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Jigsaw John (1976)

Jigsaw John poster
Genre
detective fiction
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 15 episodes
Rated
NR
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective based on a real LAPD officer investigates a murder each week. The show tracks his careful work through clues and suspects.

low-keymethodicalgroundedslow-burngrittydetachedprocedural

What happens

Jigsaw John is an American crime drama television series that aired on NBC from February 2 until June 14, 1976, based on the career of real-life Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) robbery-homicide Detective "Jigsaw John" St. John. It was preceded, during the previous television season, by the TV movie They Only Come Out at Night. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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