Swan is appealing as Jenny, and we’re always happy when a procedural focuses as much on characters as it does on the case of the week. It’s a sign that Coroner will only get better.

That's an apt summation of Coroner, which aside from those bullet wounds on Jenny's naked back is the very essence of Canadian tepidity.

While the series’ exploration of mental health is a powerful draw, the 42-minute episodes of “Coroner” follow the familiar tracks of most crime and medical procedurals, and the solved cases never progress beyond the melodramatic.