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Browse - Most popular shows featuring: unconventional methodsx
High Potential
Morgan is a single mom with an exceptional mind, whose unconventional knack for solving crimes leads to an unusual and unstoppable partnership with a by-the-book seasoned detective. Based on the popular French series "Haut Potentiel Intellectuel (HPI)."
MacGyver (2016)
A reimagining of the television series of the same name, following a 20-something MacGyver as he creates a clandestine organization where he uses his knack for solving problems in unconventional ways to help prevent disasters from happening.
Manhunt
The series explores how the FBI caught infamous criminal masterminds, with each closed-ended season following a different case. The first season focuses on the FBI agent, a highly specialized linguist, who using unconventional means brought Ted Kaczynski, aka the "Unabomber," to justice after nearly a 20-year manhunt. The show, said to be heavily serialized and darkly psychological in the vein of True Detective,would provide insight into the criminal and the case but also the psychological effects the cases have on the FBI agents assigned to hunt down the most dangerous criminals who often delve into a kind of madness of their own, becoming totally absorbed in the crimes and forced to live inside the darkest minds imaginable for years.
APB
The series explores what happens when an enigmatic tech billionaire purchases a troubled police precinct in the wake of a loved one's murder. Can this eccentric and enigmatic figure's cutting-edge approach fix the broken ways of these blue-blooded veterans?
The InBetween
The drama revolves around a mysterious young woman who reluctantly uses her gift of clairvoyance to help a veteran LAPD detective and a damaged ex-FBI outsider solve the most unnerving and challenging cases the city encounters. This eerie ability also opens the door for her to see and talk to the dead, who are seeking help for unresolved problems, whether she likes it or not.
Take Two
Ella, the former star of a hit cop series, is fresh out of-rehab following a bender of epic proportion. Desperate to restart her career, she talks her way into shadowing rough-and-tumble private investigator Eddie as research for a potential comeback role. Though lone wolf Eddie resents the babysitting gig, high-spirited Ella proves herself to be surprisingly valuable, drawing on her acting skills and 200 episodes of playing a detective. When the press touts Ella's role in solving a high-profile case, Eddie finds his phone ringing off the hook with new clients looking to hire the pair.
Bonding
After years apart, high school best friends Tiff and Pete reconnect in New York City only to discover they may not know each other as well as they used to. Tiff has a little secret: she is one of New York City's top dominatrixes. Knowing that Pete, a struggling standup comic, is in need of cash, she makes him an offer he can't refuse: to become a dominatrix's assistant.
Royal Pains
Dr. Hank Lawson trades in his white coat for a stethoscope and heads to the Hamptons to become a concierge doctor to the rich and famous.
With his medical expertise and unconventional style, Hank navigates the high society of the Hamptons while helping his patients with their unique ailments.
Brassic
Brassic, with its distinct northern flavour, is about a group of working-class friends finding unconventional ways to win at life in northern suburbia. These lads have dealt, scammed, bribed and conned their way through adolescence, but now, on the brink of adulthood, their dealing and stealing is catching up with them and a whole load of trouble is heading their way. Like a carefully stacked tower of cards, what happens if one of them is knocked down or, worse, removed from the pack entirely?
Private Eyes
Matt Shade, a former hockey player, and Angie Everett, a fierce private investigator, team up to form an unlikely investigative powerhouse.
Together, they solve crimes in Toronto, using their unique skills and chemistry to catch the bad guys. With humor, action, and drama, Private Eyes is a must-watch for fans of crime shows.
The Cleaner (2021)
The Cleaner features Davies as Paul 'Wicky' Wickstead, a state-certified cleaning technician with a penchant for gossiping, who's responsible for removing all traces of death from gruesome crime scenes in Shropshire.
Nathan for You
Nathan Fielder uses his business degree and life experiences to help real small businesses turn a profit. But because of his unorthodox approach, Nathan's genuine efforts to do good often draw real people into an experience far beyond what they signed up for.
Franklin & Bash
Jared Franklin and Peter Bash are two lawyers and close friends. When they win a high-profile case the firm they beat recruits them.
McDonald & Dodds
Set in Bath, two feature-length films pair the wildly ambitious DCI McDonald with the shy, modest DS Dodds. While McDonald has transferred from the mean streets of South London to leap up the career ladder, Dodds has happily languished on the shelf for most of his working life. McDonald is a tough, driven, battering ram of a cop who cracks cases through sheer force of will; Dodds - the tortoise to her hare - is quiet, unassuming and enigmatic. But thrust back into frontline action for the first time in a decade, he discovers a hidden talent for deciphering puzzles.
Two contemporary Britons, seemingly with nothing in common, thrown together, boss McDonald and loyal sidekick Dodds forge a rumbustious, entertaining and ultimately - give or take a few setbacks - effective partnership.
Perfect Harmony
When former Princeton music professor Arthur Cochran unexpectedly stumbles into choir practice at a small-town church, he finds a group of singers that are out of tune in more ways than one. Despite the ultimate clash of sensibilities, Arthur and his newfound cohorts may just be the perfect mix of individuals to help each other reinvent and rediscover a little happiness, just when they all need it most.
Angel From Hell
When Amy claims to be Allison's guardian angel, they form an unholy friendship but Allison can't be sure if Amy is an angel or just a crazy person?
Obituary
Six-part series about an obituarist working at a small-town newspaper, who suddenly finds herself being paid by the obituary due to cuts. When she "accidentally" kills a nasty piece of work, she discovers she might have an untapped bloodlust, and sets her sights on other unpleasant residents of the town. Her killing spree hits a potential snag when the paper hires an attractive crime correspondent.
Bad Judge
A single-camera comedy about a hard-living, sexually unapologetic woman who plays with the law, and whose life on the edge is constantly in balance as she also happens to be a judge in the Criminal Court system.
The Spencer Sisters
Police officer Darby Spencer and her mystery novelist mother Victoria Spencer have opposite personalities but still embark on the unlikeliest of ventures: becoming partners in a private detective agency.
The Eric Andre Show
This is an American comedy television series on Cartoon Network 's late-night programming block, Adult Swim. The show premiered in the United States on May 20, 2012, and is a parody of low-budget public-access talk shows. The series is hosted by comedian Eric André along with comedian Hannibal Buress, who serves as André's sidekick.
Red Band Society
A coming-of-age drama with humor set at a big-city hospital. Unlike most hospital series, it doesn't center on the doctors but on the patients. It explores with dark humor the daily life of a group of teenage kids living in a hospital who become unlikely friends. The depth of these unexpected friendships allow them to survive the challenges of growing up under such intense circumstances.
Swedish Dicks
Comedy series set in Downtown Los Angeles. The first ten episode season centers around Ingmar, an ex stunt man, now trying to survive as a small time private detective. One day his miserable life takes a new turn when he stumbles into Axel, a former, somewhat successful DJ. Together they partner up and start their own private investigator firm, Swedish Dicks. They become a great team taking on the strangest and wildest cases in LA, but when Ingmar's past catches up with them they have to solve the murder mystery of Ingmar's former stunt buddy Tex.
Fugo Detective Balance: Unlimited
The story follows the incredibly wealthy Daisuke Kanbe who audaciously solves cases in unconventional ways. Whereas Tsutsui serialized the original novel from 1975 to 1977, the anime moves the setting into the modern day. Kanbe is assigned to the "Modern Crimes Task Unit" - a unit created to keep problematic officers away from others. There, Kanbe becomes partners with Katō.
Rita (DK)
Following the life of a very outspoken and rebellious woman, Rita is a school teacher who is competent in the classroom, but seems to need a teacher of her own, when it comes to her personal life.
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