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American (English) French version
Scenario
Follows Morgan, a single mother of three, as she uses her extraordinary mind to help solve a crime as she rearranges evidence during her shift as a cleaner at the police department. series HPI (2021). Despite his very high IQ, excellent memory, and extensive knowledge of the occult, Morgan makes a number of basic legal mistakes that anyone who has ever watched a TV legal show would know not to make. For example, in the first episode, she retrieves a document from a locked safe at the suspect-victim’s law office that would never be admissible in court—illegally obtained evidence. Nor could it be used to obtain other evidence, a violation of the “fruit of the poisonous tree” legal doctrine.
admissible in court
In Episode 2, she has to be reminded to wear gloves before handling evidence at a crime scene, and in Episode 3, she removes all the documentary evidence from the police station, completely breaking the chain of custody and making everything she removed disappear. HPI remake (2021). I’ve been waiting for 4 episodes, giving plenty of opportunities for the show to prove itself. It’s the exact same formula for all “detectives” or “cops” or “lawmen”. shows the sample.
just in a different package
It’s more of a "light drama" vein than in more realistic shows, but it’s still the same formula. It’s The Finder, Elsbeth, So Help Me Todd, etc… If it’s “based on a French series”, it just means that the French are good at using the same tired, hackneyed formula. The US shows plenty of abuse, that’s all. Man + Woman “successful”; team, one light-hearted and aloof, the other serious and unconventional, they clash but ultimately support each other.
I am so tired of this overused formula
The clues are MAGICAL in nature and often nothing that the viewer, any viewer, can’t pick up on… and there’s a series of who did it where the audience CAN’T figure out the result because they don’t yet know the magical (and hidden) clues, but should have been there all along time 2-5 minutes of main story opening… 30-35 minutes of random “case”; it’s done much like everything else….a 2-5 minute closing main story scene to add a column for next week..rinse rinse repeat. This type of series premiere can be interesting because it builds to the main story, but the formulaic pattern emerges in episode 2. Then it repeats itself over and over again for the duration of the show – often the show is canceled long before the main story is resolved – which means that the missing father will NEVER have any answers or conclusion in this series because it’s just a " cheat line" stories to keep viewers hooked for the next week.
Who’s hit or miss
Olsen and Sunjata do a good job, fit the characters well.. some of the other actors (mostly cops) not so much. And there are basically a lot of guests in every episode. Overall, it’s a bubblegum series…not really horrible, but not particularly deep or complex either. I can see why some might like it, but I’d be surprised if it lasts that long.