In this drama from NBC Universal Television, LAPD Detective Michael Raines has the ability to have detailed conversations with deceased crime victims. This unique talent allows him to retrace the steps leading up to their murders and helps him to solve the cases. Although he also must also deal with the apparition of his dead partner, Raines won't stop until each killer is found and brought to justice.
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Pilot plot:
When a teenage girl,Sandy Boudreau, gets murdered, Detective Michael Raines is called to find out who killed her. During the investigation, an uninvited visitor comes back from her grave to help him to solve her case. While working on her case, he is trying to figure out how to stop being tortured by his imagination.
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Added by raines on January 31, 2007
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http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/entertainment/16568325.htm : Philly Inquirer review: Raines. (NBC, 9 p.m. Friday) As the title character in Raines, Jeff Goldblum is a sarcastic, trench-coated detective for the LAPD who suddenly starts seeing and talking to the victims in his murder cases. Or is it his imagination? Either way, the ghosts aren't too helpful. So he relies on his ex-partner (Malik Yoba) and a civilian aide (Nicole Sullivan). The show, which takes ER's slot on Thursdays at 10 for two weeks (March 15, 22) before settling into NBC's schedule on Fridays at 9, has great L.A. locations and a pretty good gimmick. - D.H.