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1 :01x01 - Pilot
Detective Jack Hale took a hiatus from the force when his partner died in the line of duty. Now back at work for the San Francisco Police Department's Deviant Crime Unit, Hale is taking on the bizarre and deviant crimes committed by San Francisco's most aberrant criminals. In his latest case, Hale tries to find an answer for the inexplicable deaths of healthy young women who seem to have died in their sleep. The investigation leads the detective to the lab of a local professor and a realization that makes everyone's skin crawl.
2 :01x02 - Five Easy Pieces
Director: Bryan Spicer
Guest star: Jessica Steen (Dr. Francine Klepp), Jodie Graham (Calvin Miller), Paul Jarrett (Will Hansen), David Peterson (Lou Gilliam), John Pyper-Ferguson (Detective Sean Landry), Malcolm Stewart (Carl Neeson), David Peck (Jeff Deever), Karly Warkentin (Maggie Niekro), Heather McComb (Sarah Miller), Ramon De Ocampo (Harry Oka)
Detective Jack Hale meets his "real" partner, Detective Danielle Carter, after learning Lyford was a plant by Lt. Cavanaugh to ensure he was ready to return to the toughest unit of the S.F.P.D. While Hale is getting to know and trust his new rookie partner, he and Carter must contend with a murderer who seems to be taking back the life-saving gifts from organ donor recipients. Not only are they in a race against time to stop this bizarre pattern of murders, but they also are beginning to realize that the motives for a crime can expose the monsters that may lurk just beneath the surface of all of us.
3 :01x03 - 13 going on 30
The abduction of a 12-year-old girl, closely followed by the murder of a convicted paedophile, prompts Hale and Carter to suspect a vigilante is on the loose. When a second man is found dead, they realise the kidnapped child is being used as bait for potential victims - before a shocking revelation turns the case on its head.
4 :01x04 - O Brother, Where Art Thou
Writer: Ed Zuckerman
Director: Bryan Spicer
Guest star: Alex Miller (Dr. Ralph Malcolm)
Hale’s rough exterior has always protected him from the crimes he witnesses on a daily basis and it has also made his personal life a little less than ideal, especially when we discover he’s got a little more to worry about than just himself. Meanwhile, Hale, Carter and Lieutenant Cavanaugh are up against double jeopardy when a set of twins are found murdered and all clues point in the same direction.
5 :01x05 - Die Like an Egyptian
As Detective Danielle Carter learns more about the definition of a deviant crime, she and Hale continue to forge their relationship as partners, and despite Hale's best efforts, he is beginning to warm to her. Meanwhile, Hale and Carter are thrust into the dark underworld of Egyptian mythology as bizarre crimes involving ancient hieroglyphs and rituals have the D.C.U. on a hunt for one person's quest for the impossible.
6 :01x06 - Who's Your Daddy?
Hale experiences deja vu when he investigates the death of a man strangled with a leather cord. A book page is found 100ft from the corpse - a method matching killings for which Hale's father was arrested 20 years ago.
To make matters worse, Carter discovers a fingerprint found at the scene belongs to her colleague - who decides to get some answers from his parent on death row.
7 :01x07 - Game Over
Guest star: Karina Mackenzie (Amelia Kallick), Ramon De Ocampo (Harry Oka), Jennifer Spence (Detective Burch), Jessica Steen (Dr. Francine Klepp), Benita Ha (Riley), Rukiya Bernard (Eden Cavanaugh), Mark Louie (Officer Lee)
When Lt. Ray Cavanaugh is faced with the possibility that he convicted the wrong person for a crime, he and his team are thrust into the obsessive world of gaming and the deviant way in which players are reenacting murder scenes from their favorite video games.
8 :01x08 - Forget me not?
Keeping Detective Jack Hale and Detective Danielle Carter from solving a killing spree is a victim who survived the attack but can’t remember anything about it. What the D.C.U. doesn’t realize is that the victim holds more in his mind than just the memory of who tried to kill him.
9 :01x09 - Shake, Rattle and Roll
Detective Jack Hale knows that earthquakes can sometimes kick up more than just dust and a few broken plates, but when he and Detective Danielle Carter discover a string of murders tied to earthquake epicenters, it’s up to them to discover the link.
10 :01x10 - She's the Bomb
Writer: Carla Kettner
Director: Vincent Misiano
Guest star: Jody Thompson (), Benita Ha (), Sebastian Spence (), Ramon De Ocampo (), Miles Boisselle (Tuxedo), Benson Simmonds (Martin), Lindsey Simpson (Katie), Dena Ashbaugh (Bridget), Crystal Lowe (Yvette), Brenda Campbell (Vanessa), Terri Anne Welyki (Jamie), David Quinlan (Marshall), David Coles (Officer Fanitini), John Dadey (Rangemaster)
After a bride explodes on her way up the aisle, the team search for a bomber who kills victims using their own clothes.
11 :01x11 - While You Were Sleeping
Writer: Erin Maher, Kay Reindl
Director: Bryan Spicer
Guest star: Ramon De Ocampo (), Byron Lawson (), Eileen Pedde (), Sonja Bennett (), Juliana Wimbles (), Nolan Gerard Funk (), Tim Guinee (), Noah Beggs (campus cop), Ecstasia Sanders (Hanna), Adam Thomas (Marvin), Rhys Lloyd (Braymore), Amber Borycki (Justine), Matthew McInnis (Pivitnick)
The detectives investigate a series of murders at a local university, and discover they were all carried out with objects close to hand. Further probing links the killings to dreams experienced in a sleep clinic on campus - disturbing for Carter, whose own night visions have become increasingly vivid.
12 :01x12 - Love Hurts
Writer: Carla Kettner
Director: Chris Grismer
Guest star: Adam Reid (Medical Examiner/Labratory Assistant), Sunita Prasad (Alice), Vicky Lambert (Hostage), Jessica Harmon (Jennifer Crossland), Paul Moniz de Sa (Manager), Ramon De Ocampo (Harry Oka), Michael E. Rodgers (Mace/Edward Peterson), Duke Shoebotham (Club Doorman), Tobias Slezak (Thomas), Chaz Chamberlain (Bad Boy), Luciana Carro (Eljay), Michael Boisvert (Sam Kaplan/Bossi), Matt Anderson (Cashier), Abigail Spencer (Violet Summers/Jane Peterson), Jennifer Spence (Det. Burch)
Hale and Carter investigate the mysterious murder of a man shot in his car with a crossbow bolt and decapitated. They learn he was dating a woman whom they discover is masquerading under a fake name, and involved in a perverse love game with her husband - killing for the sheer pleasure of it .
13 :01x13 - Fifteen Minutes of Fame
Writer: Charlie Craig
Director: Tim Matheson
Guest star: James Kirk (Trip Dawkins), Jim Byrnes (Store Owner), Andrew Dorocicz (Security Guard), Josh Blacker (Uniform), Ryan Zwick (Stevo), Vicky Lambert (Hostage), Henri Lubatti (John Walker), Adam Reid (Medical Examiner), David Allan Pearson (Car Owner), Byron Lawson (Detective Lee), Richard de Klerk (Jerry), Levi James (Nate), Catherine Lough Haggquist (Bank Manager), Ramon De Ocampo (Harry Oka), Jason Diablo (Tom Wood)
The team investigate a series of murders committed by a madman orchestrating a deadly game. He abducts his victims, straps a self-igniting inflammable vest to their chest, then gives them 15 minutes to find the key that will open the lock and free them. As more and more people die, the hunt becomes increasingly intense, and Carter finds herself playing a part in his charade.