How are real-life detectives different from the ones on TV?

Firstly, a detective is not a superior officer to a patrol officer, they just have different jobs. What you see on TV, detectives ordering patrol officers around, doesn't usually happen. Many people see detectives as screeching up to a crime scene and having shootouts from behind Ford 150s and railroad cars. Nothing could be further from the truth. read more

All the episodes of Real Detective (2016) are shot on location in Laval, suburb of Montreal, Québec, Canada, even though the action is supposedly set all over the United States: Georgia, Oregon, Texas, California, Florida, Illinois, Montana, etc. read more