Killer Instinct (TV series)

Killer Instinct was an hour-long crime drama television series broadcast on the FOX Network. The pilot episode aired on September 23, 2005 and the final episode aired on December 2, 2005.

The show starred Johnny Messner as Detective Jack Hale of the San Francisco Police Department Deviant Crimes Unit. The unit's mission is to track down the perpetrators of unusual crimes within the city. The definition of a deviant crime is not explicitly stated within the show. Each new crime spree is investigated by the head of the unit, Lieutenant Matt Cavanaugh (Chi McBride) who judges whether the crime is deviant enough to be investigated by the DCU. The subjective nature of this process has led Hale's partner, Detective Danielle Carter (Kristin Lehman), to try to define a deviant crime. Despite her efforts, Hale remains convinced that deviance is in the eye of the beholder.

FOX recorded 13 episodes, only 9 episodes were broadcast in the United States, although the remaining 4 were premiered in other countries where the series was broadcast. In the UK, it aired on Five (now airing on Five US), in France the series was broadcast on M6, in New Zealand it was broadcast on TV3 and later on The Box, and in Italy it's broadcasting on Italia 1.

Cast

Johnny Messner — Det. Jack Hale
Kristin Lehman — Det. Danielle Carter
Chi McBride — Lt. Matt Cavanaugh
Rukiya Bernard — Eden Cavanaugh
Kavan Smith — Jonas Menzel

Crew

Charles Grant Craig — executive producer
Ed Zuckerman — executive producer
Josh Berman — series creator, writer

Season 1: 2005-2006

Episode 01 - Pilot
Episode 02 - Five Easy Pieces
Episode 03 - 13 going on 30
Episode 04 - O Brother, Where Art Thou
Episode 05 - Die Like an Egyptian
Episode 06 - Who's Your Daddy
Episode 07 - Game Over
Episode 08 - Forget Me Not
Episode 09 - Shake, Rattle and Roll
Episode 10 - She's the Bomb

Episodes which premiered in the UK on "five":

Episode 11 - While You Were Sleeping
Episode 12 - Love Hurts
Episode 13 - Fifteen Minutes of Flame (Note: the plot of the episode is vaguely inspired by the movie Saw.)

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