The Indian Detective

The Indian Detective is a Canadian crime comedy-drama series which debuted on CTV and Netflix in 2017.^[1] The show stars Russell Peters as Doug D'Mello, a police officer from Toronto who becomes embroiled in a murder investigation while visiting his father (Anupam Kher) in Mumbai during a one-month suspension for incompetence.^[1] The fourth episode ended in a cliffhanger, hinting at a possible second season; while Peters has stated at various times that a second season was in the works, none has been officially announced as of September 2019.

The Indian Detective
Genre	Comedy Police procedural Mystery Crime
Created by	Frank Spotnitz Smita Bhide
Starring	Russell Peters Anupam Kher William Shatner Christina Cole Mishqah Parthiephal
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of episodes	4
Production
Producer	Trevor Hopkins
Production locations	Mumbai, India Cape Town, South Africa Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Running time	44-46 minutes
Production company	CTV
Original release
Network	CTV
Release	23 November (2017-11-23) – 14 December 2017 (2017-12-14)

As of January 2020, Peters entered a partnership with Amazon Prime with the comedic special "Russell Peters: Deported," possibly delaying season 2 of The Indian Detective even further.

Production

The Canadian scenes of The Indian Detective were filmed on location in Toronto, and in surrounding areas in Ontario. The Canadian border crossing scenes were filmed at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, and some of the Indian scenes were actually filmed in Cape Town, South Africa.^[2]

At the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, the series won the Golden Screen Award as the highest-rated Canadian television program of 2018.^[3]

Cast and characters

• Russell Peters as Douglas "Doug" D'Mello
• Anupam Kher as Stanley D'Mello
• William Shatner as David Marlowe
• Christina Cole as Robyn "Bob" Gerner
• Mishqah Parthiephal as Priya Sehgal
• Hamza Haq as Gopal
• Deepti Jal Singh as Seema
• Nathan Dales as Agent Shamansky
• Veena Sood as Malika
• Angelo Tsarouchas as Informant in car

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Viewers (millions)
1	1	"Episode 1"	Sandy Johnson	Frank Spotnitz & Smita Bhide	November 23, 2017 (2017-11-23)	2.12[4]
A Toronto police officer gets embroiled in a murder investigation while visiting his father in Mumbai.
2	2	"Episode 2"	Sandy Johnson	Frank Spotnitz & Smita Bhide	November 30, 2017 (2017-11-30)	1.54[5]
Priya introduces Doug to a case of a missing Canadian traveler; Doug learns the location of the missing girl.
3	3	"Episode 3"	Sandy Johnson	Frank Spotnitz & Smita Bhide	December 7, 2017 (2017-12-07)	1.28[6]
The violent death of an innocent man at the hands of one of Gopal's henchmen allows Doug and Priya to infiltrate his inner circle.
4	4	"Episode 4"	Sandy Johnson	Frank Spotnitz & Smita Bhide	December 14, 2017 (2017-12-14)	1.26[7]
In a desperate race against time in order to save thousands of lives, Doug and Robyn embark on a dangerous mission in the season finale.