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The Dresden Files(TV show/series, 2007)

TV-PG
| 42min per episode | Genres: Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama, Action & Adventure

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 12 episodes

The Dresden FilesRating: 3.5/5 (with 42 votes)
The Dresden Files is a dark fantasy television series based on the fantasy book series of the same name by Jim Butcher. The series follows private investigator and wizard Harry Dresden as portrayed by Paul Blackthorne, and recounts investigations into supernatural disturbances in modern-day Chicago. It premiered on January 21, 2007, on Sci Fi Channel in the United States and on Space in Canada. It was picked up by Sky One in the UK and began airing on February 14 the same year. The series ran for a single season of 12 episodes, and has since been released on DVD. After the show ended on April 15, Sci Fi Channel revealed on August 3 that The Dresden Files was canceled and the second season was not picked up. ()
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About The Dresden Files

A Chicago-based wizard works as a private investigator.

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The Dresden Files Seasons and Episodes

01/21/2007Season 1 - 12 episodes
#1 | 01/21/2007Birds of a Feather
3.6/5 (with 4 votes)
A young boy wants to hire Harry because he believes that monsters are after him and his mom. Harry doesn't want to take the kid's money, but he also knows from his own experience that a child's monsters are often all too real.
#2 | 01/28/2007The Boone Identity
3.6/5 (with 4 votes)
A grieving father asks Harry to help put his daughter's spirit to rest. This should be easy. All Dresden has to do is track down the killer and make sure that justice has been done. There's only one catch: the killer died only hours after the murder.
#3 | 02/11/2007Hair of the Dog
3.8/5 (with 4 votes)
A series of ritualistic murders starts to look a lot like werewolves so Harry, of course, gets dragged in. Thing is, it looks like the lycanthropes aren't the killers... they're the victims.
#4 | 02/18/2007Rules of Engagement
3.0/5 (with 4 votes)
A beautiful young woman asks Harry to help her recover some stolen money. Before long, Dresden discovers a connection between this case and a dark, supernatural evil, and that his lovely client has been hiding something.
#5 | 02/25/2007Bad Blood
3.7/5 (with 3 votes)
After a failed hit on her life, Bianca, Chicago's most powerful vampire, calls upon Harry Dresden. In debt to her for saving his life years before, he agrees to help her find the mastermind behind the plan to take her down.
#6 | 03/04/2007Soul Beneficiary
2.6/5 (with 4 votes)
An otherwise healthy man experiencing premonitions of his own demise seeks Harry's help but ends up croaking right in his office. As the dark circumstances surrounding his death are revealed, Harry finds himself in the crosshairs of a dangerous magic-user; meanwhile, the crime that got Bob condemned to living in his own skull for all eternity finally comes to light.
#7 | 03/11/2007Walls
3.2/5 (with 3 votes)
Harry investigates the death of a college student which leads him to a most unusual ring of thieves. A group of students is using magick to commit a series of impossible thefts, and Harry must stop them quickly. Not only because what they are doing is wrong, but also because the magick will eventually kill them all.
#8 | 03/18/2007Storm Front
3.5/5 (with 4 votes)
We are introduced to Harry Dresden, private detective and practicing wizard. When he tries to help the Chicago Police Department solve a grisly murder, he finds himself the target of a homicidal magician. And as if that isn't bad enough, the High Council of wizards begins to think that he is falling to the dark side, so he must elude them as well. Now he must stop the murderer and clear his name before his time runs out.
#9 | 03/25/2007The Other Dick
4.0/5 (with 3 votes)
When Chicago PI Jim Brennan is murdered by supernatural means, Harry must team up with Brennan's assistant to find the murderer.
#10 | 04/01/2007What About Bob?
4.2/5 (with 3 votes)
Things seem to be going well between Harry and his new flame until she walks out on him... and takes Bob's skull. Now Dresden must find Bob and rescue him from the clutches of an old enemy. But will Bob want to be rescued?
#11 | 04/08/2007Things That Go Bump
4.0/5 (with 3 votes)
Morgan and Ancient Mai must come to Harry for protection and shelter from powerful enemies of Mai's. They make it to the relative safety of Dresden's place, but suddenly find that they are all trapped by a powerful spell. Now Harry must work with them to find a way out before the spell turns deadly.
#12 | 04/15/2007Second City
3.9/5 (with 3 votes)
Dresden and Murphy must work together to solve the mystery of a former gang member who drowns on dry land, miles from the nearest lake. Meanwhile, Murphy's father is in town, and he doesn't have a very high opinion of his daughter's freelance consultant.
01/05/2008Specials - 2 episodes

Additional Information

Production countries: Canada, United States of America (USA)
Based on the work of: Jim Butcher ("The Dresden Files")
Made by: Saturn Films
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 15 languages: Bosnian (BS), Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Canceled
First episode released on: 01/21/2007
Last episode released on: 04/15/2007
Creator: Jim Butcher
Executive Producer: Nicolas Cage
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"行走阴阳界"
"A Dresden-akták"
"Досье Дрездена"

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WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:3550, Added: 05/12/2018, Last updated: 03/29/2024