Unforgettable (TV series)

Unforgettable
Format	Police procedural Mystery Drama
Created by	Ed Redlich John Bellucci
Starring	Poppy Montgomery Dylan Walsh Kevin Rankin Michael Gaston Daya Vaidya Jane Curtin
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Ed Redlich John Bellucci Carl Beverly Sarah Timberman
Running time	45 minutes
Production company(s)	Timberman-Beverly Productions CBS Television Studios Sony Pictures Television
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	September 20, 2011 (2011-09-20) – May 8, 2012 (2012-05-08)
Chronology
Related shows	based on the short story The Rememberer by J. Robert Lennon
External links
Official website

Unforgettable (previously titled The Rememberer) is an American crime/mystery television series that originally ran on CBS from September 20, 2011 to May 8, 2012. The series follows a female police detective with an unusually detailed memory.

On May 13, 2012, CBS canceled Unforgettable.^[1] Despite its cancellation, TNT and Lifetime have expressed interest in picking up the series.^[2]

Synopsis

Former Syracuse, New York police detective Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything.^[3] 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 opening narration by Poppy Montgomery is as follows:

"I'm Carrie Wells. Only a few people in the world have the ability to remember everything. I'm one of them. Pick any day of my life, and I can tell you what I saw or heard: faces, conversations, clues (which comes in handy when you're a cop.) If I miss something the first time it's okay. I can go back and look again. My life...is unforgettable."

Episodes

Cast

Main cast

• Poppy Montgomery as Det. Carrie Wells: The shows protagonist and somewhat titular rememberer. An enigmatic former Syracuse, New York police detective, Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything she has seen or heard. Her ability is very helpful to investigations she and her team are conducting. She's wanted to be a cop ever since her sister was murdered when she was a little girl. Nine years ago, she worked for the Syracuse Police Department for about five years, but after her sister's murder investigation was shut down, Carrie wanted a new life and moved to New York City. Since then, Carrie has tried to put her past behind her, but in the pilot, she joined the New York City Police Department's Queens Homicide when her former boyfriend and partner asks her for help with solving a case. The move allows her to try to find out the one thing she has been unable to remember: the man that was responsible for her sister's murder.
• Dylan Walsh as Lt. Al Burns: The lead detective of the team Carrie works with, as well as Carrie's ex-partner and boyfriend from when she worked at Syracuse Police Department. After coming to her for help, Carrie and Al decide to work together once again to solve various cases. Even though they're not in a relationship anymore, but are still good friends, Al is very protective of Carrie.
• Kevin Rankin as Det. Roe Sanders: A junior detective who's one of Carrie and Al's co-workers. He tends to make good-natured jokes about Carrie's ability and he is fond of a female techno-geek who aids the group with their cases. Roe also tends to have doubts about most cases.
• Michael Gaston as Det. Mike Costello: Another one of Carrie and Al's co-workers and Al's right-hand man.
• Daya Vaidya as Det. Nina Inara: Another one of Carrie and Al's co-workers, Nina is a sassy, street-smart cop.
• Jane Curtin as Dr. Joanne Webster: Carrie's friend, who works at the hospital where Carrie volunteers and an experienced Medical Examiner of the NYPD.^[4] Carrie and Joanne also do a lot of tag-teams, since they are good friends. She was also the first one Carrie told about having a possible lead on her sister's killer.

Recurring cast

• Britt Lower as Tanya Sitkowsky: A techno-geek who works with the group, Tanya can trace calls of even burners. Tanya is also fond of Roe.
• Omar Metwally as ADA Adam Gilroy: A persistent assistant DA who is unaware that Carrie has Hyperthymesia, he has assisted the squad with some cases.
• Deanna Dunagan as Alice Wells, Carrie's mother, who has Early-onset Alzheimer's disease and is currently living at a recovery home.

Production

The hour-long program is based on David A. Adler's Cam Jansen series and J. Robert Lennon's short story "The Rememberer". The series was created by Ed Redlich and John Bellucci^[5] and co-produced with Carl Beverly and Sarah Timberman for CBS, where it made its debut on September 20, 2011.^[6] The series is a co-production of CBS Television Studios and Sony Pictures Television. On October 25, 2011, CBS picked up the series for a full first season of 22 episodes.

Serving as a consultant on the series is actress Marilu Henner, who like the series' lead character Carrie Wells, possesses hyperthymesia in real life. She had a guest spot in the episode "Golden Bird", as Wells' aunt, who is suffering from symptoms similar to that of Wells' mother's early-onset Alzheimer's disease.^[7][8][9]

Ratings

Season		Episodes	Timeslot	Series premiere	Series finale	TV Season	Ranking	Viewers (in millions) (to date)
	1st	22	Tuesday 10:00 p.m.	September 20, 2011	May 8, 2012	2011-2012	#24	12.11[10]

Awards

Unforgettable was nominated for Favorite New TV Drama at the 2012 People's Choice Awards.^[11]

Year	Award	Category	Recipients and nominees	Outcome
2012	People's Choice Awards	Favorite New TV Drama	Unforgettable	Nominated

At metacritic.com (a website that aggregates critical reviews) Unforgettable received a mixed to positive critical score of 57/100.

International broadcasts

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Country	Channel	Premiere date
Australia	Nine Network	N/A
Belgium	RTBF (in French)	April 26, 2012
	Vijftv	May 03, 2012
Brazil	AXN	February 2, 2012
Canada	CTV	September 20, 2011[12]
Colombia	AXN	N/A
Czech Republic	AXN Crime	N/A
Chile	AXN	N/A
France	TF1	N/A
Germany	glitz*	May 8, 2012[13]
Hungary	AXN Crime	N/A
Iceland	SkjárEinn	April 24, 2012
Italy	Fox Crime (Italy)	February 1, 2012
India	Star World India	March 8, 2012
Mexico	AXN Middle & South America	N/A
Middle East	OSN First	N/A
Norway	TV3 (Norway)	N/A
Poland	AXN	November,12 2011
Portugal	TVSeries	October, 5 2011
	AXN	N/A
Romania	AXN	N/A
Spain	AXN	N/A
Sweden	TV3 (Sweden)	N/A
Turkey	DiziMax	N/A
United Kingdom	Sky Living	January 10, 2012[14]

References

External links

• Official website
• Unforgettable at the Internet Movie Database
• Unforgettable at TV.com
• Unforgettable on Wikia