Hartman (TV Series)

Hartman is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, adapted as a spin-off of Law & Order: New Orleans.

Set in Los Angeles, California, the series follows L&O character Chloe Hartman as she, now engaged and an LAPD detective, navigates her work as a cop and her family, with her fiancé Max Browning and their children Jack and Aurora, and Max's son with Jasmine Guiterrez, Daniel. Also, Jack's girlfriend Lauren Hicks, rounds out the family.

Hartman works with the Major Case Squad and an team of elite detectives, in the L.A.P.D., who all report to their ranking C.O. It is their job to investigate the crime, collect evidence, interview witnesses and then, when the evidence points to a suspect or suspects, place the suspect(s) under arrest. The matter is then taken over by the prosecutors of the Los Angeles District Attorney's office. They discuss deals, prepare the witnesses and evidence and conduct the people's case in the trial.

Both teams work with the Medical Examiners Office, Crime Lab and psychiatrists from both the police department and DA's office.

LAPD

 * Jessica Chastain as Senior Detective Chloe Hartman (Season 1-)
 * Morris Chestnut as Senior Detective Lewis Robbins (Season 1-)
 * Zooey Deschanel as Junior Detective Felicity Lawrence (Season 1-)
 * Judson Mills as Sergeant Terry Sanders (Season 1-)
 * Gillian Alexy as Junior Detective Linda Young (Season 1-)
 * Ricardo Antonio Chavira as Lieutenant Carlos Mendoza (Season 2-)
 * Viggo Mortenson as Captain Paul Thorne (Season 1-)

D.A. Office

 * Terrence Howard as Deputy District Attorney Jonah Dekker (Season 1-)
 * Alexandra Hedison as Deputy District Attorney Ingrid O'Donnell (Season 1-)
 * Peter Coyote as District Attorney Jerry Hardin (Season 1-)

Family

 * Jeremy Renner as Max Browning (Season 1-)
 * Joel Courtney as Jack Hartman (Season 1-)
 * Jorge Vega as Daniel Browning (Season 1-)
 * Francesca Capaldi as Aurora Browning (Season 1-)
 * Abigail Breslin as Lauren Hicks (Season 1-)
 * Michelle Rodriguez as Jasmine Gutierrez (Season 2-)

Recurring Cast

 * Drew Barrymore as Lucy Thorne (Season 1-)
 * Tim Daly as M.E. Tucker Monroe (Season 1-)
 * Mouna Traoré as Forensic Specialist Kendra Hastings (Season 1-)
 * Kevin Zegers as Tech Analyst Jasper Baron (Season 1-)
 * Adam Jamal Craig as Officer Michael Brooks (Season 1-)
 * Brenda Song as Officer Sunny Ng (Season 1-)
 * Bianca Lawson as Aaliyah Robbins (Season 1-)
 * Sela Ward as Sarah Thorne (Season 2-)
 * Ray Liotta as Derek Thorne  (Season 2-)

Former Main Cast

 * Mary Beth Mastrantonio as Captain Zoe Callas (Season 1)

Former Recurring Cast

 * Sonequa Martin-Green as Dr. Whitney Lawson (Season 1)
 * Peter Capaldi as Councilman Richard Wilkes (Season 1)

News
Season 3 News
 * Will consist of 18 episodes.
 * A whodunnit will set throughout the season to see who killed Derek Throne who was killed off in the end of season 2 finale with some shocking truth and twist.
 * After his character got killed off in season 2 finale, Ray Liotta will appear in flashback for 7 episodes and season finale.
 * Bella Thorne will guest-star for three episodes and season 3 finale  as the ex-lover of Derek Throne (Ray Liotta). Her character was found buried for almost 4 years in Max and Chloe's garden. She will appear in flashback to show how did she died.
 * Morris Chestnut will depart the main cast at the end  of  the third season.
 * Zooey Deschenal's status as a cast member beyond the current season is currently in limbo.
 * Alexis Knapp will guest-star for 5 episodes as Dr. Kristen Hammond, the doctor who attempted to kills Derek Throne, but stopped by Jasmine before his real murder.
 * The killer of Derek Throne to be revealed on the end of episode 17.

Season 1
#1 - "Pilot"

Detective Chloe Hartman and Detective Lewis Robbins investigate a murder of a lawyer and a client who having a affair during the court of a teenager girl's murder. Felicity Lawrence start her first day as a detective.

#2 - "Childhood"

Max reunited with his childhood friend, Miles Jones after 28 years and Miles asks Max for his help to found his biological father that he never knew in his life. So Max and Hartman try to found Miles's biological father in Beverly Hills. Thorne's niece and Sanders's childhood sweetheart, Lucy (Drew Barrymore) arrived at Los Angeles to visiting her uncle.

#3- "Prank"

Hartman, Robbins and Lawrence investigate when a woman cover with red blood in the river and they believe she was victim to a prank before she was murdered.

#4 - "You Only Live Twice"

Jack got shot by the teenager girl's father after he caught him abused his daughter. The team trying to found them before it is too late. Thorne found out his niece decides to train to be a detective.

#5- "Double Jeopardy"

Hartman trying to help Deputy D.A. Dekker and Deputy D.A. O'Donnell over the case of a young woman who been framed for her husband's murder. With no body found, Hartman and Dekker think he could be still alive and faked his own death. Jack is still recovering in the hospital after getting shot.

#6 - "The Following"

The LAPD trying to protect a young woman from her stalker. Meanwhile, Dekker find himself with his old past is stalking him.

#7 - "Truth and Consequences"

Deputy D.A. Dekker is threatened when his old past are planning to ruining his life and his work for his revenge. Hartman planning to take Dekker into protective custody before it is too late.

#8 - "Rush Hour"

Hartman and Robbins send to investigate a murder in Chinatown. Jack spends time with his family after coming home from hospital and O'Donnell and Hardin trying to keep it together with Dekker in protective custody until his stalker is caught.

#9 - "Pain & Gain"

Hartman is kidnapped by a bobybuilder who is planning to get his brother out of jail and he is threating to kill Captain Callas who is the person who arrested his brother. O'Donnell and Hardin got visit from Daniel Handler who is asking where is Dekker.

#10 - "Stab"

A movie star is stabbed to death. Her killer is somebody who is wearing a costume from the movie, Scream. Time running out for Deputy D.A. Dekker after the shooting at his house. Captain Callas planning to move Dekker out of Los Angeles.

#11 - "Checkmate"

Hartman and Robbins investigate the path of a serial killer who leaves chess pieces with his victims. Detective Young and Sergeant Sanders track down a corrupt ex-cop accused of embezzlement and gun smuggling.

#12 - "Endgame - Part 1"

Thing is getting tough for the team when Handler kills three police officer when Handler is looking for Dekker. But when Handler found out Dekker is in Brooklyn, Hartman, Robbins and Lawrence need to stop him before it is too late.

#13 - "Endgame - Part 2"

It is race against time for Hartman, Robbins and Lawrence to track down Handler in Brooklyn before he could found Dekker and kill him.

In the end, Handler is killed by Hartman, and Callas puts in her retirement papers, leaving Thorne to be promoted to Captain in her place.
 * Final appearance of Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (Zoe Callas) as a regular.

Season 2
#1 - "Welcome Home" 

6 months after the first season finale, Max are shocked to see his ex-girlfriend Jasmine Gutierrez, Daniel's mother at Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Carlos Mendoza join the team in his first day and he, Hartman and Robbins investigate a young woman's death who she was found dead in the swimming pool.


 * First appearance of Ricardo Antonio Chavira (Carlos Mendoza).

#2 - "The Silence of the Lambs"

When investigate on the farm, Hartman, Robbins and Lawrence believe the killer is target the farmer and their lamb and killing them one by one. Meanwhile, Jack get suspicious at his father.

#3 - "Help Me"

Hartman help Lauren when one of Lauren's friend was raped when coming home from the prom. Meanwhile, Max become witness when he saw a teenager girl getting abused by her older brother.

#4 - "The Tree" 

Hartman and Robbins investigate the murder of two teenagers who was dead by near the tree. Meanwhile, when investigate a murder, Hartman spot Captain Thorne spying his niece, Lucy and Sanders on the date.

At the end, Hartman went to the park to see Captain Thorne and wanted to know why he was spying on his niece. Thorne told Hartman, Lucy is not his niece, Lucy is his daughter. Thorne explain to Hartman when he was 16, he got his older brother's girlfriend then wife pregnant with Lucy. Hartman promise Thorne, she will keep his secret.

#5 - "Shine Away"

Hartman, Robbins and the team investigate a murder of a singer who found dead in her fan's house. Meanwhile, Throne visit his brother, Derek and his wife, Sarah (Sela Ward) to talk about Lucy's past. During his visit, Sarah warn Throne to leave Lucy (his daughter) alone in her life.

#6 - "Missing Jerry (Part 1)"

Dekker and O'Donnell are worried about their boss failed to turn up at work before a threating letter send the LYPD team to trying looking for District Attorney Hardin before his life is at danger.

#7 - "Roadkill (Part 2)"

The LYPD team continued to look for Hardin and his strange kidnapper. But they found the search too different when Hardin's kidnapper is masked and he has a black van.

At the end, the team found bruised Hardin at the back of the black van but his kidnapper escape. Ambulance get Hardin to the hospital. When they was inside of the black van, Hartman, Lawrence and Dekker listen the CB radio when Hardin's kidnapper send a threating message that will put somebody's life in danger.

#8 - "Identity Thief"

Hartman and the team investigate when a man is mistake for killing a teenager boy and they believe it is his identity thief who is trying to frame him. Meanwhile, Hardin is hunting by his kidnapped.

#9 - "Frozen"

Hartman and the team investigate a double murder after two teenager girls was found freeze to death. Meanwhile, Hartman warn Thorne to stay away from Lucy but he refused to give up on Lucy, Hartman threating to put his future at risk if the truth don't come out.

And Jack are shocked to see Jasmine in the street, Jasmine says to Jack, she is only here to get her family that leave Jack worried.

#10 - "Into The Woods"

A 15 years old girl and her 14 years old best friend has gone missing when on a school trip in the forest. Hartman and the team learn some dark secret about the forest. Meanwhile, Captain Throne continued to stalking Lucy.

At the end, after rescue the girls, Hartman was about to go home when Sarah arrived and told her to sort out Throne and stop him revealed the truth, he is Lucy's biological father. After Sarah left, Hartman are shocked to see Lawrence had overheard everything.

#11 - "Cry Me A River"

Lieutenant Mendoza's son is kidnapped during school. The kidnapper threatening to drown him. Hartman and the team must find him and rescue him before it is too late. Meanwhile, Robbins gets suspicious about Hartman and Lawrence not talking to each other at work before found out their secret, Throne is Lucy's biological father.

At the end, after long day, Robbins and Lawrence went to Captain Throne's office and asks about Lucy before Hartman walk in. Robbins and Lawrence refused to leave the office, if they know the truth. Throne told Robbins and Lawrence, he slept with Sarah when he was 16, she was 17 and got her pregent. Throne show DNA test to Hartman, Robbins and Lawrence, they are shocked to see Throne is definitely Lucy's father.

#12 - Ashes to Ashes

A reverend found stabbed to death during a funeral. The team must find the killer before killing more reverends. Meanwhile, when visiting Sarah, Lawrence and Robbins are shocked to found out Throne and Sarah was having affair for years before broke it off when Sarah was pregnant with Throne's child.

#13 - "Sweet Revenge (1)"

Hartman and the team investigate a murder of a young woman and her child but found themselves caught in the war between gangsters. Meanwhile, Hartman found out Throne has been lying about the affair with Sarah.

At the end, the FBI agents join the police for searching for the gangsters after a officer was killed, angry Hartman kidnapped Sarah from her house and threaten to hurt Sarah if she don't tell Lucy about her real father.

#14 - "A Time to Kill (2)"

After accident which has been caused by the Mysterious Bad that killed two officer, the LYPD and the FBI found themselves race against time to find the Mysterious Bad and the Mad Dog before somebody will get killed. Meanwhile, Lauren are shocked to find Hartman with tying Sarah who she kidnapped and Hardin found himself face to face with his kidnapper, the leader of The Mad Dog.

At the end, Derek, Lucy and Throne are shocked to find Hartman and Lauren with Sarah. Hardin wanting answer from Hartman before Sarah told Lucy, Throne is her real dad. Hardin trying to cover up but angry Derek believe Lucy is Throne's daughter. Before the fight between Derek and Throne kick off, Hartman got a call and found out Hardin has been kidnapped again. Before the caller could hung up, a drive-by shooting could threatening one of them's life.

#15 - "Heroes to the End (3)"

A drive-by shooting left Derek and Lauren's life hung in balance after they are both injured after the shooting. At the hospital, Lucy blamed Sarah and Throne for putting Derek in hospital and angry Lucy told everybody and the team, Throne is her real father. Lucy's bombshell make Sanders attack Throne and the rest of them back Sanders away.

Meanhwhile, Hartman, her team, the police and the FBI all work to find two gangsters with kidnapped Hardin. Then the search goes deadly, when a final showdown take place, everybody is fighting to end.

At the end, after all of the gangsters are killed and Hardin are rescue and taking to the hospital, Derek resting in his bedside before a mysterious person walk in the room and saying "You Monster" before suffocates him to death. After visiting Hardin in his bedside, Hartman walk off before find a door open. Hartman walk in to found Derek, dead in his bedside. Lucy walk in and saw a shocking Hartman with her real uncle's dead body.


 * Episode ends on cliffhanger and beginning of whodunnit is going to be resolved at the next season.

Season 3
#1 - "Suspicious Minds"

Everybody is shocked of Derek's death but Hartman believe Derek's death is suspicious and think of murder. When the police investagate Derek's death, Hartman found out a shocking discovery.

At the end, the police believe Derek died of heart attack due suffocation. When about to go home, Hartman got a call from somebody and say she will never know who killed Derek. As the call hung up, Hartman watch everybody she know and thinking which one of them is the killer.

#2 - "Black Work"

Robbins, Lawrence and Hartman try to help a police officer to found her son's killer but the investigation turn a twisting turn when learn he was working for the gangster before his death.

Meanwhile, Thorne trying to made everything work for Sarah, Lucy and Sanders after the events and Hartman try to learn about Derek's life before learning his secret: 4 years ago,  he had affair with 15 years old girl. Weeks later, she was pregnant and he told her to get the abortion but she refused. One night, at her house alone with him, Derek push her down the stairs and she lost his child. Derek end his affair and told her to never seen again or she will be dead.

At the end, Hartman and Max talking about Derek's affair, Hartman worried she should tell Thorne and Sarah about Derek. Then Max walk into garden and shocked to found a beads. Max walk forward and shocked to found a hand. As Max dig to found clues, Hartman watch in horror to see a body of teenager girl has been buried in their garden.

#3 - "Bad Blood"

A 18 years old boy accused for shooting his 12 years old sister but Dekker and O'Donnell believe he is protect somebody. Meanwhile, the girl who been buried in Hartman and Max's garden for 4 years identity as Kathy Thompson (Bella Throne), Derek's ex-lover. Hartman, Robbins and Throne investagate Kathy's death before Mendoza and Young found out Kathy was reported as missing 4 years ago.

#4 - "No Escape"

A scientist and his family is taking hostage by his past at their own home. Hartman and the team trying to get the family out before getting killed. Meanwhile, Thorne learn somebody stole $30.000 from his late brother's bank account.

#5 - "Law and Rights"

Hartman found herself in hot water after Robbins accidentally shot a teenager girl during a brawl at high school's party. With Robbins is suspended, Hartman is question about Robbins' time as police officer.

Meanwhile, Thorne attempted to find the person who stole $30.000 from Derek's bank account.

#6 - "Lost in Transgender"

A transgender girl is brutally attacked by a gang in a string of attacks against the transgender community. The Major Case Squad is put on high alert to find those responsible, working with gang unit Detective Jesse Temple (Michael Ealy).

Meanwhile with Robbins still on desk duty, Hartman is partnered with Det. Young on the case, and Thorne finally tracks down the men who stole from his brother Derek's account.

#7 - "Bad to the Bone"

The murder of a young man and an elderly woman on the streets shakes the community and leaves the squad determined to find the killer. However they might have a gleam of hope when they discover there might've been a witness who might have both seen and recorded the whole incident.

Meanwhile, Robbins returns from desk duty and is partnered with Sanders for the investigation, Thorne continues to investigate his brother's death, and learns that there might be more than meets the eye about Derek than he realized...

#8 - "The Birds"

A woman found dead when feeding food to the birds, the team found it different to found the killer because lots of the birds and get suspicious of the death. Meanwhile, Jasmine vist Hartman and told her she saw anybody clear Derek's hospital room on the night when he died. Hartman gets a shock when Jasmine told her Sanders was the person she saw and she think he killed Derek.

#9 - "Starstrike"

A pop music star is found dead in her hot tub, and while signs initally point to an accidental drowning, M.E. Monroe finds evidence of poisoning. Hartman and Robbins, partnered for the case, look into the star's history and discover that while she got along with just about everyone, there were several people who meant her harm, though not in the physical sense...

Also, Sanders is questioned by Thorne and Mendoza over being at the hospital the night of Derek's murder, Sanders denies being involved (as he was there to see his ailling mother) but tells them he saw a young woman enter Derek's room as he left...

#10 - "Vanishing"

Dekker and O'Donnell have trouble prosecuting three teenage boys from the murder of a young exchange student. They are able to get one of the boys to turncoat against to testify against them, but he suddenly disappears on the day he was supposed to. Despite Hartman and the rest of the squad's attempts, they are unable to find him, and as a result, the charges against the other two boys are dropped. The squad and A.D.A.s  begin to think that their victim will never recieve justice, until the revelation of a bug  planted in the office of the case's judge leads them to a stunning outcome.

#11 - "Point of View"

​A shooting in a high school leaves three kids and one teacher dead. Hartman and the team believe somebody wanted revenge on the school before thing take a dark turn.

Meanwhile, Hartman and Throne question Jasmine about the night of Derek's murder. Jasmine admits thought she saw Sanders who clear the room but she saw a woman who attempted to kill Derek before his murder and she stop her.

At the end, Hartman went to the hospital with Jasmine and Sanders to found the woman. Inside of the hospital, Jasmine identities Dr. Kristen Hammond (Alexis Knapp) as the woman she stopped before Derek's death. When Hartman questions Kristen on the night of Derek's murder, Kristen says Derek was a bully and a monster, and that's all needed to know before walking off that leave Hartman suspicious.

#12 - "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly"

Det. Temple (Michael Ealy) returns to assist the squad in investigate a drug-related homicide that seems to reach up to the wealthy, high-powered members of Los Angeles.

Meanwhile, Hartman and Thorne continue to investigate Dr. Hammond for Derek's murder, and discover that Derek had been having an affair with her 10 year earlier, and turned physically and emotionally abusive, which forced her to end it. When confronted with this, Dr. Hammond admits to wanting him dead for the abuse, but denies killing him, saying she was about to but changed her mind at the last second.

Forced back to square one, Hartman and Thorne seem lost on what to do next, until Thorne recieves a phone call...

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