The Detectives

CBC is really on a roll the last few years fantastic original programming - this show being no exception and a fabulous addition to high-quality true crime dramas.

Great production - HIGHLY recommend.

An exceptionally well rounded CBC show based on real life crimes. I realize that there are a limited number of shows produced each season but I'm hoping that "The Detectives" season could be longer. Barring longer seasons my next wish is that this series will continue for a few more years to come.

Each episode in this series is a reenactment of a major Canadian crime.

I usually find productions like this (e.g. The First 48) to be dry and fairly uninteresting, but the makers have managed to capture the feel of the investigations as well as the facts. I think that this is because this series uses quality Canadian actors. The production values are also very good.

I like a lot about this series.

They got the actual detectives from the cases to talk through the investigations. I felt this gave the show a weightier impact than had a narrator presented everything.

The tone was very professional -- cases were neither sensationalized nor presented as entertainment. It's tricky to get the tone just right with a show like this, but they did.

The reenactments were appropriately presented and well-acted. Some similar shows would overdo it on the suspense and try to turn everything into a horror movie. This show resisted that temptation and merely stuck to what I assume are the facts.

I would love it if CBC produced more seasons. I raced through the first three seasons in less than a week.

I have to say for a Canadian developed, produced, acted, and directed series, this is about as good as it gets. It stars some of the best, and most recognizable, Canadian actors. To have someone of the stature of Michael Ironside really adds a lot of credibility to the series - even though he only appears in one episode. Hugh Dillon is no slouch either. And to boot it's a CBC series. One of the best they've produced in years. I'm only through the first four episodes, my favourites being 1&3, so far. I really hope they do a season two, and more...