The Detectives(1993)

The Detectives is a comedy series following two hopelessly incompetent detectives who bungle their way through investigations with remarkable consistency. Despite their staggering lack of detective skills, they somehow manage to solve cases—or at least be present when solutions mysteriously emerge—and inexplicably keep their jobs. The show mines humor from the gap between their complete ineptitude and their continued employment, as the pair stumble through absurd situations that would have ended most police careers long ago. Their cases range from the mundane to the ridiculous, each one a testament to their ability to fail upward. The Detectives thrives on the premise that incompetence, when paired with sheer luck and proximity to the truth, can occasionally pass for competence.