Way]

X-Files

The Wire
Justified
Homeland
Brooklyn 99

HMs: CSI Miami, Fringe, Narcos, Archer, The Fall(Gillian Anderson is like insanely hot in this), Shetland, Gomorrah(more of a mob series but still some investigative work done in this)

 

[BIeucheeseWithWings]

Cops.

 

[kihei]

Three months is a long time

Actually, the second time I did that I kind of had a deja vu feeling. Of course, I could have scrolled up the page to check but that takes too much time.

 

[the valiant effort]

I can’t believe we’re 60+ posts in and not a single geek has mentioned how The Wire is not a cop show.

Because it isn’t.

 

[Babe Ruth]

Cops.

Never gets old..
I still reference the episode where cops pursued a loose zebra thru suburban Sacramento (laughter)..

 

[archangel2]

Hill street blues
Homicide life on the street
Brooklyn nine nine
Blue Bloods

I can’t believe we’re 60+ posts in and not a single geek has mentioned how The Wire is not a cop show.

Because it isn’t.

there are sure a lot of cops/detectives in that show

 

[Speyer]

I can’t believe we’re 60+ posts in and not a single geek has mentioned how The Wire is not a cop show.

Because it isn’t.

tHe MaIn ChArAcTeR iS BaLtImOrE

Of course its cop show. The main character is a cop. The series mostly revolves around the doings of cops and criminals. Sure there are other parts of urban life that The Wire explores as well but most of those still tie into police work in some shape or form.

 

[Teemu]

The Wire
Justified
Brooklyn 99
The Shield
Homicide: Life on the Street

 

[Stylizer1]

The Shield Was the First rated R TV show that paved the way for all of the others. It is still one of the wildest shows ever. The fact it starred a lot of unknown actors really made it unique because of how well it was done. The final 2 episodes of the series are the most intense of any show I can remember.

Brooklyn 99 is the best comedy
Get Smart
Miami Vice
New York Undercover

 

[CDJ]

I gotta watch The Shield, everybody tells me that


I’m gonna go

True Detective season 1
The Wire (its a lot of things but it is absolutely part police procedural)
Dexter
Criminal Minds
Psych (prob a top 3-5 show for me)

 

[BIeucheeseWithWings]

Never gets old..
I still reference the episode where cops pursued a loose zebra thru suburban Sacramento (laughter)..

My favourite:

 

[Jovavic]

I just watched The Shield for the first time a few months ago and it absolutely holds up despite being 20 years old

 

[Babe Ruth]

My favourite:

chuckle.. looked like he was arresting Bushwick Bill.

 

[Sammy Kat]

1. Justified
2. The Wire
3 Sherlock
4. The Shield
5 Blue Bloods - will miss it a lot after it ends this year.

Honourable Mention - Police Story- From the 70's but my dad found all the shows on youtube and I watched with him because it was his fav of all time and it is very good.Love the theme/chase music.

 

[Stylizer1]