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Blind Justice

TV·2005–2005·1 season, 13 episodes·ABC·Drama·1h·Created by Steven Bochco, Matt Olmstead, Nicholas Wootton

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Blind Justice is an American television series created by Steven Bochco about a blind New York City police detective. It was introduced mid-season in March 8, 2005 to fill the time slot left by Bochco's highly successful NYPD Blue, which had just aired its final episode after a 12-year run. The show ran for only one season, with 13 episodes broadcast.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01PilotS01E01 · 10.0After Jim Dunbar loses his eyesight during a gunfight, the rehabilitated homicide Detective attempts to return to active duty at a new precinct. Facing opposition and doubt from his coworkers and Lieutenant, he is relegated to handling a car theft case with Detective Karen Bettencourt. Dunbar soon discovers that the recovered missing car might be connected to a larger ongoing serial homicide investigation.
  2. 02Four Feet UnderS01E02 · 10.0The mounting frustration and pressure for Jim to prove himself and make things work as a detective and a person creates more tension with his colleagues and Karen as they collectively investigate the murder of a young boy. Jim's insecurities also begin to seep into his personal life at a dinner party with Christie's coworkers when out of jealousy; he threatens his wife's boss whom he believes was trying to flirt with her. His behavior puts additional strain on the marriage as it brings up unresolved issues for Christie about his past infidelity.
  3. 03Rub a Tub TubS01E03 · 8.0The 8th precinct is distraught when one of their detectives from the anti-crime unit is found murdered. Carl Desmond was shot in the head and his body was thrown in a dumpster. His colleagues and grieving widow, Mary Beth suspects that his murder was an act of revenge by someone he had previously put away. Karen is put in charge of the case, as she and the rest of the detectives must tread carefully in the investigation into the murder of one of their own. When Mary Beth's past infidelities come to light, Tom and Marty investigate a married man named Don Bellamy whom she was having an affair with. While going in a different direction, Karen and Jim put their reputation on line with other cops at their squad when their main suspect is Carl's partner, Eric who had put in a request for a transfer a week before the murder. In the midst of the investigation, a frustrated Jim confronts Marty who is purposely making things difficult for him by rearranging the squad so that he would walk

Cast

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2005Aired 9.3Season avg
  1. S01E01Season's bestPilotMarch 8, 2005 10.0After Jim Dunbar loses his eyesight during a gunfight, the rehabilitated homicide Detective attempts to return to active duty at a new preci
  2. S01E02Four Feet UnderMarch 15, 2005 10.0The mounting frustration and pressure for Jim to prove himself and make things work as a detective and a person creates more tension with hi
  3. S01E03Rub a Tub TubMarch 22, 2005 8.0The 8th precinct is distraught when one of their detectives from the anti-crime unit is found murdered. Carl Desmond was shot in the head a
  4. S01E04Up on a RoofMarch 29, 2005The pivotal moment where his former partner failed to step up and take out the bank robber continues to haunt Jim as he is forced to relive
  5. S01E05Marlon's BrandoApril 5, 2005Two women are brutally raped and their faces have been branded with a deep jagged cut by their attacker. The detectives interview a white s
  6. S01E06Seoul ManApril 12, 2005Jim's doubts and fears begin to weigh heavily on him after a serial murderer just claimed his fourth victim bumps into him while he was on h
  7. S01E07Leap of FaithApril 19, 2005Sam Berglass who had sought a couple years ago to put away his former swim coach, Warren Doyle for molesting him when he was a teenager is f
  8. S01E08Past ImperfectApril 26, 2005Nick receives an ultimatum from Jim to either reveal the dark past to Karen or he will do it for him. Infuriated by this whole no way out s
  9. S01E09In Your FaceMay 3, 2005Fact and fiction gets all jumbled up in a homicide case involving a man who is shot in the face with a shotgun when the detectives learn of
  10. S01E10DoggoneMay 10, 2005Much to the dismay of the detectives at the 8th precinct, Jim's informant sets up a drug deal with Debbie Dyman, the girlfriend of his recen
  11. S01E11Dance with MeMay 17, 2005After a recommendation from Dr. Galloway to temporarily put aside the problems in their marriage before going to couple's counseling, Christ
  12. S01E12Under the GunMay 31, 2005While Jim is having dinner with Christie at a restaurant, another patron makes a derogatory statement directed towards her. When Jim asks t
  13. S01E13Fancy FootworkJune 21, 2005Dunbar investigates the murder of a boxing promoter, and tries to decide if he should give up carrying a gun.

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