Private detective Jack Carter is nothing if not eccentric: penniless and homeless, he lives, eats and sleeps at the office. When it comes to work, he takes only those rare cases that intrigue him and leave other detectives mystified. No investigation is too strange or unusual for Carter. Inspired by pulpy graphic novels and comic books, not to mention American B-movies and French private-eye flicks, this offbeat detective show tries hard not to take itself too seriously.