Episode 1
Drugs
The Covert Investigations Unit takes on its first case: a murderous drug kingpin.
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Played
20131 season6.8 / 10
There are no rules in this game.
The Covert Investigations Unit (CIU) risks going undercover to infiltrate and bring down criminal organizations. In this new style of short-term, high-intensity undercover work, each covert “play” is crafted quickly and executed at an even faster pace. Placed into various worlds of crime without a safety net, the cops are in constant danger, as they repeatedly go off the grid. Wearing wires, coaxing confessions, and setting up stings, the cops of the CIU must think quickly, talk smoothly, and rely on pure instinct. They slip in and out of characters so often that, sometimes, they lose track of who they really are.
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Synopsis
The Covert Investigations Unit (CIU) risks going undercover to infiltrate and bring down criminal organizations. In this new style of short-term, high-intensity undercover work, each covert “play” is crafted quickly and executed at an even faster pace. Placed into various worlds of crime without a safety net, the cops are in constant danger, as they repeatedly go off the grid. Wearing wires, coaxing confessions, and setting up stings, the cops of the CIU must think quickly, talk smoothly, and rely on pure instinct. They slip in and out of characters so often that, sometimes, they lose track of who they really are.
Season 1 episodes
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Episode 2
Girls
To bring down an underage prostitution ring, Maria must confront her traumatic past.
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Episode 3
Money
Masked bank robbers have upped the stakes from stealing money to killing guards so Daniel goes undercover and gets entangled with the leader's girlfriend.
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Episode 4
Lawyers
The unexplained disappearance of a litigator sends the team into a toxic law firm.
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Episode 5
Guns
Deadly assault rifles are flooding the streets and Jesse infiltrates his old neighbourhood gang to locate the source of the weapons.
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Episode 6
Fights
To bust racketeers running a vicious fight club and the dirty cop protecting them, Jesse gets into the ring and Moreland plays a guy looking to hire a contract killer.
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Episode 7
Cars
Maria must trust a young thief to help bring down an auto-theft ring specializing in brutality and luxury cars.
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Episode 8
Poison
Hip, young men who spend their nights at an illegal after-hours club start turning up dead. Khali and Jesse go clubbing, looking for a murderer.
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Episode 9
Cops
The C.I.U. is handed a bitter assignment – investigate police corruption in Daniel’s old Guns and Gangs unit.
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Episode 11
Untouchables
The C.I.U. investigation of a murder at an Eastern European consulate reveals a sordid trafficking network operating with diplomatic immunity.
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Episode 12
Hitmen
A notorious biker gang is killing innocent people. Moreland goes undercover as a hitman to bring the gang down.
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Episode 13
Revenge
An old play that put a vicious criminal away years ago returns to haunt Moreland. Now out on parole, the convicted armed robber is bent on revenge.
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Cast
Lisa Marcos
Vincent Walsh
Chandra West
Dwain Murphy
Agam Darshi
Adam Butcher
Credits
- Created by
- Greg Nelson