Cold Squad has quietly become one of the more dependable crime dramas currently available in the US on Hoopla and Fawesome. Every one of its 7 seasons holds up. 14 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Garry Chalk's performance alone is worth the time investment. There is no real reason to keep putting it off — it is right there on Hoopla.

There is a reason Cold Squad keeps coming up in conversation. The plotting gives Cold Squad its backbone, but it is the characters you come back for. Cold Squad is a Canadian police procedural television series first broadcast in 1998 that followed the investigations of a part of the Vancouver Police Department Homicide Division tasked with solving cold cases, the titular Cold Squad, as led by Sergeant Ali McCormick (Julie Stewart). The cast of Cold Squad was diverse and changing, McCormick being the only character to appear in all 7 seasons. Between the second and third seasons, almost the entire on-screen cast other than Julie Stewart were replaced. The writing gets a boost from Garry Chalk and Julie Stewart, who sell every scene they're in. It ran for 7 seasons (1998–2005), and the writing holds up across every one of them. What makes Cold Squad hold up is that the resolution matters less than how the characters get there. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Viewers who think they have seen every crime drama tend to find Cold Squad proves them wrong. Motive is the obvious comparison, but Cold Squad earns its own place alongside it. 7 seasons gives the story real room to develop. Garry Chalk's performance is the kind that shows up on best-of lists years later. If you have been looking for something to fill the gap left by a recently finished story, this is a reliable answer.

Cold Squad wrapped up in 2005, created by Matt MacLeod, Julia Keatley and Philip Keatley — and 7 seasons are available to watch from start to finish. Find exactly where it's streaming below, and TV Butler Pro makes it effortless to track your progress as you go. Just search the name, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers exactly where you left off.