Whether it’s long-running epics likeCriminal Mindsor weekend binge shows likeMindhunter,The Rookie: Fedsis in good company.

Kyra Sedgwick is an inspiration, and Brenda Leigh is one of the best detective characters in TV history.

Like its successor,The Closeris humorous and dramatic in equal measure.

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A grizzled agent teams up with a forensic anthropologist to solve crimes involving unusual skeletal evidence.

Despite having a limiting concept, the series was never want for interesting storylines over its lengthy run.

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Stills from The Rookie Feds and shows like it

Kyra Sedgwick looks on in The Closer

Two Special Agents look on in Mindhunter

Castle and Beckett find new evidence in Castle

Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) and Watson (Lucy Liu) Look On in Elementary

The cast of Bones pose for a promo image.

The cast of NCIS season 1 looks on in a promo image

Red draws the blinds and talks on the phone in The Blacklist

The agents talk to a local cop from Criminal Minds

The characters of FBI talk together

Professor Ryan and Officer Nolan walk down the hall.

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