The basic premise of the show is that an honest and hardworking cop's career progression hits the buffers when his superior, with whom he's friendly and remains loyal to, is accused of corruption and forced out of the force. Our hero is sent to what's perceived as a dead-end position, that being the department that holds evidence relating to cold cases. From a storytelling point of view this was genius because the writer of the show (and unusually all the episodes were written by one gent and not a team of writers) could then either have our hero investigate cold cases or take on cases that happen to fall into his lap without him getting too wrapped up in police bureaucracy. Helping our hero is a lady civil servant in charge of maintaining the records relating to the cold case evidence and a technical and scientifically inclined fellow who's like an early one man CSI team. All the stories are different and aren't always concluded as you'd imagine.
I only stumbled across this show a week or 2 ago and I'm not sure why I'd never heard of it until now. If there was any justice in this world (and the older I get the clearer it is to me that there is very little) then this would have been a hit and run for a very long time. It's an underappreciated gem of a show so if you get the chance check it out - I don't believe you'll come away disappointed.
