Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television (2017)
In this series, the LAPD thinks it's a good idea to form a task force partnering actors with homicide detectives. A super meta half hour comedy, the show within a show within a show is as much about Hollywood as it is an action-comedy procedural. Starring Ryan Hansen and Samira Wiley as his strait-laced partner Detective Jessica Mathers, the series features a who's who of stars playing bizarro versions of themselves including Joel McHale, Donald Faison, Eric Christian Olsen, Jon Cryer and Kristen Bell.
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Episode 1 - Pilot
Release Date: 2017-10-25Ryan and Mathers meet cute and totally solve their first murder together. Hijinks never ensue. Also: Jon Cryer, folks.
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Episode 2 - Jane D'Oh!
Release Date: 2017-10-25Ryan fully stresses about his upcoming Hamilton audition as he and Mathers must go undercover at an actor’s showcase to solve a perplexing double-homicide. It’s a pretty legit episode.
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Episode 3 - Joel McHale Is: Ryan Hansen
Release Date: 2017-10-25When the show’s ratings take a dip, Ryan must solve the biggest crime of all: his being recast by Joel McHale.
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Episode 4 - Trafficking and the Traffic King
Release Date: 2017-10-25Ryan and Mathers investigate a drug deal gone wrong, but don’t get too far in Los Angeles traffic. While the case slows down, their friendship is on the fast track to carpool karaoke.
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Episode 5 - Hungry for Justice
Release Date: 2017-10-25When a famous food blogger is poisoned, it’s up to Ryan and Mathers to figure out who served his last meal.
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Episode 6 - Escape Room Escapades
Release Date: 2017-10-25Ryan channels his inner Michael Douglas when six people are killed in an escape room and a Hollywood director becomes the prime suspect. It's just like Basic Instinct. Without the sex. Or Sharon Stone. Or anything remotely related to Basic Instinct.
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Episode 7 - Freezed
Release Date: 2017-10-25Seven public domain princesses are murdered, and Ryan and Mathers need to solve the case before the killer strikes again. Kristen Bell guest stars in an unlikely role.
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Episode 8 - Eight is the New Se7en
Release Date: 2017-10-25A serial killer targets Ryan and everyone he knows. It’s the second half of a two-part season (hopefully not series) finale - you’re welcome. Btw, there’s no such thing as a three-part episode.