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* The ''{{Series/CSI}}'' series all have elements of this. Jim Brass in the original ''{{Series/CSI}}'' borderlines this. The other members of the franchise focus more on the science, and ''Series/CSIMiami'''s resident non-scientist is more supervisory, but in ''Series/{{CSINY}}'', Flack works alongside the scientist detectives under Mac, making the policework and science more equal and making it closer to this trope.

* ''Series/{{Rosewood}}'' is named for the scientist, private pathologist Baumont "Rosie" Rosewood, who consults with the East Miami PD in the person of Detective Annalise Villa.

* For a [[Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible loose interpretation]] of the trope, ''{{Series/Castle}}'' is a novelist partnered with Detective Beckett (This arrangement is so he can get inspiration for his books. He was able to make it happen because he's friends with the Mayor.) In a variation, both have considerable people skills, but in different areas.

* Both the UK and American versions of ''Series/EleventhHour'' feature a scientist teamed with a law enforcement officer/bodyguard (from Special Branch in the UK and the FBI in the US).

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The classic BuddyCopShow formula usually involves two law-enforcement officers with very different methods pairing up to [[TheyFightCrime fight crime]]. Older versions usually involve a ByTheBookCop working with a CowboyCop. They will form an OddCouple due to their views of regulation.

* ''Film/OnceUponASpy'': Paige Tannehill is a TuxedoAndMartini secret agent with a licence to kill. Jack Chenault is wisecracking genius computer scientist. Together TheyFightCrime (and [[SavingTheWorld save the world]]).

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* Barrett Coldyron of ''Film/{{ROTOR}}''combines both roles in one character.
* ''Film/OnceUponASpy'': Paige Tannehill is a TuxedoAndMartini secret agent with a licence to kill. Jack Chenault is wisecracking genius computer scientist. Together TheyFightCrime (and [[SavingTheWorld save the world]]).

* ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles'', respectively.
* Don and Charlie, the mathematician, from ''Series/{{Numb3rs}}''.
* ''Series/RosemaryAndThyme'', two "gardening detectives." One is a former police officer and the other is a professor.
* In ''{{Series/The Sentinel}}'', a cop with SuperSenses works with an anthropologist who helps him understand his abilities.

* Everyone in ''{{Series/NCIS}}'' is very fond of their CloudCuckoolander lab techs, PerkyGoth Abby Sciuto and AbsentMindedProfessor Donald "Ducky" Mallard, who, rarely for a cop show, are markedly less combat-ready than their field agent co-workers. But still [[LetsGetDangerous no slouches]].

* ''Series/{{Bones}}'' has Booth and Brennan, the cop and scientist respectively.
* ''Series/CriminalMinds'': Unusual example, Reid is one of the FBI agents, but his extensive knowledge allows him to also act as the scientist when they need it.
* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' has ActionGirl Agent Dunham and CloudCuckoolander in residence Dr. Walter Bishop working together to solve bizarre crimes. Somewhere in the middle fall Watler's son Peter (who's neither scientist nor law enforcement, but his experiences have left him with a decent foundation of both book and street smarts) and Olivia's assistant Astrid Farnsworth (an FBI researcher who is technically an agent but mainly assists Walter in the lab).
* For a [[Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible loose interpretation]] of the trope, ''{{Series/Castle}}'' is a novelist partnered with Detective Beckett (This arrangement is so he can get inspiration for his books. He was able to make it happen because he's friends with the Mayor.) In a variation, both have considerable people skills, but in different areas.
* While ''Series/TheFlash2014'' isn't really about this trope, sometimes investigations fall into the same pattern due to main characters Barry Allen (CSI) and Det. West. Until Barry becomes The Flash, that is.
* ''{{Series/Forever|2014}}'' stars Dr. Henry Morgan, a medical examiner, and his partner, Jo Martinez, a streetwise detective. Shows the evolution of the trope, as the Cop and Scientist back and forth serves as more of a backdrop to the more central focus on Dr. Morgan's immortality.
* ''Series/{{Galileo}}'', with police detectives Kaoru and Misa (in their respective seasons) and physicist Manabu Yukawa, the titular Galileo.
* The ''{{Series/CSI}}'' series all have elements of this. Jim Brass in the original ''{{Series/CSI}}'' borderlines this. The other members of the franchise focus more on the science, and ''Series/CSIMiami'''s resident non-scientist is more supervisory, but in ''Series/{{CSINY}}'', Flack works alongside the scientist detectives under Mac, making the policework and science more equal and making it closer to this trope.

* ''{{Series/Forever}}'' stars Dr. Henry Morgan, a medical examiner, and his partner, Jo Martinez, a streetwise detective. Shows the evolution of the trope, as the Cop and Scientist back and forth serves as more of a backdrop to the more central focus on Dr. Morgan's immortality.

* In ''{{Film/I Robot}}'', Detective Spooner (Will Smith) is the gritty, cyborg cop and Dr. Susan Calvin (Bridget Moynahan) is the cold but beautiful robotics expert. They're investigating the death of another scientist, Dr. Lansing (James Cromwell).

* The Temperance Brennan novels by Kathy Reichs, which ''Series/{{Bones}}'' is based on, have Dr.Brennan the scientist and her on again off again boyfriend Detective Andrew Ryan.

Compare AndroidsAndDetectives.

* ''Series/TheXFiles'' is an early version of the trope, though it's not played as straight as other series. While Scully is an FBI agent, she was assigned to the X-Files division to lend scientific credibility (or not) to Mulder's paranormal investigations. She does engage in some normal agent tasks, such as interviewing suspects and making arrests, but her main contribution to the team is doing autopsies and running lab tests.