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The Good Guys

TV·2010–2010·1 season, 20 episodes·FOX·Comedy, Action, Crime·1h·7.6·Created by Matt Nix

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The Good Guys is an action packed and comedic look at what happens when a washed up, old school cop and a by the book, modern day detective try to expose the big picture of small crime.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01The Good Guys S01E14Old DogsS01E14 · 7.5Jack and Dan are forced to use Jack's Uncle Nate, a con artist who once stole his family's money, in an undercover operation to catch a thug who has been hired by developers to scare residents out of their homes.
  2. 02The Good Guys S01E15The WhistleblowerS01E15 · 7.5Jack and Dan start a neighborhood watch after Ruiz is the victim of a peeping Tom. However, they accidentally stumble upon an assassin hired by an oil company to kill a team of whistleblowers, led by ADA Traynor's new boyfriend.
  3. 03The Good Guys S01E01PilotS01E01 · 7.0Jack and Dan are given a routine case about a stolen humidifier, which soon escalates into a case involving drug runners, hired assassins, a plastic surgeon, and a golf bag filled with drug money.

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Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode20Episodes2010Aired 6.5Season avg
  1. S01E01The Good Guys S01E01PilotMay 19, 2010 7.0Jack and Dan are given a routine case about a stolen humidifier, which soon escalates into a case involving drug runners, hired assassins, a
  2. S01E02The Good Guys S01E02Bait & SwitchJune 7, 2010 6.3The guys stumble onto a vintage American car theft ring, and the thieves may have an inside source in the police department helping them out
  3. S01E03The Good Guys S01E03Broken Door TheoryJune 14, 2010 6.7Jack and Dan get in trouble with a dangerous pimp when they become too nosy while investigating a case involving a vandalized hotel vending
  4. S01E04The Good Guys S01E04The Dim KnightJune 21, 2010 6.3An investigation into dog poisonings leads Jack and Dan to a sympathetic father who is in over his head as he works on tampering with chemic
  5. S01E05The Good Guys S01E05$3.52June 28, 2010 6.3Dan tries to single handedly bring down a drug trafficker after his interrogation methods get A.D.A. Traynor's case thrown out of court.
  6. S01E06The Good Guys S01E06Small RoomsJuly 12, 2010 6.7Dan plants a piece of evidence at a crime scene, and gets Jack and him, as well as A.D.A. Traynor and her mother, in trouble with gun dealer
  7. S01E07The Good Guys S01E07Hunches & HeistsJuly 19, 2010 6.3The department is tipped off about a getaway driver who may be part of a future bank robbery, but Dan convinces Jack to trust his hunch that
  8. S01E08The Good Guys S01E08Silvio's WayJuly 26, 2010 6.7While Jack and Dan sit in a bar while they are supposed to be doing a stakeout at an electronics store, Dan runs into a mobster from an unde
  9. S01E09The Good Guys S01E09Don't Tase Me, BroAugust 2, 2010 6.0When Dan accidentally exposes a participant in the Witness Protection Program, it prompts a dangerous crime family to send a hitman after th
  10. S01E10The Good Guys S01E10VacationSeptember 24, 2010 6.3Already suspended from the force for his latest escapade, Dan stumbles onto a plot to spring a violent cop killer from prison when he tries
  11. S01E11The Good Guys S01E11Common EnemiesOctober 1, 2010 6.0While Jack and Dan are forced to work for an arrogant forensic scientist as they track down a hacker, A.D.A. Traynor investigates a prostitu
  12. S01E12The Good Guys S01E12Little ThingsOctober 8, 2010 6.7Acting on a tip from an 11-year-old, Jack and Dan uncover a plot to falsify legal documents for two violent Mexican drug dealers who are com
  13. S01E13The Good Guys S01E13Dan on the RunOctober 15, 2010 6.3"Savage & Stark" reunite one more time when Dan turns to his ex-partner after the governor's son they saved 25 years ago is kidnapped ag
  14. S01E14The Good Guys S01E14Season's bestOld DogsOctober 22, 2010 7.5Jack and Dan are forced to use Jack's Uncle Nate, a con artist who once stole his family's money, in an undercover operation to catch a thug
  15. S01E15The Good Guys S01E15The WhistleblowerOctober 29, 2010 7.5Jack and Dan start a neighborhood watch after Ruiz is the victim of a peeping Tom. However, they accidentally stumble upon an assassin hired
  16. S01E16The Good Guys S01E16Silence of the DanNovember 5, 2010While investigating a stolen painting at a doctor's house, Dan faints, and is restricted to desk duty until he recovers. Despite the handica
  17. S01E17The Good Guys S01E17The GetawayNovember 12, 2010Jack's romantic getaway to a bed & breakfast with Liz is short-lived when the proprietor begins acting suspiciously after he learns that
  18. S01E18The Good Guys S01E18SupercopsNovember 19, 2010While Jack and Dan tackle a case involving car thieves who accidentally steal smuggled diamonds, Dan becomes angry with Jack when he finds o
  19. S01E19The Good Guys S01E19Cop KillerDecember 3, 2010A smug, relentless internal affairs officer goes after Dan for helping Julius take down a group of weapons smugglers that he snitched on.
  20. S01E20The Good Guys S01E20PartnersDecember 10, 2010 5.3Jack becomes suspicious when his ex-partner, now a deputy police chief, frames his "dine and dash" suspect for a murder that he couldn't hav

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