
Code 404
Taste attributes: sci-fi & fantasycomedycrimefantasyrobots/ai/spaceactiondetectivefastfresh & originalunsavouryimaginarylinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingfighting evil
Boxlist takeAn otherworldly fantasy series that is unsentimental, fast-moving and inventive. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Taste details
Pace: fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score
Quality rating
6.6 /10
TMDB · 32 votes
Where to watch
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Seasons
Series 1
· 2020 · 6 episodesEpisodes (6)
1Episode 129 Apr 2020
Top cop John Major is killed after a failed operation. But then the Met brings him back - as an AI prototype.
2Episode 26 May 2020
Major screws up during an investigation and Carver wonders whether to turn him in. But when he learns of the consequences, he decides to cover for him.
3Episode 313 May 2020
After he and Carver are given a new assignment by Dennett, a suspicious Major prefers to stake out Kelly's work as he has a hunch she's been seeing someone else.
4Episode 420 May 2020
The pressure is on in the latest assignment and failure could mean it's shutdown for Major once and for all...
5Episode 527 May 2020
To Carver's bewilderment, Major reveals that he is going to move back in with Kelly. Parfit discovers disturbing information in the AI Ethics files.
6Episode 63 Jun 2020
With Major's AI finally living up to the hype, Carver and Kelly come clean about their relationship. The team lies in wait to catch The Juggler.
Series 2
· 2021 · 6 episodesEpisodes (6)
1Episode 11 Sep 2021
Major, Carver and Kelly have gone their separate ways. Things are looking up for the AI-enhanced Major, whilst Carver is gunning for a promotion and is knee deep in a new case.
2Episode 21 Sep 2021
Carver and Major receive new information on the Chelsea Bridge Case – a £50 million robbery committed twenty years ago by a gang who seemed to vanish into thin air.
3Episode 38 Sep 2021
DCS Dennett officially reopens the Chelsea Bridge case, reuniting Major with his absent father, Clifford, who failed to solve the case 20 years earlier. As Major's AI becomes increasingly unstable, Dr. Parfit and Carver clash over the solution.
4Episode 415 Sep 2021
Major's glitchy AI seriously impacts his police work. Dr. Parfitt's solution to Major's problems lead to a troubling realisation for Dennett.
5Episode 522 Sep 2021
Carver deals with an unstable Major, and Dennett calls in a favour from Millikan Biotech. When the detective inspectors are assigned to a witness protection case with some familiar faces, Carver learns shocking truths and confronts Major.
6Episode 629 Sep 2021
When Carver and Kelly find a collapsed Major with just three hours left to live, they try to get him to accept the truth. Major is determined to solve the Chelsea Bridge case and exonerate his dad before his AI shuts down.
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What lines up
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
- Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
In the near future, an undercover Detective Inspector gunned down and killed during a botched sting is brought back via an experimental Artificial Intelligence project. Full of glitches, he’s got to track down the person who shot him, prove himself as a cop so as not to get shut down, and save his marriage and his friendship, all with his partner Carver to boot.
Synopsis: TMDB
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Details
- Genre
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Year
- 2020
- Episode length
- 25 min
- Status
- Returning
- Studio
- Water & Power Productions
- Taste scores
- How we score
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