#sgt granger

PREMISE:  From off the page and out into the city, it’s Page Turner! Richie Turner is an ordinary twelve-year-old boy with a deep love of collecting comics and a dream that one day, he too will be able fight crime like all his favorite superheroes. When Richie is contacted by an NYPD recruiter who needs his help on a special mission, it seems like this young comic fanatic’s wish is coming true. Can Richie use his unique knowledge of comic books help the NYPD crack some of their toughest cases? Kind of. Though Richie expects to be investigating crimes, he finds that the NYPD actually wants him to use the skills he’s developed maintaining and organizing his comics collection to help run the NYPD’s vast evidence library.

CHARACTERS: Richie Turner has always loved comics, and has a massive, well-organized collection, so when the NYPD is seeking an enthusiastic youngster to help them file and process evidence, Turner knows he’s the right kid for the job. He’s a whiz around the library, and is quick on the draw with a plastic bag to keep evidence in mint condition. Richie is mild-mannered, except when someone disregards or messes up his elaborate evidence organizational system. Meticulously bagging, organizing, and hoarding isn’t just his hobby–it’s his passion.
         Sgt. Granger is Turner’s supervisor. He doesn’t understand why Turner needs to keep all of this evidence, especially the stuff that won’t be used ever again and is just taking up more and more space in the station. Granger constantly tries to convince Turner to sell some of his evidence on eBay, or give it to disadvantaged police forces that don’t have any evidence of their own. Granger also helps quash the child labor investigations that continually crop up.

NOTABLE EPISODE: When two seemingly identical bullets are pulled from the walls of two different crime scenes, Turner uses his knowledge of variant comic book covers to identify the minute differences between them. Along the way, he scolds the two beat cops who handled the bullets outside of their bags, breaking the chain of evidence and, more importantly, greatly depreciating the value of the bullets (S01.E04 – “Bag ‘Em and Tag ‘Em and Board Em’”).

CATCHPHRASE: “Oh wow, this is a really rare blood sample!” / “My library, my rules.”

TRIVIA: Ironically, no memorabilia related to the show has become a valuable collector’s item.