A Short-Lived American Mystery Drama that follows a retired criminologist (Bill Cosby) who helps his friends (James Naughton and Robert Stanton) on cases.
The show also features Mos Def, Rita Moreno, Lynn Whitfield, Mario Todisco, John Henry Kurtz, José Zúñiga, and Tony Cucci.
The Cosby Mysteries was the last series produced by William Link, of Levinson and Link fame, who co-created it with David Black, a frequent scripter on Hill Street Blues and Law & Order. It aired on NBC for one season.
Tropes for the series:
- Alliterative Name: Roberta Ressler.
- Alliterative Title: Mirror, Mirror.
- Chemically-Induced Insanity: A Victim of the Week is poisoned with mercury placed on his desklamp; the heat of the lightbulb vaporized the mercury and he inhaled the fumes, making him as mad as the proverbial hatter.
- The Eponymous Show: The Cosby Mysteries.
- Invisible Wall: Guy confronts the murderer with his evidence. Naturally she tries to shoot him, only to find there's a screen of bulletproof glass between them.
- One-Word Title:
- Camouflage.
- Goldilocks.
- Running into the Window: A Femme Fatale tries to shoot Guy Hanks, only to discover he's standing behind a sheet of bulletproof glass he's set up in the room between them.
