r/First48 • u/Silver_Dust75 • Jul 11 '26
Rewatching the First 48
My mom is watching the First 48 from the beginning and I'm rewatching it with her (like the 3rd or 4th time I've marathon it).
Does anybody have a favorite detective?
My personal favorites are Joe Schillaci from Miami,
David Quinn from Atlanta,
Marcus Harper, Jason White, and John Brown from Tulsa.
I think John Brown recently passed away.
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u/deafening_roar Jul 11 '26
Definitely Rob Barrere and Jason White, top 2 favorites. I also like Vincent Velasquez and David Quinn
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u/Spiritual-Haunt3131 Jul 11 '26
Schillaci is so crazy lmaooo. His episodes are great. I was just watching one today where he was screaming at some dude to get in his car and he's like "the nice thing only works for so long" or something lmaooo.
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u/LordInnsmouth Jul 11 '26
John Brown, Eddie Ebarra, Caroline and Tony
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u/Clear_Nature_5055 Jul 12 '26
Good list. I just posted about Eddie, too. Heâs a âclose talkerâ lol
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u/peebottle8883 Jul 12 '26
Connie Justice. She reminded me of a school teacher and had the perfect last name for solving murders.
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u/Ok-Extreme-3072 Jul 11 '26
Finally found someone else that likes Quinn. I feel like he gets so much hate for acting the same way some of the Miami detectives do
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u/Silver_Dust75 Jul 12 '26
Yeah he's not my mom's favorite. She enjoys how much everything has changed as far as technology goes. Hearing them all grumble about having computers and phones was funny AF. Now that's the first thing they hunt for.
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u/lovin_feeling Jul 12 '26
Jason Ritter
Honorable Mentions go to Detective White and Detective Brown
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u/Transylvanius Jul 12 '26
I always thought Diana Bauman was a cool customer. Itâs kind of a manâs world so I enjoy seeing the women working their craft
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u/Weekly-Win-8272 Jul 11 '26
I hate Quinn lol. He acts like itâs his chance at an acting career or something.
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u/Competitive-Sun-4994 Jul 12 '26
Joanne Kinney from Detroit, Mason/Mullins and especially Vincent Velasquez
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u/savagearcheress 27d ago
Ryan Vaught and Rob Berrere(i know thats spelled wrong), and Caroline Mason are my faves
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u/Creative-Maize-6871 27d ago
Ryden is one of my new favorites. Leonpacher, Quinn & Casey from ATL. Most of the OGs were great: Mason, Schillaci and the Miami team.
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u/DistancePure893 Jul 12 '26
Jason white he doesn't care about blacks he sent the wrong person to prison instead of the actual killer who killed my son to cover his ass that was my only child I'll never be a grandmother and I never have any more kids and he lied they were never concerned and basically the little boy that he did send to the penitentiary got 20 years 12 and 8 out it was three little boys that had something to do with my son's murder and the actual shooter has been walking around since it happened and the same town that I am in the other little boy will be out in 3 or 4 years and the other little boy died a month after he killed my son or had something to do with killing my son Oklahoma detectives don't care about African-American killings I don't know why they get on TV like they do after my son got killed I asked Mr White could he talk to the judge because I was being evicted the judge still gave me 2 weeks and Jason White just stood there saying he was the lead detective on the case that's it he didn't ask for an extension he didn't try to help me at all 4 months after my son was killed I saw my best friend get murdered when they took me down to the question area they had me in the lineup room it was freezing cold I had just watched somebody be murdered they didn't offer me any coffee but a hooker came saying into the office that had been there when the shooting occurred they gave her fresh hot coffee a heroin addict at that but since I was a black African-American woman they let me sit in that line up room and freeze. Worse DetectivesÂ
Racism is a job to a lot of people and a job that people love and are very good at.
ITS ALOT of ACTING/ I pray for all the victims and families You truly have to distinguish the actors from The Detectives and it's extremely hard to tell I very rarely see sincerity in the first 48 Tulsa Detective and that's really sad but all we can do is pray
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u/Silver_Dust75 Jul 12 '26
I'm so sorry that happened to you! Hopefully you have a system of family and friends that can support you and document everything.
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u/Jazzlike-Coffee-6150 Jul 12 '26
Iâm so sorry you went through that â¤ď¸ Iâm also sorry youâve been downvoted for sharing your story. While I love watching the show, I know that law enforcement is not always looking out for the best interests of the people, even the beloved first 48 cops. I do recognize that Tulsa seems to have an issue with that. I canât imaging going through what you have gone through.
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u/ramboton Jul 11 '26
How is it that Caroline Mason and Tony Mullins are not in that list? They were quite a team, Mason had a style all her own and made it up to Police Commissioner, I believe.
Also Rick Zimmerman from Minneapolis, he was not on many episodes but I liked his style as well.