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Synopsis:

>The show follows Alec Baker (Martin), a world-renowned professor of behavioral science, who lends his expertise to an array of high-stakes cases involving governments, law enforcement and corporations with his unique and unexpected approach to understanding human behavior.

Him and Orbach were the best L&O detective duo.

It sounds kind of like "The Mentalist".

Uh I thought that the consultant procedural was a dead genre these days. Glad it’s back, these type of shows are my comfort food.

Or Instinct with Alan Cumming

Dr. Dylan Reinhart is a former CIA operative who's created a quieter life for himself as a professor and author of a best-selling book on abnormal behavior. When tenacious and resourceful NYPD detective Lizzie Needham approaches him to help her solve a serial killer case, he taps into his old skill set and reaches out to a CIA friend who has access to invaluable top-secret intelligence. As Dylan gets lured back into the adrenaline filled world of law enforcement, he and Lizzie realize that, together, they make the perfect team.

he can play in law enforcement really well (look at his role in The Flash)

I guess this means Ed Green won’t be showing up on the new L&O any time soon.

It had been a while and I haven't seen the whol series but wasn't The Mentalist just about him being just a police consultant? This sounds a bit more like Lie To Me where the consultant works for whoever hires them.

Yeah I loved him in the Flash. He’s a great actor. Kind of makes you wonder why we haven’t seen more of him.

Nah, I liked him though

Briscoe and Curtis was the best.

He will take everyone to a corridor and have a stern talking-to with them so resolve any problem.

“What If A Professor Solves Crimes Every Week?” — fucking tv exec

I was thinking it sounded like 'Bull' or 'Lie To Me'.

You forgot (or may not have known) he played a detective on Law & Order in the mid to late 90's.

I'm glad he found work. He's had not much to do on The Flash in years - i think he hurt his back so for one season when he did appear, he was a bit slurring, then it was back to normal after that.

Frankly unless the main character is very compelling, I'm kinda over the whole 'asshole savant main character who solves x' genre. House was the only one i truly liked and even that is nigh unwatchable last few seasons with the increasingly terrible costars

To be fair I think the asshole shtick was only a couple of shows like House, Sherlock and Elementary. I don’t know but I feel like being at least a little bit of an asshole is a requirement for that type of character because what kind of “know it all” isn’t a little assholish or irritating. Shawn from Psych, Jane from Mentalist, Monk or the dude from lie to me are all abrasive.

Though I would agree with that it would be nice if writers didn’t use that trait as a crutch for character development but as long as they give me some good mysteries and the main character is charismatic, I’ll watch this type of show till my dying breath.

Preach.

I wished that we had gotten more than 1ish season of Ceretta and then maybe he and Logan could have been it based solely on the strength of Paul Sorvino. But Briscoe and Curtis is the dream team and coincided with peak L&O.

He should be doing more musical theater work damn it!

How dare you. Shawn Spencer is not abrasive, nor is his associate Sh’dynasty.

Lol. I love Shawn but he’s definitely a bit of an asshole. Ghee Buttersnaps however is a god amongst mere mortals.

A bit?

From 1999 till 2008 actually

He broke his back.

Thank you

I love them too, do you have any recommendations? Recently finished Scorpion and I’m approaching the end of Lucifer

Is this a joke cuz he hard carried the flash or are you for real ?

Ohh do I.

Mentalist - amazing

Castle - great till the later seasons.

Lie to Me - got cancelled so only two seasons

Psych - watch this first if you haven’t

Bones - this one varies is quality greatly but has its moments

Person of Interest - turns away from being a procedural fairly early but it’s really good show nonetheless

Elementary - my personal favourite interpretation of Sherlock Holmes

Heavy caveat with all these shows is that they are of course formulaic but that’s the point. I think all these above shows are worth a watch to see if you like them, but definitely watch more than a couple episodes before deciding. Shows in this genre usually need a couple of episodes to hit their stride.

Also while not strictly a procedural, but in a similar case of the week type show, check out Fringe. It is quite possibly the best show ever made if you are fan of sci fi.

I’ve watched a few but there’s plenty I’ve not heard of so thank you very much!

https://ew.com/tv/2018/10/31/jesse-l-martin-medical-leave-of-absence-the-flash/

Damn that’s shitty. Hope he has a speedy recovery.

The law and order series he played on is my favorite