Broken up after his breakup with his girlfriend Suzanne, Jonathan Ames reads through Farewell My Lovely, his favorite book by Raymond Chandler. Enlivened by the novel, Ames places an online advertisement as an unlicensed private investigator. His first unwitting client who seeks his services is a 19-year-old girl looking for her missing sister.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 1 Episode 1 of Bored to Death resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Bored to Death Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Stockholm Syndrome
• s01e02 - The Alanon Case
• s01e03 - The Case of the Missing Screenplay
• s01e04 - The Case of the Stolen Skateboard
• s01e05 - The Case of the Lonely White Dove
• s01e06 - The Case of the Beautiful Blackmailer
• s01e07 - The Case of the Stolen Sperm
• s01e08 - Take a Dive

Bored to Death Show Summary

Following a painful breakup with his girlfriend, a struggling thirtysomething writer with a drinking problem in Brooklyn decides to emulate his heroes from the novels of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. He takes out an ad pretending to be a private detective and starts taking cases - solving some and making others worse.