The First 48 follows detectives from around the country during these first critical hours as they race against time to find the suspect. Gritty and fast-paced, it takes viewers behind the scenes of real-life investigations with unprecedented access to crime scenes, autopsies, forensic processing, and interrogations.
The peaks and the valleys. Find the essential episodes — and the ones to skip.
Part 1: A man is gunned down inside an apartment sets off a chain of events unlike anything Tulsa Homicide has ever seen. Part 2: In Tulsa, Oklahoma as Detective Jason White continues to investigate Courtney Palmer's disappearance, the missing persons case turns into a detective's worst nightmare.
An unarmed man is shot in the back, but no one will give up the shooter; three best friends head home from a party, but one of them ends up dead.
In Miami, Detectives Emiliano Tamayo and Ervens Ford find a young woman shot dead in a convenience store. The store's surveillance footage reveals she may have been an innocent victim. Another man was the target. They need to find him before it's too late. Across town, fellow Miami Detectives Fernando Bosch and Rick Martinez are investigating the murder of a man shot dead on the street in the middle of the day. The victim's girlfriend was there and may know the identity of the killer.
In Louisville, rookie homicide detective Collin King is assigned his first case when an unidentified homeless man is found dead near a railroad track. With no witnesses or evidence, King tries to uncover a lead through the victim's friends and family in order to close his first case.
Each point is an episode, plotted in order. Colored bands mark season boundaries. Look for the rise, the plateau, or the decline.
High votes + high rating = beloved classic. High votes + low rating = notorious stinker. Low votes + high rating = hidden gem.
One point per season. Smooths out the episode-to-episode noise to reveal the bigger arc.
Did each season build or fizzle? Green means the finale outscored the premiere. Red means the opposite. Longer arrows, bigger swings.
How steady is each season? Tightly clustered dots mean reliable quality. Scattered dots mean a wild ride.
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