Detroit 1-8-7 is an American television police drama created by Jason Richman that ran on ABC from September 21, 2010 to March 20, 2011. The one-hour drama stars Michael Imperioli as Detective Louis Fitch, a homicide detective with the Detroit Police Department. On October 25, 2010 ABC announced the order of an additional 5 episodes to bring the first season to 18 episodes.
The thirteenth episode, "Road To Nowhere", was initially scheduled for January 18, 2011 but was replaced with a 20/20 special interview with Mark E. Kelly, the husband of U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who is believed to have been the intended target in the shooting near Tucson, Arizona ten days before. The 2011 State of the Union Address was shown on January 25. "Road To Nowhere" was broadcast on February 1, 2011. On February 22, 2011 an episode of Primetime: What Would You Do was aired in place of the previously scheduled sixteenth episode, "Stone Cold". A special 20/20 interview with Charlie Sheen was broadcast on March 1, 2011, again displacing "Stone Cold".
Detectives Fitch, Washington, Stone, and Sanchez investigate the murder of a car-wash owner. They discover that the owner of the car-wash was laundering money for a local drug dealer and that his wife has the bank statements and receipts to prove it. Using the belief that her son is distraught at the separation from his mother Fitch and Stone trick her into meeting with them. Longford and Mahajan investigate the slaying of a rising hip-hop star who is found on the street in front of a record store. The murdered musician's vandalised car is atop the parking structure it is believed he was pushed off of. It is also revealed that Detective Stone might have been involved in some more illicit activities during his time working undercover narcotics.