Whats the situation with Joe Dominguez?
At the start of the series, Joe Dominguez was not officially a police officer, yet he participated in official police cases with Nash. In Episode 1, Joe Dominguez is a private investigator (PI) already, having retired as a 20 year veteran as Nash’s partner. Joe is on the case as a PI in the computer theft case, and is shot and seriously wounded. Joe seems to have been away for awhile as Joe is warmly greeted by Nash at the police headquarters. In Episode 2, Joe has recovered from his wounds, but is separated from his wife Inger of 17 years. Joe is not on the case of the home invaders, but Joe’s role joins up with the police case when Joe stays at Nash’s apartment and the apartment is attacked by the home invaders. In Episode 3, Joe is on the case of the Detroit drug kingpin because of a police clerical error in calculating his 20 year time on the force. Joe finds out he is 33 days short of retirement. After spending a few days as a traffic cop, Joe is forced back into the Special Inves