When the person investigating a murder might also be the one who committed it, the badge stops offering any comfort — that's the unsettling premise driving Good Cop Bad Cop.
What is Good Cop Bad Cop about?
The series follows a real, difficult homicide case where detectives are forced to consider the unthinkable: that the person responsible for the killing wears the same uniform they do. Told through interviews and investigative footage rather than dramatized reenactment, the show tracks how the case unravels once suspicion turns inward, watching officers and investigators navigate divided loyalties, institutional pressure and the practical mess of proving guilt against one of their own. Rather than building toward a single twist reveal, it lingers on the process — the interviews, the evidence gathering, the moments where certainty starts to crack — letting the shock of the outcome grow out of procedure rather than spectacle.
Cast & crew
Garry McFadden, Steven Goard and Rachel Lewis appear as themselves, speaking directly to the investigation from the perspective of the people who lived through it, which gives the series its grounded, first-person weight rather than a scripted dramatization.
Context & significance
Good Cop Bad Cop belongs to the true-crime documentary tradition of letting investigators and witnesses narrate their own case rather than staging it, a format built to sit with the discomfort of a story where the expected roles of protector and suspect collapse into the same person. Released in 2023, the series holds a notably high audience rating for the genre, reflecting how effectively it handles a premise that could easily tip into sensationalism. Its short, single-case structure also sets it apart from longer-running true-crime anthologies, giving the investigation room to breathe without padding the runtime with unrelated cases.
Where & how to watch
Good Cop Bad Cop streams on K-Time with a Farsi-friendly interface, and the series is available with Persian dubbing as well as Persian subtitles. The page is free to read; watching the episodes requires only logging into a K-Time account.