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ABC has found plenty of success with its lineup of light-hearted detective shows. Since the days of Castle, which gave The Rookie star Nathan Fillion a proper major mainstream TV success, the network has continued to deliver crowd-pleasing blue-sky procedurals. More recently, High Potential, led by Kaitlin Olson, has become one of its biggest hits in the genre. However, the series, which premiered in 2024, will be absent from ABC's fall lineup for the first time, with Season 3 instead slated for midseason next year. In the meantime, Scott Speedman's R.J. Decker has been filling the void on streaming to great success, and now Hulu is calling on another formidable favorite from the past to give audiences more of the same.
Private Eyes, the Canadian comedy-drama based on G.B. Joyce's novel The Code, has officially found a new home on streaming. The series, starring Jason Priestley and Cindy Sampson as a pair of private investigators, was a major hit on Global, running for five seasons before wrapping up in 2021. Much of its appeal came from its quirky characters and the chemistry between its two leads, whose on-screen partnership eventually blossomed into a romance. From its mismatched crime-solving dynamics to its quirky mysteries, witty banter, and character-driven formula, Private Eyes shares many similarities that have helped make High Potential such a hit. With ABC's cozy procedural temporarily out of the fall lineup, Hulu is beefing up its slate with the beloved crime comedy, giving audiences a new opportunity to discover the series on streaming for the first time ever.
Collider Exclusive · Villain Personality Quiz Which Criminal Mastermind Would Be Your Nemesis? Lecter · Joker · Moriarty · Chigurh
Four of the finest criminal minds ever put on screen. One of them would look at you and see something worth their time. Eight questions decide which one comes for you, why they picked you, and what they would want when they arrived.
🍷Lecter
🃏Joker
♟️Moriarty
🪙Chigurh
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What would a criminal mastermind notice about you first? Great villains choose their opponents carefully. Something about you got their attention.
AMy manners, and everything I am careful not to say. BThat I still believe people are basically decent. CThat I am clever, and quietly enjoy proving it. DThat I handle things myself, and always have.
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02
How do they make first contact? The introduction tells you everything about what is coming next.
AA polite letter. Beautiful handwriting. Quietly wrong. BSomething on fire, with a message left beside it. CA puzzle, left where only I would look. DNo contact. Just the aftermath, and a coin.
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03
What do you actually believe about right and wrong? Every nemesis is really an argument about the thing you believe most.
AThere are lines. Mine are private and absolute. BRules are the only thing keeping us from being animals. CMorality is a system, and systems can be solved. DThings happen. Most of it was never up to me.
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04
What finally gets under your skin? Everybody has a pressure point. Finding yours is the whole plan.
ABeing seen clearly by somebody I cannot read. BWatching good people do something ugly. CLosing to someone who was simply better prepared. DHaving no move left that changes anything.
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05
They have made their move. How do you fight back? This is the part of the film where the audience finds out who you are.
ACarefully, and never where they expect to be touched. BLoudly. I would rather lose than play their game. CWith a better plan. I can out-think this. DDirectly, once, with whatever is closest to hand.
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06
What would they use against you? A good villain never brings a weapon you have not already handed them.
AMy privacy. I have kept far too much to myself. BMy conscience. I will not cross the line they want. CMy ego. I cannot resist a worthy opponent. DMy certainty that I can handle it alone.
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07
What do they actually want from you? The money is never the point. Something else always is.
ATo understand me better than anyone ever has. BTo prove I am no better than they are. CTo finally be beaten by someone worth the trouble. DNothing at all. I stepped into the wrong path.
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08
How does it end between the two of you? Eight questions in, this is the one that decides who comes for you.
AA conversation I will be replaying for years. BA choice forced on me that has no clean answer. COne final move, and the better mind wins. DA coin in the air, and nothing I can say.
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The Case File Is Complete Your Nemesis Is…
Four criminal masterminds. One of them was always going to be yours. Here is who comes for you, why they picked you out of everyone available, and what they want from the encounter.
Hannibal Lecter
Your nemesis does not want to beat you. He wants to know you completely, and he is patient enough to wait for it. The frightening part is how good the conversation is.
- Lecter is the most dangerous kind of opponent: the one who finds you interesting. He never raises his voice, because he has never needed to.
- You keep a great deal to yourself and you are careful about what you show. That reserve is exactly the door he would knock on.
- The films understood something other thrillers missed. The horror is not the violence. It is being perfectly understood by the wrong person.
- He would be unfailingly polite about all of it. That is the worst part.
The Joker
Your nemesis is not after money, territory or revenge. He is after a demonstration, and you are the person he has chosen to prove his point on.
- The Joker only picks opponents who believe in something. Your decency is not a defence against him. It is the entire reason he showed up.
- He has no plan you can predict and nothing you can take away, which removes every tool you would normally reach for.
- His whole argument is that you are one bad day away from being him, and you would spend the rest of your life proving him wrong.
- He would call it a magic trick. You would call it the worst night of your life.
Moriarty
Your nemesis respects you, which sounds flattering until you work out what it means. He chose you because nobody else was worth his time.
- Moriarty is the original criminal mastermind, the template every later one borrows from: a mind the equal of the hero's, pointed the wrong way.
- You enjoy being the cleverest person in the room. He is counting on exactly that, and he has already built the room.
- This is the rare nemesis who would be genuinely disappointed if you lost badly. He needs the game to be worth playing.
- It ends the way these things always end. Two people, one problem, and only one way down.
Anton Chigurh
Your nemesis has no personal interest in you whatsoever, and that is precisely what makes him unsurvivable. You are not a rival. You are a stop on the way.
- Chigurh does not negotiate, gloat or explain. He arrives, he asks one question, and the answer was decided long before you opened your mouth.
- You trust yourself to handle things. He is the one problem in the world that has no interest in how capable you are.
- No Country for Old Men rewrote the screen villain by removing the thing audiences quietly rely on: the sense that talking might work.
- Call it. He will wait.
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'Private Eyes' Returns With a New Spin-off
Hulu's decision to add Private Eyes is a strategic one, particularly as The CW has recently brought back the series with a spin-off series aptly titled Private Eyes: West Coast. The new series sees its central protagonists leave Toronto behind for a new setting in Victoria, British Columbia, where Matt and Angie continue their careers as private investigators. Set five years after the original series, the sequel finds the pair facing an even bigger challenge as they attempt to balance their personal lives and careers while raising a child. Priestley and Sampson have both returned to reprise their roles, with the new series premiering on The CW on October 5 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Episodes are also available to stream on The CW app, Hallmark+, and The Roku Channel.
While Hulu doesn't hold the streaming rights to the new sequel, bringing the original Private Eyes to its platform could prove to be a smart move. Audiences discovering West Coast may naturally want to revisit Matt and Angie's story, giving Hulu a chance to capture viewers interested in the characters' history. And with the streamer already finding success with cozy crime hits like High Potential and R.J. Decker, Private Eyes feels like it's found a natural habitat and is certainly a gem waiting to find a new audience.
Private Eyes is now streaming on Hulu. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
Release Date 2016 - 2021-00-00
Network Global TV
Directors James Genn, Anne Wheeler, Kelly Makin, Shawn Piller, Sudz Sutherland, Eleanore Lindo, Rob Lieberman, Charles Officer, Gail Harvey, Jason Priestley, Jerry Ciccoritti, Jill Carter
Writers Alan McCullough, Derek Schreyer, James Thorpe, Marcus Robinson, Tim Kilby, Shelley Eriksen, Katrina Saville, Alexandra Zarowny, Jackie May, Thomas Pound, Tassie Cameron, Shannon Masters, Tara Armstrong
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