Operatives. Perry Mason had one - Paul Drake, and Matlock had two over the years - Tyler Hudson and Conrad McMasters.
"Operatives" did the detecting work that usually broke the case. They did the leg work, often quite physical legwork. They got beat up a lot, ran around, etc.
And they drove inconspicuous cars, being sneaky and all - Paul Drake a T-Bird you could spot from, oh, I don't know, perhaps space and Conrad a bright red convertible mustang that was really hard to spot only by legally blind people.
Are you kidding me? These guys couldn't sneak up on anyone unnoticed. I suspect they, more or less, stumbled into the bad guy.
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