Victoria "V.I" Warshawski is a Chicago based private detective who agrees to babysit for her new boyfriend; then he is murdered. Being the detective type, she makes the murder her next case. In doing so she befriends the victim's daughter, Kat, and together they set out to crack the case.
| Directing | Jeff Kanew | Director |
| Writing | Edward Taylor | Screenplay |
| Writing | Sara Paretsky | Novel |
| Writing | David Aaron Cohen | Screenplay |
| Writing | Nick Thiel | Screenplay |
| Production | John P. Marsh | Executive Producer |
| Art | Barbara Ling | Production Design |
| Art | Anne H. Ahrens | Set Decoration |
| Production | John Bard Manulis | Co-Executive Producer |
| Sound | Roxanne Jones McCarthy | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Production | Glenn Daniels | Casting |
| Art | Bill MacSems | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chuck Velasco | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gloria Gresham | Costume Design |
| Production | Joseph P. Kane | Unit Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nancy McArdle | Costume Supervisor |
| Sound | Mychal D. Smith | Boom Operator |
| Crew | Michael Runyard | Stunt Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pamela S. Westmore | Key Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Debra Neil-Fisher | Editor |
| Production | Lauren Weissman | Co-Executive Producer |
| Camera | Jane O'Neal | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Howard Wilmarth | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | David Kelson | Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Judith Saunders | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Tom C. McCarthy | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Art | Dora Medrano | Art Department Coordinator |
| Sound | Roberta Doheny | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Peter Reale | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | R.J. Kizer | ADR Editor |
| Art | Larry Fulton | Art Direction |
| Production | Jeffrey Lurie | Producer |
| Sound | Randy Edelman | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Penney Finkelman Cox | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Jan Kiesser | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Carroll Timothy O'Meara | Editor |
| Directing | Glenn Randall Jr. | Second Unit Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Donna Turner Culver | Key Hair Stylist |
| Crew | Ross Reynolds | Pilot |
| Crew | Cheryl Wheeler Duncan | Stunts |
| Crew | Jeff Imada | Stunts |
| Crew | Chuck Picerni Jr. | Stunts |
| Crew | Charlie Picerni | Stunts |
| Crew | Gregory J. Barnett | Stunts |
| Crew | Manny Perry | Stunts |
| Production | Doug Claybourne | Co-Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susan Germaine | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | E. Thomas Case | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Jack Frost Sanders | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Sharon Mann | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Brian Fong | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | John Frazier | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Ken Blazer | Stunts |
| Crew | Kerrie Cullen | Stunts |
| Crew | Gilbert B. Combs | Stunts |
| Crew | Doc Duhame | Stunts |
| Crew | Mark Harper | Stunts |
| Crew | Eddie J. Fernandez | Stunts |
| Crew | Lane Leavitt | Stunts |
| Crew | Rick LeFevour | Stunts |
| Crew | James Fierro | Stunts |
| Crew | Lori Lynn Ross | Stunts |
| Crew | Stacy Logan | Stunts |
| Crew | Danny Rogers | Stunts |
| Crew | Tim Trella | Stunts |
| Crew | Randy Popplewell | Stunts |
| Crew | Gene Hartline | Stunts |
| Crew | Scott Wilder | Stunts |
| Camera | John M. Stephens | Second Unit Director of Photography |
