Every crime has a history, and every perpetrator has a story. Some of them are presented here, as personal tensions develop, crimes are plotted and ultimately executed, sometimes planned, sometimes not, sometimes by obvious candidates, sometimes not so obvious. Whomever the perpetrator or the victim and depending on the severity of the crime in New York City, the matter could be handled by detectives of the Major Case Squad: a force of brilliant and skilled first-grade detectives who handle the most serious and the most complex crimes that New York has to offer. The best of these is Detective Robert Goren, a brilliant, eccentric detective who, with his partner and perfect foil Detective Alexandra Eames, spots clues that others might miss and sees connections others wouldn't. And he nearly always gets his target. Theres also two more detectives who alternate week to week with Goran and Eames, Detective Zach Nichols and his partner Detective Megan Wheeler and rounding of the team is there supervisor Captain Danny Ross.

Kathryn Erbe's real life pregnancy was incorporated into the show's plot line by having her character be a surrogate mother, carrying her sister's child.

[opening title narration]


Narrator:
In New York City's war on crime, the worst criminal offenders are pursued by the detectives of the Major Case Squad. These are their stories.

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Written by Rob Dougan