Unforgettable Information

Unforgettable is an American crime/mystery television series that premiered on CBS on September 20, 2011. The series follows a female police detective with an unusually detailed memory.

On May 13, 2012, CBS canceled Unforgettable. TNT and Lifetime soon expressed interest in picking up the show, but ultimately passed on the series. On June 29, 2012, CBS reversed course, and confirmed that Unforgettable would return for a second season in summer 2013 with an order for 13 episodes. Season two premiered Sunday, July 28 at 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central.

Synopsis

Former Syracuse, New York, police detective Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything. She reluctantly joins the New York City Police Department's Queens homicide unit after her former boyfriend and partner asks for help with solving a case. The move allows her to try to find out the one thing she has been unable to remember, which is what happened the day her sister was murdered.

The opening narration by Poppy Montgomery is as follows:

I'm Carrie Wells. Only a few people in the world have the ability to remember everything. I'm one of them. Pick any day of my life, and I can tell you what I saw or heard: faces, conversations, clues (which comes in handy when you're a cop). If I miss something the first time, it's okay. I can go back and look again. My life is...unforgettable.

Cast

Main cast

• Poppy Montgomery as Det. Carrie Wells: The show's lead character and somewhat titular rememberer. An enigmatic former Syracuse, New York police detective, Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything she has seen or heard. Her ability is very helpful to investigations she and her team are conducting. She's wanted to be a cop ever since her sister was murdered when she was a little girl. Nine years ago, she worked for the Syracuse Police Department for about five years, but after her sister's murder investigation was shut down, Carrie wanted a new life and moved to New York City. Since then, Carrie has tried to put her past behind her, but in the pilot, she joined the New York City Police Department's Queens Homicide when her former lover and partner asks her for help with solving a case. The move allows her to try to find out the one thing she has been unable to remember: the man that was responsible for her sister's murder.
• Dylan Walsh as Lt. Al Burns: The lead detective of the team Carrie works with, as well as Carrie's ex-partner and lover from when she worked at Syracuse Police Department. After coming to her for help, Carrie and Al decide to work together once again to solve various cases. Even though they're not in a relationship anymore, but are still good friends, Al is very protective of Carrie.
• Jane Curtin as Dr. Joanne Webster: The gifted but crusty Chief Medical Examiner of New York, she has been relegated to Queens district for speaking out against her superiors. As she's too senior to be fired, they hope to force her to resign. Carrie and Joanne also do a lot of tag-teams, since they are good friends. She was also the first one Carrie told about having a possible lead on her sister's killer. She is very interested in Carrie and her sister's murder as she has had experience with tenaciously hunting down leads for cold cases.
• Dallas Roberts as Eliot Delson (Season 2): the new boss of the Major Cases Section of the NYPD.
• Tawny Cypress as Cherie Rollins-Murray (Season 2): a former decorated FBI agent, who begins working for the Major Cases Section of NYPD.
• James Hiroyuki Liao as Jay Lee (Season 2): a detective for the Major Cases Section of the NYPD, who specializes in technical subjects.
• Kevin Rankin as Det. Roe Sanders (Season 1): A junior detective who's one of Carrie and Al's co-workers. He tends to make good-natured jokes about Carrie's ability and he is fond of a female techno-geek who aids the group with their cases. Roe also tends to have doubts about most cases.
• Michael Gaston as Det. Mike Costello (Season 1): Another one of Carrie and Al's co-workers and Al's right-hand man.
• Daya Vaidya as Det. Nina Inara (Season 1): Another one of Carrie and Al's co-workers, Nina is a sassy, street-smart cop.

Recurring cast

• Britt Lower as Tanya Sitkowsky: A techno-geek who works with the group, Tanya can trace calls of even burners. Tanya is also fond of Roe.
• Omar Metwally as ADA Adam Gilroy: A persistent assistant DA who is unaware that Carrie has hyperthymesia, he has assisted the squad with some cases.
• Deanna Dunagan as Alice Wells: Carrie's mother, who has early-onset Alzheimer's disease and is currently living at a recovery home.

Development and production

The hour-long program is based on J. Robert Lennon's short story "The Rememberer". The series was created by Ed Redlich and John Bellucci and co-produced with Carl Beverly and Sarah Timberman for CBS, where it made its debut on September 20, 2011. The series is a co-production of CBS Television Studios and Sony Pictures Television. On October 25, 2011, CBS picked up the series for a full first season of 22 episodes.

Serving as a consultant on the series is actress Marilu Henner, who like the series' lead character Carrie Wells, possesses hyperthymesia in real life. She had a guest spot in the episode "Golden Bird", as Wells' aunt, who is suffering from symptoms similar to that of Wells' mother's early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

Reception

The series has received mixed reviews from critics, earning a score of 57/100 from Metacritic.

Ratings

Season		Episodes	Timeslot	Season premiere	Season finale	TV Season	Ranking	Viewers (in millions)
	1	22	Tuesday 10:00 p.m.	September 20, 2011	May 8, 2012	2011"2012	#24	12.11
	2	13	Sunday 9:00 p.m.	July 28, 2013		2013	TBA	TBA

Awards

Unforgettable was nominated for Favorite New TV Drama at the 2012 People's Choice Awards.

Year	Award	Category	Recipients and nominees	Outcome
2012	People's Choice Awards	Favorite New TV Drama	Unforgettable

DVD

On the 3rd of September 2012, the first season was released in Australia.

International broadcasts

Country	Channel	Premiere date
	Nine Network
	ORF eins	June 3, 2013
	RTBF (in French)	April 26, 2012
	VIJFtv	May 3, 2012
	AXN	February 2, 2012
	CTV	September 20, 2011
	V (in French)	September 4, 2012
	AXN
	AXN Crime
	AXN
	TV3 (Denmark)	May 21, 2012
	Kanal 2
	TF1	January 2, 2013
	Sat.1	October 11, 2012
	AXN Crime
	SkjárEinn	April 24, 2012
	Fox Crime (Italy)	February 1, 2012
	Star World India	March 8, 2012
	WOWOW	July 17, 2012
	AXN Middle & South America
Middle East	OSN First
	RTL4	January 7, 2013
	TV3 (Norway)
	TV ONE	July 9, 2012
	AXN	November 12, 2011
	TVSeries	October 5, 2011
	AXN
	SIC
	AXN	November 10, 2011
	Domashny	May 1, 2012
	AXN
	Cuatro	July 3, 2012
	TV3 (Sweden)
	RSI La 1 (in Italian)	September 11, 2012
	DiziMax	November 23, 2011
	Sky Living	January 10, 2012