Body of Proof

- Season 1

(2011)

A female jogger is found floating in the Schuylkill River. Dr. Megan Hunt teams up with her partner, medical investigator and former cop Peter Dunlop, under the watchful eye of their boss, Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kate Murphy, who is very aware of Megan's gifted but polarizing work style. Megan's colleagues, Dr. Ethan Gross and Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Curtis Brumfield, must find their own way to work alongside the new medical examiner. Megan's investigation takes her out in the field where she meets old-school cop Detective Bud Morris, who is exasperated ...

Megan goes to a scene wherein a couple were killed. She meets Detectives Morris and Baker who believe it's a murder suicide because the man has the gun in his hand. But Megan proves them wrong when she reveals that the man is left handed but the gun is in the right hand. Megan learns the girl comes from a wealthy family. She assures them she'll find out what happened to their daughter. She learns that they dated years ago but her parents didn't approve of her dating someone who is white. She learns she was involved with another guy who is controlling and domineering. ...

During the autopsy of a young woman murdered in a seedy hotel room, Megan is shocked to discover her own special connection to the victim. Meanwhile, after learning to her surprise of some personal challenges her colleagues are dealing with, Megan realizes how much goes on around her that she's been missing, and takes a sudden interest, much to her colleagues' amusement.

When a body that was buried starts sticking up, Megan goes and she learns the body was dismembered and not all of the parts are there. They somehow learn who the person is and go to this apartment and it's there that they find the rest of him, in the freezer. They learn she has a daughter who's married to an apathetic man who's irate that her father came to them for money. They also learn that his neighbors don't like him, too. They learn he went to a casino and won some money but it's not at his place so did the killer take it. And Lacey wants to go to Megan's place ...

Karen Archer is the identical twin of a beautiful corpse, Jessica, whose mysterious death keeps Ethan and Curtis guessing. As Ethan's personal interest in this case deepens, Curtis begins questioning Ethan's motives. Meanwhile, Megan faces old demons when she visits her former boss at the hospital where she used to practice. A patient has died after recent surgery. Was it murder or malpractice? Megan begins to suspect the victim's doctor, but as soon as she starts ruffling feathers, the hospital stonewalls.

Megan re-enters the high society world to which she once belonged when a top magazine editor is found dead at her Chestnut Hill mansion. Megan accepts her mother's invitation to a social event with the ulterior motive of confronting a prime suspect, appalling her mother in the process. When Kate asks Ethan to investigate the only trace evidence found at the murder scene, he's surprised by her uncharacteristically upbeat and supportive attitude.

A perfect neighborhood in the Philadelphia suburbs is shaken when a stay-at-home dad is found stabbed to death in his home. As Megan unravels the mystery of his death and who killed him, she recalls how she learned of her own father's death. Meanwhile, Peter helps Megan juggle her biggest challenge yet, taking charge of the Saturday carpool with her hard-to-impress daughter, Lacey, and her girlfriends. Also, Kate takes on a consulting role in a pro bono case with Megan's ex-husband, Todd.

A sleepy driver hits something, but drives on. A dead policeman is discovered there at day-break. Soon attention turns to the deceased's last case.

Megan suspects foul play when a young philanthropic socialite dies.