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Scripted series · CBS

Unforgettable

She can do anything but forget.

7.2IMDb344 votesWorth your time
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2011 – 20164 seasons · 61 episodes~45 min per episodeTV-14Canceled
MysteryCrimeDrama
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Who's in it

Cast

The principal ensemble across the run of the series.

Poppy Montgomery

Poppy Montgomery

Carrie Wells

61 eps

Dylan Walsh

Dylan Walsh

Al Burns

61 eps

Michael Gaston

Michael Gaston

Mike Costello

22 eps

Kevin Rankin

Kevin Rankin

Roe Saunders

22 eps

Daya Vaidya

Daya Vaidya

Nina Inara

22 eps

Tawny Cypress

Tawny Cypress

Cherie Rollins-Murray

26 eps

Jane Curtin

Jane Curtin

Joanne Webster

35 eps

James Hiroyuki Liao

James Hiroyuki Liao

Jay Lee

39 eps

Britt Lower

Britt Lower

Tanya Sitkowsky

12 eps

Dallas Roberts

Dallas Roberts

Eliot Delson

28 eps

E.J. Bonilla

E.J. Bonilla

Denny Padilla

13 eps

La La Anthony

La La Anthony

Delina Michaels

13 eps

Faye Kingslee

Faye Kingslee

Padma Jindal

1 eps

Li Jun Li

Li Jun Li

Natalie

1 eps

Jason Cerbone

Jason Cerbone

Bobby D'Amato

1 eps

James P. Anderson

Boxing Referee

1 eps

Craig Bierko

Craig Bierko

Marco Lantini

1 eps

Natalie Knepp

Natalie Knepp

Giuliana Lantini

1 eps

Jolly Abraham

Jolly Abraham

Gita Singh

1 eps

Colin Egglesfield

Colin Egglesfield

Agent Charles Sewell

1 eps

Rupak Ginn

Rupak Ginn

Robert Singh

1 eps

Aaron Costa Ganis

Aaron Costa Ganis

Dominic Moreno

1 eps

Elena Hurst

Elena Hurst

Alma Payn

1 eps

Gerald Bunsen

Oscar Payn

1 eps

Sherri Saum

Sherri Saum

Rosario Sanchez

1 eps

Gianmarco Soresi

Gianmarco Soresi

Mike Wilcox

1 eps

Johnny Hopkins

Johnny Hopkins

Sean

1 eps

Josh Green

Josh Green

Teen Hank Bronski

1 eps

Brian J. Smith

Brian J. Smith

John Curtis

1 eps

Adrian Rieder

Jeff

1 eps

Deanna Dunagan

Deanna Dunagan

Alice Wells

5 eps

James Urbaniak

James Urbaniak

Walter Morgan

3 eps

Jackson Hurst

Jackson Hurst

Steve Cioffi, Jr.

3 eps

Adam Trese

Adam Trese

Jay Krause

2 eps

Annika Boras

Annika Boras

Jackie M.

2 eps

Boris Kodjoe

Boris Kodjoe

Agent Frank Simms

2 eps

Skeet Ulrich

Skeet Ulrich

Eddie Martin

2 eps

Samira Wiley

Samira Wiley

Gina

2 eps

Kyle Beltran

Kyle Beltran

Henry

2 eps

The Nutevio profile

TV DNA

How Unforgettable actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.

Signature profile

Unforgettable reads strongest on Tension, Character Depth and Cliffhanger Intensity.

TensionDefining9.0

The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.

Character DepthVery strong8.0

How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.

Cliffhanger IntensityVery strong8.0

How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.

SerializedVery strong7.0

How much each hour depends on the one before it.

BingeabilityStrong6.8

How hard it is to stop after one episode.

Emotional WeightStrong6.6

How much the series is designed to affect you.

SpectacleLight3.5

Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.

World BuildingLight3.5

The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.

HumourLight2.5

How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.

The story

What it's about

Former Syracuse, New York, police detective Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything. She reluctantly joins the New York City Police Department's Queens homicide unit after her former boyfriend and partner asks for help with solving a case. The move allows her to try to find out the one thing she has been unable to remember, which is what happened the day her sister was murdered.

The run

Seasons

4 seasons · 61 episodes.

  • Official poster for Season 1

    Season 1 · Complete

    Season 1

    201122 episodes

    7.5IMDb

    Best episode · S01E06 Friended

  • Official poster for Season 2

    Season 2 · Complete

    Season 2

    201313 episodes

    7.6IMDb

    Best episode · S02E11 East of Islip

  • Official poster for Season 3

    Season 3 · Complete

    Season 3

    201413 episodes

    7.1IMDb

    Best episode · S03E06 Stray Bullet

  • Official poster for Season 4

    Season 4 · Complete

    Season 4

    201513 episodes

    7.2IMDb

    Best episode · S04E13 Paranoid Android

Where the series peaks

Best Episodes

The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

Still from Stray Bullet

S03E06

Stray Bullet

8.1IMDb7 votes

Carrie conducts an investigation off the books when Al becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a parolee he helped put away.

3 Aug 201444 min
Still from East of Islip

S02E11

East of Islip

8.0IMDb7 votes

A murdered body washes ashore in the Hamptons, and Carrie and Al's boss offers them a "paid vacation" in his beautiful Southampton cottage, in order to help local law enforcement find the killer, who may or may not be related to a previous serial killer.

25 Apr 201445 min
Still from Friended

S01E06

Friended

7.9IMDb8 votes

Carrie and Al’s investigation into the murder of a hard-partying heiress takes an unexpected turn when they discover that the woman apparently didn’t exist until 18 months earlier.

25 Oct 201145 min
Still from Endgame

S01E21

Endgame

7.9IMDb7 votes

When Carrie's obsessed admirer turns up dead, she must locate the killer while deflecting attention from the prime suspect: her.

1 May 201245 min
Still from Memory Kings

S02E04

Memory Kings

7.9IMDb7 votes

When the scientist who helped Carrie understand her memory abilities is murdered, she must track down other people with the same skill in the hopes that one of them holds the key to finding the killer.

18 Aug 201345 min
Still from Pilot

S01E01

Pilot

7.8IMDb13 votes

A murder reunites former detective Carrie Wells with her ex-boyfriend and colleague; Carrie must use her rare ability to help solve the case.

20 Sept 201145 min

Recently aired

Latest Episodes

Still from Breathing Space

S04E08

Breathing Space

7.0IMDb3 votes
15 Jan 201644 min

Behind the series

Created by

Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

The craft

Key Crew

Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.

Writing

Direction

Cinematography

Where to watch

Streaming

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