Morse is taken seriously ill at a museum reception and is hospitalized. In the hospital, Supt. Strange, visits Morse to push him to take early retirement, while Dr. Millicent 'Millie' Van Buren gives him her book on a 140 year-old court case known as the Oxford Canal Murders. The case involved the murder and rape of a young woman, Mrs Joanna Franks, traveling by canal boat from Coventry to London. The case resulted in three boatmen being sentenced to death and two of them hanged. Morse starts to read Millie's book and dreams about it. He soon has a number of problems with the case.
　　Why weren't the three men also charged with theft? Why did Mrs Franks take a boat instead of a train that was much faster and comfortable and only slightly more expensive? Why didn't she abandon the boat after she complained about lewd behavior of the crew at the shipping office in Banbury? Why did she then drink and 'socialise' with the crew? What happened to her 'carpet bag' with which she arrived on the boat but which was not mentioned in the court case, nor was it stored in the archives with her, almost empty, trunk? The trunk was marked with initials of her first husband who had died. How did it happen that her shoes were found on the boat but nobody saw her return to the boat from the forest?
　　PC Adrian Kershaw does some brilliant leg work for Morse. He studied history and has invaluable background knowledge. For instance, he mentions that the boatmen had bad reputation because they worked on Sundays and did not attend church. Later a chapel was built for them in Oxford.
　　The dead woman's clothes and the shoes found on the boat are submitted to modern forensic investigation. The result is that the shoes did not belong to the dead woman found in the water because she was much taller.The shoes were never used in the forest.
　　Only Mrs Franks' husband, Charles Franks, was called to identify the body of the dead woman. He claimed that, while her face was darkened and disfigured, he found a birth mark behind her ear. The prosecutor welcomed that information "that only a husband or a lover would know". The accused were not shown the body. The defense attorney merely claimed that the guilt of the three men was not proved. All three accused claimed to the end that they were innocent. One of them was not executed because he embraced Christianity in prison.
　　Morse instructs Kershaw to investigate if Charles Franks benefited from his wife's death and, indeed, he pocketed 300 pounds insurance money. Case closed: Charles Franks murdered a tall women and dropped her in the canal after meeting Joanna in the forest. If Joanna Franks jumped off the boat at the same time as the dead body hit the water, she swam to the bank and joined her husband. The couple changed their names, in the case of 'Charles Franks' a second time after he 'died' as Joanna's first husband. The fourth boatman, a youngster who was not charged, was probably paid by Joanna to give false testimony.
　　Morse travels to Ireland and has a grave of Joanna's first husband exhumed. The coffin contains bags of sand and some stones.

　　故事发生在一座名为“东城”的小城之中，梅尔（凯特·温丝莱特 Kate Winslet 饰）是在那里生活和工作的一名警探，每一天，梅尔都要处理镇子上发生的各种各样的琐事，这些事情堆积到一起，难免令她感到身心疲惫。
　　某日，一起谋杀案的发生打破了小镇的宁静气氛，一位名叫艾琳（卡莉·史派妮 Cailee Spaeny 饰）的少女妈妈被人发现死在了河滩上。一段流出的视频显示，艾琳在死亡当天，曾经遭到过前男友迪伦（杰克·马赫恩 Jack Mulhern 饰）和其现任女友布里安娜（麦肯齐·兰辛 Mackenzie Lansing 饰）的霸凌，梅尔毫不犹豫拘捕了两人。这桩案件带来的影响犹如蝴蝶效应一般迅速席卷了整个小镇，一时之间，梅尔身边的所有人似乎被卷入了案件之中。

　　司法正义第二季讲述了女主人公Juliet Miller的生活在一场意外后发生了翻天覆地的变化，而在这之后她的家庭又是如何为了生活、爱和生存而顽强斗争的故事。

　　故事发生在英格兰西南部的多塞特郡一个安宁的海滨小镇Broadchurch。满身血污的Danny Latimer的尸体被发现在一片风景宁静的海滩上。这座安逸的滨海小镇因此被推上了风口浪尖，不仅引来了居民们的惊恐，还招致媒体的疯狂报道。新获得提升的侦探巡官Alec Hardy（大卫·田纳特 David Tennant 饰）被调到这座小镇任职。因为此举抢了本属于当地女侦探Ellie Miller（奥莉薇娅·柯尔曼 Olivia Colman 饰）的职位，因而遭到她的敌视。面对这起意外死亡，两人不得不联手共同调查。高耸陡峭的岩石峭壁环抱四周，人们怀疑Danny是从上面失足落下的。他的死因仍扑朔迷离，而他所在的这个风景如画的海滨小镇成了警察调查的中心，媒体汇集的焦点。而这份不和谐的喧闹则成为了分裂社区的威胁……

　　这部由安吉·哈蒙（Angie Harmon）与萨莎·亚历山大（Sasha Alexander）主演，讲述波士顿一名女警官与一名女法医的工作生活的TNT警匪剧在今年夏季美剧中的表现十分亮眼，收视率名列各基本收费频道回归剧集的榜首。
　　尽管被调整到每周四晚9点播出，《妙女神探》平均每一集仍吸引到了710万观众。因此，TNT台已经续订了第四季，该季共有15集，将于2013年播出。

　　一名法医在案件侦破中努力确定自己的角色。

　　She Sees What Others Can't.

　　1971 年，四名女性不顾极端保守的规范，加入了墨西哥第一支女子警察部队，却发现这只是为了分散媒体对连环杀手的注意力而采取的宣传噱头。随着尸体数量的增加，她们约定将凶手绳之以法。

　　艾莉森（帕特丽夏·阿奎特 Patricia Arquette 配音）自幼便拥有高于常人的灵视能力，总能够看见徘徊在人间的幽魂鬼影，聪明的艾莉森将这种能力融合进了工作中，成为了一名灵媒。艾莉森额丈夫乔伊（杰克·韦伯 Jake Weber 饰）是一名科学工程师，虽然科学和灵异相斥，但他依然相信着妻子的每一个决定，并且成为了她最坚强的后盾。
　　艾莉森和乔伊有三个孩子，性格敏感，灵能力最强的大女儿艾瑞尔（苏菲亚·威希涅瓦 Sofia Vassilieva 饰）、古灵精怪特立独行的二女儿布雷吉特（Maria Lark 饰）和虽然年纪小但已经学会熟练使用灵能力的马力（Miranda Carabello 饰），看着自己的三个孩子都继承了灵力，艾莉森感到有些担心。

　　第二季将我们带回到虚构的宾夕法尼亚州比尔小镇。德尔·哈里斯（丹尼尔斯 饰）和格蕾丝·坡（蒂尔内 饰）在经历第一季的悲惨事件后试图重建自己的生活。讲述了一系列看似无关的谋杀案，背后隐藏着一个更大的阴谋，威胁着这个关系紧密的小镇上的每一个人。

　　本剧原名《巴金命案 The Barking Murders 》，因视角专注于案件中逝去的生命而改名。
　　故事讲述真实发生过的埃塞克斯郡巴金区命案，以受害者家属的角度描述Stephen Port的一连串犯罪行为，和备受批评的警方调查过程。
　　强奸犯兼连环杀手Stephen Port在同志交友网站找寻目标，然后对他们下药及强暴，其中有四人因Stephen Port用药过量而死；然而当时头三宗命案明明有着相似性，但警方没有以「连环杀人」的方向调查，故此受害者家属认为警方也得对凶案一再发生而负责。

　　《毒枭》在经过三季于哥伦比亚的反毒战争后将告一段落。Netflix将原来的第四季独立出来作为衍生剧《毒枭：墨西哥篇》（Narcos: Mexico）。
　　本作将聚焦于反毒战争的起源 – 墨西哥的瓜达拉哈拉贩毒集团，时间也将移前至80年代，讲述冷静﹑大胆﹑头脑清晰﹑忠于 亲友的Felix Gallardo（Diego Luna饰）如何把散乱的贩毒者统一起来，成为被称为「Godfather」的大毒枭。
　　而缉毒局探员Kiki Camarena（Michael Pena饰）带着妻儿从加州搬到瓜达拉哈拉，但他没意料到此反毒战的危险程度，并引发了惨剧。在《毒枭》第一季中曾提到，Kiki被贩毒集团抓获后，死前曾被剥了两腿的皮﹑对着手脚开枪﹑用电钻钻头等。不过他的死也令缉毒局开始对毒枭穷追猛打。

　　A musical theater performance reenacting Brokenwood's history goes horrifically awry when the composer is electrocuted on stage. But was it murder or just an unfortunate accident?

　　CW已续订《我是僵尸》第三季。

　　Netflix首部原创澳洲剧集《鱼妖怪谈》(Tidelands)发布预告，埃尔莎·帕塔奇、夏洛特·贝斯特(《青春旋律》)、阿隆·贾库本科(《莎拉娜传奇》)、彼得·奥布莱恩(《美女摔角联盟》)、玛德琳·麦登(《爱探险的朵拉》)等参演，12月14日上线。
　　讲述一个前罪犯返回家乡的小渔村奥弗林湾，当一名当地渔民的尸体被冲上海岸后，她对镇上奇怪的居民——被称为Tidelanders的半人半妖生物——展开调查，揭开这个小镇的秘密。

　　CBS正式宣布续订「犯罪心理」第15季，并确定这部将是该剧系列的最终季！！

　　蕾妮·齐薇格将领衔主演NBC犯罪题材限定剧《关于帕姆的那些事》(The Thing About Pam，暂译)，齐薇格同时担任执行制作人。该剧将围绕2011年NBC播报的真实犯罪新闻Betsy Faria谋杀案的背后故事展开，Russ Faria谋杀了妻子Betsy Faria，而这一案件则与美国妇女Pamela Marie Hupp2016年在密苏里州奥法伦市的家中谋杀了Louis Gumpenberger交叉在一起，Hupp被判处无期徒刑。NBC已一次性订购该剧6集。

　　ITV续订《格雷斯》第三季。

　　When old family friend Louisa Oxley visits Miss Marple one stormy night seeking help, Miss Marple decides to send her and her son, Archie, to safety at the labyrinthine estate of Greenshaw's Folly, owned by Miss Marple's good friend Katherine Greenshaw, an eccentric botanist and the last surviving Greenshaw. Louisa becomes Miss Greenshaw's secretary, and quickly attracts the attention of the gardener Alfred Pollock and actor Nat Fletcher. Things turn sinister when the Folly's faithful butler, Walter Cracken, is killed in what appears to be a tragic accident. Then a guest at the house, Horace Bindler, disappears without a trace. Miss Marple is convinced all is unwell, and her suspicions are confirmed when Miss Greenshaw herself is brutally murdered. Suspects are everywhere, but none can imagine the secrets, both past and present, which Miss Marple uncovers.

　　第四季将采用不同的结构。在之前的季节中，每一集长篇剧集都会呈现一个新的谜题。而第四季将会在整个季节中讲述一个贯穿始终的故事。

　　《黑钱胜地》（Ozark）是一部由比尔·迪比克创作的电视剧。杰森·贝特曼主演，并导演了半数剧集。本剧主要讲述了贝特曼饰演理财师马蒂·伯德（杰森·贝特曼 饰）与其妻子温迪（劳拉·琳尼 饰）一家突然从芝加哥郊区搬到奥沙克湖的度假胜地，并必须还清墨西哥毒枭的债。

　　根据Paul Cleave的小说《清掃魔》（The Cleaner）改编。

　　概况上来看，雷（列维·施瑞博尔 Liev Schreiber 饰）是一个通俗的中年汉子，现实上，他从事着一份布满了刺激和危险的神秘工作——替上流社会的各路名人雅士解决他们“不克不及说的麻烦”。在客户们眼中，雷是无所不克不及的天主，可是雷呢，尽管解决过各类各样的“疑难杂症 ”，但他始终无法“治疗”本身的糊口。　　雷的父亲麦克（强·沃特 Jon Voight 饰）方才从牢狱里出来，他的家人和社会可以或许宽容的采取这个看起来有些玩世不恭的老头子吗？身为雷的老婆，艾比（葆拉·马尔科姆森 Paula Malcomson 饰）对于丈夫的事业和本身的身份又抱有着如何的思疑呢？

　　经典剧情惊悚片《沉默的羔羊》计划推出一部衍生剧。CBS预订了新剧《克拉丽丝》(Clarice)的剧本，以电影中朱迪·福斯特饰演的特工Clarice Starling为主角，讲述《沉默的羔羊》事件一年后的1993年，她回到一线去追捕连环杀手和性犯罪者，同时也游走在华盛顿高风险的政治世界。阿历克斯·库兹曼(《新木乃伊》《星际迷航：发现号》)、詹妮·吕美特(《蕾切尔的婚礼》《星际迷航：发现号》)担任该剧编剧和执行制作人。如果顺利开发，会在2020-21播出季推出。