Category: TV Crime

  • Low Life

    Low Life

    Low Life

    2025 • TMDB 7.1 • 1 season, 11 episodes • Crime, Drama

    Overview

    Low Life begins with a rumor that is too valuable to ignore: a priceless treasure lies beneath the sea off the coast of Sinan. Oh Gwan-seok, Oh Hee-dong and Yang Jung-sook are among the rough, desperate people pulled into the hunt, each carrying their own debts, grudges and ambitions. What starts as a scramble for sunken riches soon becomes a dangerous game of betrayal, as gangsters, con artists, officials and ordinary villagers all try to outwit one another. Nobody can be trusted for long, and every alliance comes with a price. Based on Yoon Tae-ho’s comic, the series mixes dark comedy with crime drama, giving its treasure hunt a gritty, human edge: these are not glamorous adventurers but flawed people chasing one last chance to change their lives. As the search moves from muddy villages to open water, greed pushes old loyalties to breaking point, and the question is no longer who finds the treasure, but who survives wanting it.

    Creator and Main Cast

    Low Life was created by Kang Yun-sung for Disney+. The cast includes Ryu Seung-ryong as Oh Gwan-seok (11 episodes), Yang Se-jong as Oh Hee-dong (11 episodes), Im Soo-jung as Yang Jung-sook (11 episodes), Kim Eui-sung (11 episodes), Kim Seung-oh (11 episodes) and Kim Jong-soo (11 episodes).

    Seasons Snapshot

    Low Life has 1 season with 11 episodes. Season 1 premiered on July 16, 2025, and ended with Episode 11, “The Last Order”, on August 13, 2025.

    Why Watch Low Life?

    Low Life is worth watching because it turns a treasure hunt into a study of greed itself. The pleasure is not just in the sunken riches, but in watching a large, vivid ensemble lie, bargain and double-cross its way toward them, with dark humor cutting through the tension. Ryu Seung-ryong anchors the chaos, and the coastal, working-class setting gives the crime story a texture that glossy heist dramas rarely manage. If you like crime series where nobody is quite a hero and every plan unravels, this one will keep you guessing to the last episode.

    Trailer

    Watch the official trailer on YouTube: Low Life | Official Trailer | Disney+ Singapore

    Where to Watch

    In the US, Low Life streams on Disney Plus and Hulu. Availability was checked against JustWatch US listings on October 30, 2026, and may change over time.

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  • Nine Puzzles

    Nine Puzzles

    Nine Puzzles

    2025 • TMDB 7.9 • 1 season, 11 episodes • Crime, Mystery

    Overview

    Ten years ago, Yoon Ena came home to a nightmare: her uncle murdered, and a single strange puzzle piece left at the scene. Now a criminal profiler, Ena still carries that night with her, along with the suspicion that has never quite left her alone. When a new string of murders begins, each marked by another puzzle piece, detective Kim Hansaem is assigned to a case that keeps pointing back to the woman he once suspected. Forced to work together, Ena and Hansaem follow a trail that connects nine pieces, nine victims and one killer who seems to know them both far too well. Nine Puzzles is a tightly constructed crime mystery that rewards attention: every detail matters, every alibi frays, and the question is never just who is killing, but why the puzzle keeps returning to Ena.

    Creator and Main Cast

    Nine Puzzles was created by Yoon Jong-bin for Disney+. The cast includes Kim Da-mi as Yoon Ena (11 episodes), Son Suk-ku as Kim Hansaem (11 episodes), Kim Sung-kyun as Yang Jeong-ho (11 episodes), Hyun Bong-sik as Choi San (11 episodes), Kwak Ja-hyung as Roh Su-kwang (11 episodes) and Jang Kyug-su as Hyeon Ho-geun / Hangang Police Station Chief (11 episodes).

    Seasons Snapshot

    Nine Puzzles has 1 season with 11 episodes. Season 1 premiered on May 21, 2025, and ended with Episode 11 on June 4, 2025.

    Why Watch Nine Puzzles?

    Nine Puzzles is worth watching because it treats its audience as a fellow detective: the puzzle-piece motif is not decoration, it is the spine of the case, and each new piece reframes what came before. Kim Da-mi gives Ena a guarded, prickly intelligence that makes her both the best person to solve the murders and the most obvious suspect, while Son Suk-ku’s Hansaem brings a dogged, sceptical counterweight. The eleven episodes move briskly without rushing the clues, and the final reveal lands because the show earned it. If you like mysteries you can actually try to solve, this is one of 2025’s most satisfying.

    Trailer

    Watch the official trailer on YouTube: Nine Puzzles | Official Trailer | Hulu

    Where to Watch

    In the US, Nine Puzzles streams on Disney Plus and Hulu. Availability was checked against JustWatch US listings on October 30, 2026, and may change over time.

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  • Queen Mantis

    Queen Mantis

    Queen Mantis

    2025 • TMDB 7.2 • 1 season, 8 episodes • Crime, Mystery, Drama

    Overview

    Detective Cha Su-yeol has spent his adult life trying to outrun his own name. His mother, Jeong Yi-shin, is the infamous ‘Mantis’, a serial killer whose crimes made her a household nightmare, and Su-yeol became a police officer in part to prove he is nothing like her. That resolve collapses when a copycat killer begins recreating the Mantis murders, and the only person who can read the killer’s mind is the woman behind bars who taught him, by her absence, how to fear. Reluctantly, Su-yeol turns to his mother for help, and their uneasy alliance becomes a test of trust, guilt and blood: can a son use a killer’s insight without becoming what she made him? Queen Mantis is a tense, darkly fascinating crime thriller about inheritance, obsession and the thin line between hunting monsters and understanding them.

    Creator and Main Cast

    Queen Mantis was created by Byun Young-joo for SBS. The cast includes Go Hyun-jung as Jeong Yi-shin (8 episodes), Jang Dong-yoon as Cha Su-yeol (8 episodes), Cho Seong-ha as Joong-ho (8 episodes), EL as Na-hee (8 episodes), Kim Bo-ra as Lee Jung-yeon (8 episodes) and Lee Hwang-eui as Jung Hyeon Nam (8 episodes).

    Seasons Snapshot

    Queen Mantis has 1 season with 8 episodes. Season 1 premiered on September 5, 2025, and ended with Episode 8 on September 27, 2025.

    Why Watch Queen Mantis?

    Queen Mantis is worth watching because its central relationship is genuinely unsettling: a detective who despises his mother must rely on her, and every clue she offers comes with a question about what she wants in return. Go Hyun-jung is magnetic as Yi-shin, calm where others would be theatrical, and Jang Dong-yoon matches her with a performance full of barely held anger. The copycat case keeps the tension high across just eight episodes, with no filler to dilute it, and the show never lets you forget that the most dangerous person in the room may also be the most useful. For crime-thriller fans, this is a sharp, bingeable one-season story.

    Trailer

    Watch the official teaser on YouTube: [TEASER] An Infamous Killer Is About To Be Freed… | Queen Mantis | KOCOWA+

    Where to Watch

    In the US, Queen Mantis streams on Netflix, Rakuten Viki, OnDemandKorea and the Kocowa Amazon Channel, including free with ads on Rakuten Viki. Availability was checked against JustWatch US listings on October 30, 2026, and may change over time.

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  • Hyper Knife

    Hyper Knife

    Hyper Knife

    2025 • TMDB 7.8 • 1 season, 8 episodes • Drama, Crime, Thriller

    Overview

    Jung Se-ok is a brilliant neurosurgeon whose talent was once matched only by her devotion to her mentor, Choi Deok-hee. When a decision she made as his student destroyed her career and reputation, she was cast out of the operating room and forced into the shadows, where her skill found a darker, illegal outlet. Years later, Deok-hee returns, and the reunion is not a reconciliation: it is a collision between two people who once trusted each other completely and now know exactly how to hurt each other. As Se-ok takes on dangerous underground cases, protects the few people still loyal to her, and tests how far she will go for revenge, Deok-hee works to contain the damage she represents. Hyper Knife turns surgery into a language of control, pride and payback, asking whether genius can survive without a conscience, and whether a teacher can ever undo what he taught his student to become.

    Creator and Main Cast

    Hyper Knife was created by Kim Jung-hyun and Kim Sun-hee for Disney+. The cast includes Park Eun-bin as Jung Se-ok (8 episodes), Sul Kyung-gu as Choi Deok-hee (8 episodes), Yoon Chan-young as Seo Young-joo (8 episodes), Park Byung-eun as Han Hyun-ho (8 episodes), Lee Jung-sic as Ha U-Yeong (8 episodes), and Kim Jong-man as Kim Du-bong (4 episodes).

    Seasons Snapshot

    Hyper Knife has 1 season with 8 episodes. Season 1 premiered on March 19, 2025, and ended with Episode 8 on April 9, 2025.

    Why Watch Hyper Knife?

    Watch it for a medical thriller that never lets its scalpel stay clean. Park Eun-bin plays Se-ok as both terrifyingly capable and quietly wounded, while Sul Kyung-gu makes Deok-hee a mentor you cannot forgive and cannot dismiss. The underground cases raise the stakes week after week, but the real surgery is emotional: every operation exposes another cut in their shared past. It is tense, morally uncomfortable and hard to stop watching.

    Trailer

    Watch the official trailer on YouTube: Hyper Knife | Official Trailer | Hulu

    Where to Watch

    In the US, Hyper Knife streams on Disney Plus and Hulu. Availability was checked against JustWatch US listings on October 30, 2026, and may change over time.

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  • Good Boy

    Good Boy

    Good Boy

    2025 • TMDB 8.6 • 1 season, 16 episodes • Action & Adventure, Comedy, Crime

    Overview

    Yun Dong-ju was once a boxing champion with a gold medal and a future that looked certain. Now, after injury, scandal and a long fall from grace, he is given an unlikely second chance: a place on a police special task force made up of former national athletes. His new colleagues are just as talented and just as bruised by life after sport, including sharp-shooting Ji Han-na, a fencer, a wrestler and a discus thrower, each carrying their own reasons for needing this job to work. Together they take on violent crime and powerful enemies who assume a team of ex-athletes will be easy to break. Good Boy mixes hard-hitting action with warm, funny teamwork, following people who know how to train, how to lose and how to get back up. It is a story about purpose after the podium, loyalty under pressure and the stubborn belief that a good heart can still win a dirty fight.

    Creator and Main Cast

    Good Boy was created by Sim Na-yeon and Lee Dae-il for JTBC. The cast includes Park Bo-gum as Yun Dong-ju (16 episodes), Kim So-hyun as Ji Han-na (16 episodes), Oh Jung-se as Min Joo-young (16 episodes), Lee Sang-yi as Kim Jong-hyeon (16 episodes), Heo Sung-tae as Ko Man-sik (16 episodes), and Tae Won-seok as Shin Jae-hong (16 episodes).

    Seasons Snapshot

    Good Boy has 1 season with 16 episodes. Season 1 premiered on May 31, 2025, and ended with the finale, “We Are the Champions,” on July 20, 2025.

    Why Watch Good Boy?

    Watch it for Park Bo-gum at his most charming and physical, and for a team you will quickly root for. The action is inventive because it grows out of each athlete’s sport, while the comedy and friendships keep the darker cases from feeling bleak. It is an uplifting, crowd-pleasing drama about second chances that earns its big, emotional moments.

    Trailer

    Watch the official trailer on YouTube: GOOD BOY: Official Trailer | Prime Video

    Where to Watch

    In the US, Good Boy streams on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads. Availability was checked against JustWatch US listings on October 30, 2026, and may change over time.

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  • Dear X

    Dear X

    Dear X

    2025 • TMDB 8.7 • 1 season, 12 episodes • Crime, Drama

    Overview

    Baek Ah-jin has everything the world admires: beauty, talent and a dazzling rise to the top. Behind that perfect image, though, is a woman who reads other people’s hearts with unsettling ease and uses what she finds to get what she wants. Dear X follows her climb through love, ambition and revenge, as the people around her — admirers, rivals and former allies — discover how much they have given up for her, and how little she intends to give back. The drama is dark, stylish and deliberately uncomfortable, asking what happens when charm becomes a weapon and success is built on other people’s sacrifices. As Ah-jin’s past catches up with her and the people she has hurt begin to fight back, the story turns into a tense game of masks, secrets and consequences. It is a gripping psychological thriller about desire, power and the price of perfection.

    Creator and Main Cast

    Dear X was created by Ban Ji-woon. The cast includes Kim You-jung as Baek Ah-jin (12 episodes), Kim Young-dae as Yoon Joon-seo (12 episodes), Kim Do-hoon as Kim Jae-oh (12 episodes), Lee Yul-eum as Lim Le-na (12 episodes), Kim Yu-mi as Hwang Ji-seon (11 episodes), Kim Yi-kyeong as Sim Sung-hee (8 episodes), Kim Ji-young as Seo Mi-ri (8 episodes), Hong Bi-ra as Moon Do-hui (8 episodes), and Son Kang-gook as An Do-gang (6 episodes).

    Seasons Snapshot

    Dear X has 1 season with 12 episodes. Season 1 premiered on November 6, 2025, and ended with the finale, “The Final X,” on December 4, 2025.

    Why Watch Dear X?

    Watch it for a fearless lead performance and a story that refuses easy answers. Kim You-jung makes Ah-jin fascinating rather than simple, and the shifting alliances keep every episode unpredictable. It is sleek, suspenseful and emotionally charged — a thriller for viewers who like their dramas dark, stylish and full of twists.

    Trailer

    Watch the official trailer on YouTube: Dear X | Official Trailer | November 6 on #HBOMaxAsia

    Where to Watch

    In the US, Dear X streams on Rakuten Viki. Availability was checked against JustWatch US listings on October 30, 2026, and may change over time.

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  • You

    You

    2018 • TMDB 8.0 • 5 seasons • 50 episodes • Mystery, Crime, Drama • Netflix

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    Overview

    Joe Goldberg seems like the perfect guy: charming, well-read, devoted. That is exactly what makes You so unsettling. Told largely from inside Joe’s head, the series follows a bookstore manager whose idea of love slides into obsession, surveillance and murder — and who somehow keeps convincing himself (and sometimes us) that he is the hero of the story. From New York to Los Angeles, London and back, each season gives Joe a new city, a new object of affection and a new chance to be better — and each time the pattern repeats. Penn Badgley is mesmerizing in a role that asks you to root for a monster, and the show’s dark humor and twisty plotting made it one of Netflix’s most talked-about thrillers. Hello, you.

    Creator and Main Cast

    Created by Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble.

    • Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg (50 episodes)
    • Victoria Pedretti as Love Quinn (21 episodes)
    • Charlotte Ritchie as Kate Galvin (20 episodes)
    • Saffron Burrows as Dottie Quinn (15 episodes)
    • Elizabeth Lail as Guinevere Beck (14 episodes)
    • Amy-Leigh Hickman as Nadia Farran (14 episodes)
    • Ambyr Childers as Candace Stone (14 episodes)
    • Tati Gabrielle as Marienne Bellamy (12 episodes)
    • Shalita Grant as Sherry Conrad (11 episodes)

    Seasons Snapshot

    You ran for 5 seasons of 10 episodes each, 50 episodes in total. Season 1 — premiered September 9, 2018; Season 2 — premiered December 26, 2019; Season 3 — premiered October 15, 2021; Season 4 — premiered February 9, 2023; Season 5 — premiered April 24, 2025, finale “Finale” (5×10) April 24, 2025.

    Why Watch You?

    • A thriller told from the villain’s point of view — dangerously addictive.
    • Penn Badgley’s narration pulls you inside Joe’s mind.
    • Each season reinvents the show: New York, LA, suburbia, London.
    • Twists that genuinely surprise, right to the final season.
    • Dark humor that makes the horror go down easier.
    • A complete five-season story, ready to binge.

    Trailer

    Watch the official trailer on YouTube (series trailer, Netflix).

    Where to Watch

    As checked on JustWatch US on October 30, 2026, You streams in the United States on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads with 5 seasons each; it is also available to buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store and Fandango At Home (5 seasons each).

  • Ozark

    Ozark

    2017 • TMDB 8.2 • 4 seasons • 44 episodes • Crime, Drama • Netflix

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    Overview

    Marty Byrde is a mild-mannered financial adviser with a very large problem: to stay alive, he must launder $500 million for a Mexican drug cartel. So he drags his wife Wendy and their two children from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where a quiet lake town hides a whole ecosystem of crime — hillbilly heroin dealers, a riverboat casino scheme and an FBI agent who never stops watching. Ozark is tense, bleak and brilliantly acted, a show where every solution creates two worse problems. Jason Bateman and Laura Linney are superb as a couple whose marriage becomes as dangerous as their business, and Julia Garner steals scene after scene as Ruth Langmore, the sharp-tongued local who becomes the show’s beating heart. No one gets out clean — the tagline is a promise.

    Creator and Main Cast

    Created by Bill Dubuque and Mark Williams.

    • Jason Bateman as Marty Byrde (44 episodes)
    • Laura Linney as Wendy Byrde (44 episodes)
    • Sofia Hublitz as Charlotte Byrde (44 episodes)
    • Skylar Gaertner as Jonah Byrde (44 episodes)
    • Julia Garner as Ruth Langmore (44 episodes)
    • Charlie Tahan as Wyatt Langmore (41 episodes)
    • Lisa Emery as Darlene Snell (37 episodes)
    • Jordana Spiro as Rachel Garrison (24 episodes)
    • Jessica Frances Dukes as Maya Miller (24 episodes)

    Seasons Snapshot

    Ozark ran for 4 seasons and 44 episodes. Season 1 — 10 episodes, premiered July 21, 2017; Season 2 — 10 episodes, premiered August 31, 2018; Season 3 — 10 episodes, premiered March 27, 2020; Season 4 — 14 episodes, premiered January 21, 2022, finale “A Hard Way to Go” (4×14) April 29, 2022.

    Why Watch Ozark?

    • A crime drama where the tension never lets up.
    • Jason Bateman and Laura Linney at their absolute best.
    • Julia Garner’s Ruth Langmore is an all-time great character.
    • Every episode ends with a worse problem than it started with.
    • The Ozarks themselves become a character: beautiful and deadly.
    • A complete story — all four seasons are ready to binge.

    Trailer

    Watch the official trailer on YouTube (official trailer, Netflix).

    Where to Watch

    As checked on JustWatch US on October 30, 2026, Ozark streams in the United States on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads with 4 seasons each.

  • The Rookie

    The Rookie

    2018 • TMDB 8.5 • 8 seasons • 145 episodes • Crime, Drama, Comedy • ABC

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    Overview

    The Rookie turns a classic second-chance story into one of network TV’s most durable procedurals. John Nolan, a 45-year-old small-town man, walks away from his old life after a bank robbery shakes him awake and becomes the LAPD’s oldest rookie. His age makes him a curiosity to some and a punchline to others, but Nolan’s life experience — patience, empathy, stubborn decency — turns out to be exactly what policing needs. Around him, the show builds a full ensemble: Lucy Chen’s rise from rookie to undercover standout, Tim Bradford’s gruff mentorship, Angela Lopez’s sharp detective work and Wade Grey’s steady command. Cases range from street crime to international conspiracies, but the show’s real engine is character: rookies growing up, partners falling for each other, mentors learning from their trainees. Nathan Fillion’s warmth keeps it all grounded, and eight seasons in, Nolan’s journey from rookie to training officer still feels earned.

    Creator and Main Cast

    Created by Alexi Hawley.

    • Nathan Fillion as John Nolan (145 episodes)
    • Melissa O’Neil as Lucy Chen (145 episodes)
    • Eric Winter as Tim Bradford (145 episodes)
    • Alyssa Diaz as Angela Lopez (145 episodes)
    • Richard T. Jones as Wade Grey (145 episodes)
    • Mekia Cox as Nyla Harper (124 episodes)
    • Shawn Ashmore as Wesley Evers (105 episodes)
    • Jenna Dewan as Bailey Nune (84 episodes)
    • Lisseth Chavez as Celina Juarez (65 episodes)

    Seasons Snapshot

    The Rookie has aired 8 seasons. Season 1 — 20 episodes, premiered October 16, 2018; Season 2 — 20 episodes, premiered September 29, 2019; Season 3 — 14 episodes, premiered January 3, 2021; Season 4 — 22 episodes, premiered September 26, 2021; Season 5 — 22 episodes, premiered September 25, 2022; Season 6 — 10 episodes, premiered February 20, 2024; Season 7 — 18 episodes, premiered January 7, 2025; Season 8 — 18 episodes, premiered January 6, 2026, with the finale “The Bandit” airing May 4, 2026. TMDB also lists a ninth season set to premiere January 6, 2027.

    Why Watch The Rookie?

    • Nathan Fillion at his most likeable.
    • A second-chance story with real heart.
    • Procedural cases plus long-running character arcs.
    • Chenford and the show’s beloved partnerships.
    • Rookies who genuinely grow season by season.
    • Eight seasons of easy, bingeable momentum.

    Trailer

    Watch the official trailer on YouTube (official trailer, Sky Show).

    Where to Watch

    As checked on JustWatch US on October 30, 2026, The Rookie streams in the United States on Hulu with 8 seasons, Philo with 3 seasons, and fuboTV and YouTube TV with 1 season each. It is also available to buy on Amazon Video and Fandango At Home (8 seasons each).

  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine

    Brooklyn Nine-Nine

    2013 • TMDB 8.2 • 8 seasons • 152 episodes • Comedy, Crime • FOX

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    Overview

    Brooklyn Nine-Nine is a workplace comedy with a police badge and a golden heart. At the fictional 99th Precinct, brilliant but immature detective Jake Peralta coasts on talent and jokes until Captain Raymond Holt — stern, deadpan and openly gay — takes command and demands discipline. What follows is eight seasons of gloriously silly cases, Halloween heists, cold opens that became legend, and a found family that grows up together: Amy’s ambition, Rosa’s armor cracking, Terry’s yogurt obsession, Boyle’s devotion, and Holt’s slow, hilarious thaw. Beneath the jokes, the show quietly broke ground with its diverse cast and its willingness to let characters change — getting married, having kids, questioning the job itself. It survived cancellation by FOX, was rescued by NBC after a fan outcry, and ended on its own terms with a finale that said goodbye without losing the laugh. Few sitcoms are this consistently funny and this genuinely warm at the same time.

    Creator and Main Cast

    Created by Daniel J. Goor and Michael Schur.

    • Andy Samberg as Jake Peralta (152 episodes)
    • Melissa Fumero as Amy Santiago (152 episodes)
    • Terry Crews as Terry Jeffords (152 episodes)
    • Joe Lo Truglio as Charles Boyle (152 episodes)
    • Stephanie Beatriz as Rosa Diaz (152 episodes)
    • Andre Braugher as Raymond Holt (152 episodes)
    • Dirk Blocker as Michael Hitchcock (152 episodes)
    • Joel McKinnon Miller as Norman Scully (152 episodes)
    • Chelsea Peretti as Gina Linetti (118 episodes)

    Seasons Snapshot

    Brooklyn Nine-Nine ran for 8 seasons and 152 episodes. Season 1 — 22 episodes, premiered September 17, 2013; Season 2 — 23 episodes, premiered September 28, 2014; Season 3 — 23 episodes, premiered September 27, 2015; Season 4 — 22 episodes, premiered September 20, 2016; Season 5 — 22 episodes, premiered September 26, 2017; Season 6 — 18 episodes, premiered January 10, 2019; Season 7 — 13 episodes, premiered February 6, 2020; Season 8 — 9 episodes, premiered August 12, 2021, with the finale “The Last Day” airing September 16, 2021. TMDB also lists a 9-episode Specials collection, which is not counted in the 152-episode total.

    Why Watch Brooklyn Nine-Nine?

    • One of the most quotable sitcoms of the 2010s.
    • The Halloween Heist episodes are annual comedy events.
    • Andre Braugher’s deadpan Holt is an all-time great character.
    • A cast with chemistry that never fades across eight seasons.
    • Warmth and representation without ever preaching.
    • A comeback story: cancelled by FOX, saved by NBC and its fans.

    Trailer

    Watch the official trailer on YouTube (final-season trailer, Brooklyn Nine-Nine channel).

    Where to Watch

    As checked on JustWatch US on October 30, 2026, Brooklyn Nine-Nine streams in the United States on Peacock Premium and Peacock Premium Plus with 8 seasons, and on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads with 4 seasons. It is also available to buy on Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home and Amazon Video (8 seasons each).