Two detectives communicate through a walkie-talkie to solve a cold case. One detective exists in the present day and the other detective exists 15 years in the past.
DI Tom Thorne finds himself dragged back into the nightmares of his past as he races against time to find a serial killer who carries out unusual attacks on young women.
Former Syracuse, New York, police detective Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything. She reluctantly joins the New York City Police Department's Queens homicide unit after her former boyfriend and partner asks for help with solving a case. The move allows her to try to find out the one thing she has been unable to remember, which is what happened the day her sister was murdered.
Professor Jasper Tempest, a genius Cambridge University criminologist with OCD and an overbearing mother, advises the police. British version of the Belgian crime drama of the same name.
Patrick Jane isimli bir medyum, sirkte çalışan ve gözlem güçlerini kullanarak insanlar hakkında birtakım fikirler edinip bu fikirleri onlara medyum gibi satan biridir. Bir gün bu özelliği sebebiyle televizyona çıkar ve kendine Red John isimli bir düşman edinir. Red John Jane’in kızını ve eşini öldürünce ortada kalan ve bu ölümlerin sebebinin kendisi olduğunu düşünen Jane, en sonunda FBI’a başvurarak Red John’ın peşine düşmek ister. Her ne kadar ilk başlarda bu isteği geri çevrilse de FBI’ın çözemediği birtakım davaları çözen Jane, bu özel ekibe danışman olarak işe alınır.