Mukhtar's Return (Seasons 1–12)

Mukhtar's Return (2004) is a Russian police procedural you can watch online on iFILM, and its sharpest detective walks on four legs. Mukhtar, a service dog, keeps cracking cases his human colleagues stall on.

Investigator Lena Brusnikina handles the evidence and the deductions, backed by Lieutenant Artyom Kolosov, Mukhtar's devoted and slightly scatterbrained handler, and the stubborn, good-hearted Tolik Shchepkin. The squad takes on everything from drug rings to missing belongings. Directed by Vladimir Tikhiy and starring Alexander Nosik and Viktor Nizovoy, it's an easy-going crime show where the dog often thinks faster than the cops. Stream Mukhtar's Return online on iFILM.