Tonight, The CW premieres international hit drama series Coroner, which stars Serinda Swan (Marvel’s Inhumans, Ballers) and is based off the book series by M.R. Hall. Coroner has received top ratings in both Canada and the UK with its first two seasons and is now ready to take U.S. audiences by storm.
Coroner is an hour-long episodic series about Dr. Jenny Cooper (Serinda Swan), a widow who is the newly appointed coroner investigating suspicious deaths in Toronto. Her team is made up of homicide detective, Donavan “Mac” McAvoy (Roger Cross), pathologist Dr. Dwayne Allen (Lovell Adams-Gray), his assistant River Baitz (Kiley May), and Jenny’s assistant Alison Trent (Tamara Podemski).
Jenny uses her intuition, intelligence, and heart to solve crimes that often detectives are eager to close without a second thought. What sets Coroner apart from your typical crime drama is Jenny’s in-depth character that’s equally tough and vulnerable. While dealing with the aftermath of her husband’s death and the debt he left her with, Jenny suffers from clinical anxiety. She lives with her teenage son, Ross (Ehren Kassam), whom she has a close bond with, although co-dependent at times.