"The Plainclothesman", an early US television series, assumed the title character's POV. They often interact after this incident, which leaves the stout plainclothesman even more confused. For seven years, he served as a traffic officer, plainclothesman and detective. Narada also gets to interact with an eccentric plainclothesman police officer (MP Shankar). Baley is a plainclothesman, a homicide detective on the New York City police force. From 1949 to 1954, Lynch starred in "The Plainclothesman" on the DuMont Television Network. When the stout plainclothesman chases Vijay (in Narada costume), he rides someone's motorbike and escapes. "The Plainclothesman" was cancelled in 1954, with the last program airing on September 12.