Killer Instinct is an American crime drama television series filmed in Vancouver that originally aired on the Fox Network

Fox Broadcasting Company

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. The pilot episode aired on September 23, 2005, and the final episode aired on December 2, 2005.

The show starred Johnny Messner as Detective Jack Hale of the San Francisco Police Department

San Francisco Police Department

The San Francisco Police Department, also known as the SFPD and San Francisco Department Of Police, is the police department of the City and County of San Francisco, California...

 Deviant Crimes Unit. The unit's mission is to track down the perpetrators of unusual crimes within the city. The definition of a deviant crime is not explicitly stated within the show. Each new crime spree is investigated by the head of the unit, Lieutenant Matt Cavanaugh (Chi McBride

Chi McBride

Kenneth "Chi" McBride is an American actor. He starred as Steven Harper on the series Boston Public, as Emerson Cod on Pushing Daisies, and recently appeared in Fox's drama Human Target.-Early life:...

) who judges whether the crime is deviant enough to be investigated by the DCU. The subjective nature of this process has led Hale's partner, Detective Danielle Carter (Kristin Lehman

Kristin Lehman

Kristin Lehman is a Canadian actress and dancer.Lehman was born in Toronto, Ontario, and grew up in Vancouver and trained in classical ballet at Canada's Royal Academy of Dance for eight years...

), to try to define a deviant crime. Despite her efforts, Hale remains convinced that deviance is in the eye of the beholder.

Fox ordered 13 episodes, only 9 episodes were broadcast in the United States, while the remaining 4 premiered in the UK on Five. The series also been broadcast in France

France

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, New Zealand

New Zealand

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, Croatia

Croatia

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, Italy

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, the Netherlands

Netherlands

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, Australia

Australia

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 and Japan

Japan

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.

Main cast

• Johnny Messner as Det. Jack Hale
• Marguerite Moreau
  Marguerite Moreau
  Marguerite Moreau is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles on the television series Blossom, her role as Katie in the comedy cult film Wet Hot American Summer, and her role in The Mighty Ducks series of films...
  
   as Det. Ava Lyford ("Pilot" only)
• Kristin Lehman
  Kristin Lehman
  Kristin Lehman is a Canadian actress and dancer.Lehman was born in Toronto, Ontario, and grew up in Vancouver and trained in classical ballet at Canada's Royal Academy of Dance for eight years...
  
   as Det. Danielle Carter (Episode 2 onward)
• Chi McBride
  Chi McBride
  Kenneth "Chi" McBride is an American actor. He starred as Steven Harper on the series Boston Public, as Emerson Cod on Pushing Daisies, and recently appeared in Fox's drama Human Target.-Early life:...
  
   as Lt. Matt Cavanaugh

Recurring cast

• Ramon De Ocampo as Harry Oka
• Jessica Steen
  Jessica Steen
  Jessica Steen is a film and television actress, noted for her roles in Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, Homefront, Earth 2, Armageddon, Left Behind: World at War, NCIS, and Flashpoint....
  
   as Dr. Francine Klepp
• Benita Ha
  Benita Ha
  Benita Ha is a Chinese Canadian actress. She is best known in Canada for her appearance in the television show Street Cents. Her most recent appearance is in the film Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins. She also appeared in Smallville, X-Men: The Last Stand, Psych, Paycheck, Catwoman, and Flight 93...
  
   as Riley
• Byron Lawson
  Byron Lawson
  Byron Lawson is a Canadian actor. He recently portrayed gangster Eddie Kim in the 2006 film Snakes on a Plane. His ethnic mix is Chinese, Japanese, and Korean....
  
   as Det. Lee

Episodes

The last four episodes were unaired in the United States and premiered in the UK on Five.

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