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American (English) remake of the French series HPI (2021)
Story
It follows Morgan, a single mother of three, and how her extraordinary mind helps her solve a crime as she rearranges evidence during her shift as a cleaner at the police department. Despite his very high IQ, excellent memory and extensive knowledge of the secret, Morgan commits a series of basic legal mistakes that anyone who has ever watched a TV legal show would know he shouldn’t have allowed. In episode one, for example, he retrieves a document from a locked safe in the suspected victim’s law office that would never be admissible in court – illegally obtained evidence.
admissible in court
It also could not be used to obtain other evidence – a violation of the “fruit of the poisonous tree” legal doctrine. In episode 2, she has to be reminded to put on gloves before handling evidence at the crime scene, and in #3 she removes all the documented evidence from the police station, completely breaking the chain of prisoners and everything she removed is gone too. Remake of HPI (2021).
Cops won’t use someone who’s stuck out
First of all, it’s not a clone of "Bones" or other police shows that deal with people with marketable skills when it comes to police work. As most shows start, it’s a little wobbly. The girl is good, even if the acting maniac can’t continue like in the first part.
Second, the actor playing detective Karadec (Daniel Sunjata) is formidable, he was very good in Manifesto
Unlike the portrayal of lab techs and the like in other shows that show them to be almost “medicated free”. As demos like this are polished and the characters are fleshed out, they tend to get better, the flow starts to work. As for the gifted Morgan, it’s hard to believe that someone with her skills wouldn’t have been acquired by a tech company or financial firm, but I suppose there are people who, despite their talent, wouldn’t be able to do that in the regular world.
