The Unusuals: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

ABC | Season Premiere Date: April 8, 2009

Starring: Adam Goldberg, Harold Perrineau Jr., Terry Kinney

Summary: Vice cop Casey Shraeger (Amber Tamblyn) is transferred to a quirky and sometimes unusual homicide squad.

Creator: Noah Hawley

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Action & Adventure, Suspense

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E10. E.I.D.
Air Date: June 17, 2009
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S1:E9. The Apology Line
Air Date: June 10, 2009
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S1:E8. The Dentist
Air Date: June 3, 2009

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Mary Houlihan

A refreshing dramedy that captures the hard-boiled world of New York City homicide investigators and their twisted sense of humor Read full review

Heather Havrilesky

Look a little closer, though, and what you'll find is a truly strange cop dramedy with lots of sharp dialogue, jocular banter and offbeat scenarios. Read full review

Randee Dawn

That's a lot of eccentricity, but creator/writer Noah Hawley meshes humor and pathos with deft plotting and dialogue. Read full review

Robert Bianco

Clearly the show is trying to contrast humor with murder, lightening the mood with cat kidnappers and plushie hot dogs. But like too many ABC shows, it pushes the quirkiness too hard. Read full review

Cynthia Fuchs

It’s not new or challenging or even very strange. It is, however, plenty quirky. Read full review

It's the kind of setting that befits a cop show more focused on characters than cases, and The Unusuals delivers there. The problem is the policing; after one episode, it doesn't really grab me as a cop show yet--partly, perhaps, because the show is so whimsical its stakes don't yet feel real. Read full review

Tim Goodman

The series is flat-out tone deaf; a limp drama and a grating, messy misfire as a comedy. Read full review

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AllieA

Dec 23, 2009

My family and I loved this show!!! We're so disappointed that it was cancelled!!! We thought Amber Tamblyn was GREAT!! The show had just the right amount of humor and was edgy also. Even our kids (who are in their twenties) like it.