Eric McCormack in "Perception"

Eric McCormack in "Perception" Credit: "PERCEPTION"

It’s pretty clear from the first minutes of any episode of “Perception,” Eric McCormack’s TNT whodunit about a neuroscientist working with the government to solve crimes, that you’re not just watching an extension of “Will and Grace.”

McCormack’s Dr. Daniel Pierce is a smart, flawed and emotionally distant protagonist in the mold of Adrian Monk, nothing like the clean-cut, quippy lawyer Will Truman that he played on the award-winning sitcom.

Pierce is a flawed lead, suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, which leads to hallucinations that help give him a unique perspective on crimes.

amNewYork spoke with McCormack about the series. Season 2 premieres Tuesday night.

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