Battle Creek (2015–2015)

TV ShowEndedCBSDrama, Comedy, Crime1 season, 13 episodes
Battle Creek posterReview score: 72%

Plot

A series about two mismatched law enforcement officers whose polar opposite views of the world and crime-solving breed frustration, disdain and humor as they clean up the hardscrabble streets of Battle Creek, Mich.

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Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Battle Creek S01E08Old WoundsS01E08 · 8.0Milt is caught in the middle of Commander Guziewicz’s personal life when her adopted son asks him to investigate if the man jailed for his birth parents’ murders is actually innocent,
  2. 02Battle Creek S01E10StockholmS01E10 · 8.0Milt and the Battle Creek P.D. work overtime to locate and rescue Russ after he’s taken hostage by an escaped convict.
  3. 03Battle Creek S01E13Sympathy for the DevilS01E13 · 7.7Milt survives a car bombing and enlists Russ to track down his would-be assassin, leading to startling revelations about why Milt is the way he is and what brought him to Battle Creek.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2015Aired 6.7Season avg
  1. S01E01Battle Creek S01E01The Battle Creek WayMarch 1, 2015 7.4Jaded Det. Russ Agnew reluctantly partners with charming FBI Agent Milt Chamberlain to solve a drug-related double homicide, but while Milt
  2. S01E02Battle Creek S01E02SyruptitiousMarch 8, 2015 7.2After a killer drowns somebody in maple syrup, Agnew and Chamberlain have to infiltrate some syrup cartels. Detective White attempts to deal
  3. S01E03Battle Creek S01E03Man's Best FriendMarch 15, 2015 7.0When BCPD’s police dog, Cookie, sniffs out a stash of heroin in a young girl’s backpack, Russ and Milt have competing theories as to where i
  4. S01E04Battle Creek S01E04HeirloomsMarch 22, 2015 7.0Russ and Milt pit the crime-solving skills of their police dogs against each other as they work to solve the murder of a local waitress. Mea
  5. S01E05Battle Creek S01E05Old FlamesMarch 29, 2015 4.6After Commander Guziewicz narrowly escapes when her home is burned down, the arson investigation leads Russ and Milt to a variety of suspect
  6. S01E06Battle Creek S01E06Cereal KillerApril 5, 2015 5.2When someone attempts to assassinate Battle Creek’s mayor during the annual “Breakfast Day” celebration, Russ and Milt must protect the unor
  7. S01E07Battle Creek S01E07Mama's BoyApril 12, 2015 4.5Russ is forced to turn to the last person he wants help from to assist on a murder investigation: his mother, a convicted counterfeiter and
  8. S01E08Battle Creek S01E08Season's bestOld WoundsApril 26, 2015 8.0Milt is caught in the middle of Commander Guziewicz’s personal life when her adopted son asks him to investigate if the man jailed for his b
  9. S01E09Battle Creek S01E09Gingerbread ManMay 3, 2015 7.0Russ helps Font investigate when he is certain one of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives is hiding in Battle Creek, even though Milt insists th
  10. S01E10Battle Creek S01E10StockholmMay 10, 2015 8.0Milt and the Battle Creek P.D. work overtime to locate and rescue Russ after he’s taken hostage by an escaped convict.
  11. S01E11Battle Creek S01E11The Hand-OffMay 17, 2015 7.0Milt puts his career on the line when he illegally uses NSA feeds to help a woman determine who shot her husband. Also, a local doctor is dr
  12. S01E12Battle Creek S01E12HomecomingMay 17, 2015 7.0Milt learns more about Russ' youth when the local high school football coach is murdered. Also, Russ and Holly's friendship reaches a crossr
  13. S01E13Battle Creek S01E13Sympathy for the DevilMay 24, 2015 7.7Milt survives a car bombing and enlists Russ to track down his would-be assassin, leading to startling revelations about why Milt is the wa

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Cast

Aubrey DollarAubrey DollarHolly DaleDean WintersDean WintersDetective Russ AgnewEdward Fordham, Jr.Edward Fordham, Jr.Detective Aaron FunkhauserJanet McTeerJanet McTeerCommander GuziewiczJosh DuhamelJosh DuhamelDetective Milton ChamberlainKal PennKal PennDetective Fontanelle White

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