Shows / Rom-Com Detectives
Rom-Com Detectives
Co-hosts Crystal, Tara, Karin, and Neoshia break down and react to romantic comedy police procedurals. Currently watching: The Mentalist, Lucifer, and Castle.
Episodes
Rom-Com DetectivesMore Than Words - Mentalist Unit 2x11 "Rose-Colored Glasses"
Overview: Crystal and Karin break down The Mentalist Season 2, Episode 11, "Rose-Colored Glasses." When a double murder takes the team to the town of Rancho…
Rom-Com DetectivesAnd Now... I Own a Boat! - Castle 2x13 "Sucker Punch"
Overview: In the next episode of our Castle Unit, Crystal and Neoshia welcome consultant Emily to break down Castle Season 2, Episode 13, "Sucker Punch." When…
Rom-Com DetectivesPsychic Boy Wonder - Mentalist Unit 2x10 "Throwing Fire"
Overview: Crystal and Karin break down The Mentalist Season 2, Episode 10, "Throwing Fire." While investigating the death of a baseball mentor, Jane is beaned…
Rom-Com DetectivesTriple Decker - Lucifer Unit 2x15 "Deceptive Little Parasite"
Overview: Crystal and Tara break down Lucifer Season 2, Episode 15, "Deceptive Little Parasite." Chloe and Lucifer investigate a murder of a dean of admissions…
Rom-Com DetectivesUncle Sugar Daddy - Castle 2x12 "A Rose for Everafter"
Overview: In the next episode of our Castle Unit, Crystal and Neoshia break down Castle Season 2, Episode 12, "A Rose for Everafter." Beckett finds herself…
Rom-Com DetectivesPichoom! - Mentalist Unit 2x09 "A Price Above Rubies"
Overview: Crystal and Karin break down The Mentalist Season 2, Episode 9, "A Price Above Rubies." At a charity event for the CBI, one of their primary…
Rom-Com DetectivesCrime-Solving Devil - Lucifer Unit 2x14 "Candy Morningstar"
Overview: Crystal and Tara welcome consultant Angela to break down Lucifer Season 2, Episode 14, "Candy Morningstar." Chloe is stunned when Lucifer reappears…
Rom-Com DetectivesLove Smudge - Castle 2x11 "The Fifth Bullet"
Overview: In the next episode of our Castle Unit, Crystal and Neoshia break down Castle Season 2, Episode 11, "The Fifth Bullet." Castle and Beckett…
Rom-Com DetectivesUgly Darkness - Mentalist Unit 2x08 "His Red Right Hand"
Overview: Crystal and Karin welcome Rom-Com Consultant Orlaith to break down The Mentalist Season 2, Episode 8, "His Red Right Hand." When tragedy strikes the…
Rom-Com DetectivesShady Shenanigans - Lucifer Unit 2x13 "A Good Day to Die"
Overview: Crystal and Tara welcome consultant Angela to break down Lucifer Season 2, Episode 13, "A Good Day to Die." Lucifer and Chloe race against the clock…
Rom-Com DetectivesBig Castle, Little Castle - Castle 2x10 "One Man's Treasure"
Overview: In the next episode of our Castle Unit, Crystal and Neoshia break down Castle Season 2, Episode 10, "One Man's Treasure." Castle and Beckett…
Rom-Com DetectivesCowboys! - Mentalist Unit 2x07 "Red Bulls"
Overview: Crystal and Karin break down The Mentalist Season 2, Episode 7, "Red Bulls." When Bosco's and Lisbon's teams wind up at the same crime scene, Minelli…
Rom-Com DetectivesDetective, Counselor, Douche, Dick - Lucifer Unit 2x12 "Love Handles"
Overview: Crystal and Tara break down Lucifer Season 2, Episode 12, "Love Handles." Lucifer and Chloe must catch a serial poisoner while also navigating the…
Rom-Com DetectivesCool Dad - Castle 2x09 "Love Me Dead"
Overview: In the next episode of our Castle Unit, Crystal and Neoshia break down Castle Season 2, Episode 9, "Love Me Dead." Castle and Beckett investigate the…
Rom-Com DetectivesSemper Fi, Sissy Britches - Mentalist Unit 2x06 "Black Gold and Red Blood"
Overview: Crystal and Karin welcome Neoshia to break down The Mentalist Season 2, Episode 6, "Black Gold and Red Blood." When Patrick Jane is arrested for…
Rom-Com DetectivesSelf-Worth Comes From Within, Bitches - Lucifer Unit 2x11 "Stewardess Interruptus"
Overview: Crystal and Tara break down Lucifer Season 2, Episode 11, "Stewardess Interruptus." After a woman interrupts a "moment" between Lucifer and Chloe…
Rom-Com DetectivesMama's on the Prowl - Castle 2x08 "Kill the Messenger"
Overview: In the next episode of our Castle Unit, Crystal and Neoshia break down Castle Season 2, Episode 8, "Kill the Messenger." Beckett and Castle…
Rom-Com DetectivesBite Me? - Mentalist Unit 2x05 "Red Scare"
Overview: Crystal and Karin break down The Mentalist Season 2, Episode 5, "Red Scare." After a man is seemingly defenestrated from his house, the team heads…
Rom-Com DetectivesDeath, She Grows Near - Castle Unit 2x07 "Famous Last Words"
Overview: In the next episode of our Castle Unit, Crystal and Neoshia break down Castle Season 2, Episode 7, "Famous Last Words." Beckett and Castle…
Rom-Com DetectivesCrouching Tiger, Hidden Douche - Lucifer Unit 2x10 "Quid Pro Ho"
Overview: Crystal and Tara break down Lucifer Season 2, Episode 10, "Quid Pro Ho." The trial for Warden Perry is about to begin when Chloe gets word that the…
Rom-Com DetectivesLisbon Loafers - Mentalist Unit 2x04 "Red Menace"
Overview: Crystal and Karin break down The Mentalist Season 2, Episode 4, "Red Menace." When the lawyer for a notorious biker gang winds up dead, Jane and…
Rom-Com DetectivesSpace Cowboy - Castle Unit 2x06 "Vampire Weekend"
Overview: In the next episode of our Castle Unit, Crystal and Neoshia break down Castle Season 2, Episode 6, "Vampire Weekend." Beckett and Castle are called…
Rom-Com DetectivesWe Want to Believe - X-Files Reboot Discussion with Tim Kang
Overview: Crystal, Neoshia, and Tara welcome Rom-Com Consultant Tim Kang (Agent Kimball Cho on The Mentalist, Detective Gordon Katsumoto on Magnum PI, and…
Rom-Com DetectivesLike the DMV, Only Less Screaming - Lucifer Unit 2x09 "Homewrecker"
Overview: Crystal and Tara break down Lucifer Season 2, Episode 9, "Homewrecker." Soon after Lucifer declares LA his home, his home comes under threat when a…
Rom-Com DetectivesUp to My Asterisk - Mentalist Unit 2x03 "Red Badge"
Overview: Crystal and Karin welcome Rom-Com Consultant Jochi to break down The Mentalist Season 2, Episode 3, "Red Badge." When a man from Lisbon's past throws…
Rom-Com DetectivesCzech Mate - Castle Unit 2x05 "When the Bough Breaks"
Overview: In the next episode of our Castle Unit, Crystal and Neoshia break down Castle Season 2, Episode 5, "When the Bough Breaks." Beckett and Castle…
Rom-Com DetectivesMurderous Hot Potato - Lucifer Unit 2x08 "Trip to Stabby Town"
Overview: Crystal and Tara break down Lucifer Season 2, Episode 8, "Trip to Stabby Town." Still dealing with the aftermath of his reveal to Linda, Lucifer has…
Rom-Com DetectivesElvis is Back - Mentalist Unit 2x02 "The Scarlet Letter"
Overview: Crystal and Karin break down The Mentalist Season 2, Episode 2, "The Scarlet Letter." When a political aide is found thrown off a bridge, Lisbon…
Rom-Com DetectivesBest Case Ever - Castle Unit 2x04 "Fool Me Once"
Overview: In the next episode of our Castle Unit, Crystal and Neoshia break down Castle Season 2, Episode 4, "Fool Me Once." Beckett and Castle must start off…
Rom-Com DetectivesThe Dans are on the Case - Lucifer Unit 2x07 "My Little Monkey"
Overview: Crystal and Tara break down Lucifer Season 2, Episode 7, "My Little Monkey." When Chloe becomes preoccupied with her father's killer's murder…
Rom-Com DetectivesMentalist Unit - The TV Police Q&A in The Mentalist Bullpen
Overview: This is a replay of the TV Police Live Q&A with Owain Yeoman and Tim Kang held on the Mentalist Bullpen Discord server. Recording Date: March 7, 2026…
Rom-Com DetectivesA Wide Invisible Net - Mentalist Unit 2x01 "Redemption"
Overview: Crystal and Karin welcome Rom-Com Detective Neoshia, and together they break down The Mentalist Season 2, Episode 1, "Redemption." Back at it after…
Rom-Com DetectivesThe Big Softie - Castle Unit 2x03 "Inventing the Girl"
Overview: In the next episode of our Castle Unit, Crystal and Neoshia break down Castle Season 2, Episode 3, "Inventing the Girl." Beckett and Castle are on…
Rom-Com DetectivesHomeless Magician - Lucifer Unit 2x06 "Monster"
Overview: Crystal and Tara break down Lucifer Season 2, Episode 6, "Monster." Chloe and Lucifer are on the hunter for a sniper with a list of people he's…
Rom-Com DetectivesThe Way of the World Part 2 - Mentalist Unit 1x23 "Red John's Footsteps"
Overview: Crystal and Karin welcome Rom-Com Consultants Livbon and Donuts, and together they break down The Mentalist Season 1, Episode 23, "Red John's…
Rom-Com DetectivesThe Way of the World Part 1 - Mentalist Unit 1x23 "Red John's Footsteps"
Overview: Crystal and Karin welcome Rom-Com Consultants Livbon and Donuts, and together they break down The Mentalist Season 1, Episode 23, "Red John's…
Rom-Com DetectivesStrangers on a Boat - Castle Unit 2x02 "The Double Down"
Overview: In the next episode of our Castle Unit, Crystal and Neoshia break down Castle Season 2, Episode 2, "The Double Down." When two bodies drop at the…
Rom-Com DetectivesBetter Brand Awareness - Mentalist Unit 1x22 "Blood Brothers"
Overview: Crystal and Karin break down The Mentalist Season 1, Episode 22, "Blood Brothers." When a teenager is found dead in the woods, the CBI team heads to…
Rom-Com DetectivesWelcome to Devil Time - Lucifer Unit 2x05 "The Weaponizer"
Overview: Crystal and Tara break down Lucifer Season 2, Episode 5, "The Weaponizer." At the scene of the crime, Lucifer is shocked to find that he recognizes…
Rom-Com DetectivesIt's Raining Men - Castle Unit 2x01 "Deep in Death"
Overview: In the next episode of our Castle Unit, Crystal and Neoshia break down Castle Season 2, Episode 1, "Deep in Death." Iced out of the unit by Beckett…
Rom-Com DetectivesUncanny and Irritating - Mentalist Unit 1x21 "Miss Red"
Overview: Crystal and Karin break down The Mentalist Season 1, Episode 21, "Miss Red." A high-profile executive goes missing, and when they find his body…
Rom-Com DetectivesSex Words With Friends - Lucifer Unit 2x04 "Lady Parts"
Overview: Crystal and Tara break down Lucifer Season 2, Episode 4, "Lady Parts." This week, they're joined by Rom-Com Consultant Donuts. When two friends find…
Rom-Com Detectives15's the New 25 - Castle Unit 1x10 "A Death in the Family"
Overview: In the next episode of our Castle Unit, Crystal and Neoshia break down Castle Season 1, Episode 10, "A Death in the Family." After a body is found in…
Rom-Com DetectivesCalifornia Bureau of My Ass - Mentalist Unit 1x20 "Red Sauce"
Overview: Crystal and Karin break down The Mentalist Season 1, Episode 20, "Red Sauce." A man is found shot dead with mysterious items in his pocket, leading…
Rom-Com DetectivesWeekend at Burnie's - Lucifer Unit 2x03 "Sin-Eater"
Overview: Crystal and Tara break down Lucifer Season 2, Episode 3, "Sin-Eater." A serial killer takes it upon themselves to punish wrongdoers found on the…
Rom-Com DetectivesGood Cop, Bad Fed - Castle Unit 1x09 "Little Girl Lost"
Overview: In the next episode of our Castle Unit, Crystal and Neoshia break down Castle Season 1, Episode 9, "Little Girl Lost." Beckett is assigned to an FBI…
Rom-Com DetectivesSporty Bad Boy - Mentalist Unit 1x19 "A Dozen Red Roses"
Overview: Crystal and Karin break down The Mentalist Season 1, Episode 19, "A Dozen Red Roses." The CBI is called out to Hollywood to investigate the…
Rom-Com DetectivesHave Yourself a Merry Little Rom-Com Murder
Overview: Crystal, Tara, Karin, and Neoshia have their first holiday special, going over the various units' Christmas episodes, plus recommendations for more…
Rom-Com DetectivesLook Who's Stalking - Castle Unit 1x08 "Ghosts"
Overview: In the next episode of our Castle Unit, Crystal and Neoshia break down Castle Season 1, Episode 8, "Ghosts." The gang is called away from poker night…
Rom-Com DetectivesControl Freak - Mentalist Unit 1x18 "Russet Potatoes"
Overview: Crystal and Karin break down The Mentalist Season 1, Episode 18, "Russet Potatoes." A man drags a dead woman right into the lobby of the CBI…
Rom-Com DetectivesTraumatized for Eternity - Lucifer Unit 2x02 "Liar, Liar, Slutty Dress on Fire"
Overview: Crystal and Tara break down Lucifer Season 2, Episode 2, "Liar, Liar, Slutty Dress on Fire." Mum takes Lucifer on a quest to prove she's the…
Rom-Com DetectivesThis Dirtbag's All Mine - Castle Unit 1x07 "Home is Where the Heart Stops"
Overview: In the next episode of our Castle Unit, Crystal and Neoshia break down Castle Season 1, Episode 7, "Home is Where the Heart Stops." When a woman is…
Rom-Com DetectivesTrust Fall - Mentalist Unit 1x17 "Carnelian Inc"
Overview: Crystal and Karin break down The Mentalist Season 1, Episode 17, "Carnelian Inc." When the team is assigned to investigate a mysterious email sent to…
Rom-Com DetectivesSupernatural Fire Poker - Lucifer Unit 2x01 "Everything's Coming Up Lucifer"
Overview: Crystal and Tara break down Lucifer Season 2, Episode 1, "Everything's Coming Up Lucifer." Chloe and Lucifer head to the Warner Bros. lot to…
Rom-Com DetectivesI'm Like Daredevil - Mentalist Unit 1x16 "Bloodshot"
Overview: Crystal and Karin welcome Rom-Com Consultant Liv to help break down The Mentalist Season 1, Episode 16, "Bloodshot." Patrick Jane receives a text…
Rom-Com DetectivesShotgun with the Devil - Lucifer Unit 1x13 "Take Me Back to Hell"
Overview: Crystal and Tara break down Lucifer Season 1, Episode 13, "Take Me Back to Hell" with Rom-Com Consultant Aria Adagio. With a priest murdered in Lux…
Rom-Com DetectivesDeep-Fried Twinkie - Castle Unit 1x06 "Always Buy Retail"
Overview: In the next episode of our Castle Unit, Crystal and Neoshia break down Castle Season 1, Episode 6, "Always Buy Retail." Distracted at a ritualistic…
Rom-Com DetectivesTongue in Cheek - Mentalist Unit 1x15 "Scarlett Fever"
Overview: Crystal and Karin break down The Mentalist Season 1, Episode 15, "Scarlett Fever." A woman is poisoned in her own home, and the team must navigate…
Rom-Com DetectivesI Hurl Ficis - Lucifer Unit 1x12 "#TeamLucifer"
Overview: Crystal and Tara break down Lucifer Season 1, Episode 12, "#TeamLucifer." After being ignored for three weeks, Chloe finally shows up at Lucifer's…
Rom-Com DetectivesCho Business - Mentalist Unit 1x14 "Crimson Casanova"
Overview: Crystal and Karin break down The Mentalist Season 1, Episode 14, "Crimson Casanova." A woman cheating on her husband is shot dead at a spa resort…