"Mare of Easttown" is an American crime drama limited series that premiered on HBO in 2021. The show is set in a small Pennsylvania town and follows Mare Sheehan, a local detective who is investigating a murder while dealing with personal and family problems.

Gloria Sheppard (Ally Walker from Profiler, Sons of Anarchy) is a detective with the LAPD who has recently become a single mother to two young boys. As with several other female cop type roles currently running on television, Gloria is overloaded between her job and home life, and the men in her life are basically incompetent. She stays up late sewing costumes for her sons then is up bright and early doing her detective thing. Detective Sheppard currently lives with her younger brother, Davey (played by Chris Payne Gilbert from Dexter, Burn Notice) but he's not much help due to being a recovering drug addict and she doesn't trust him with anything more than minor tasks. Sheppard solves some spectacular cases with the assistance of her partner, detective Michelle Dulcett (Tisha Campbell-Martin from Everybody Hates Chris, All of Us). Reminiscent of (although not nearly as tough and outspoken) other TV characters like Brenda Johnson (Kyra Sedgwick) on The Closer, Body of Proof's Dr. Megan Hunt (Dana Delaney), and In Plain Sight's Mary Shannon (Mary McCormack) we see Detective Gloria Sheppard as a woman determined to do it all, with or without male companionship. And she does it well.

"Oz" is an American television series that aired on HBO from 1997 to 2003. The show is set in a fictional maximum-security prison called Oswald State Correctional Facility and focuses on the lives of the inmates, correctional officers, and prison staff.

Will Trent is a fictional character in a series of crime novels by the author Karin Slaughter. He is a Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) agent who struggles with dyslexia and a traumatic past. The novels explore his personal and professional life as he navigates complex cases and relationships.

"The Haves and the Have Nots" is a television show created by Tyler Perry. The show premiered in 2013 on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) and ran for eight seasons until 2021. The series is about the complicated lives of the wealthy Cryer family and their hired help, as well as the impoverished Young family. The show explores themes of power, wealth, and family relationships.

"The Night Of" is a television series that premiered in 2016 on HBO. The show follows the story of a Pakistani-American college student named Nasir "Naz" Khan who is accused of murder after spending a night out in New York City with a mysterious woman named Andrea. The series explores the criminal justice system and the impact of the crime on Naz's family, his defense team, and the victim's family.