17/15
American (English) remake of the French series HPI (2021)
Synopsis
Follows Morgan, a single mom of three kids and how thanks to her exceptional mind, she is able to help solve a crime as she rearranges evidence during her shift as a cleaner for the police department.. Despite her very high IQ, excellent memory, and extensive knowledge of the arcane, Morgan makes a series of basic mistakes of law that anyone who has ever watched a TV law show would know not to make.
Remake of HPI (2021)
In Episode one, for instance, she obtains a document from a locked safe in a law office of the suspect-victim that would never be admissible in court–illegally obtained evidence. It also could not be used to obtain other evidence–violation of the legal doctrine of "fruit of the poisonous tree." In Episode 2, she has to be reminded to wear gloves before handling evidence at a crime scene, and in #3, she removes all the documented evidence from the police station, totally breaking the chain of custody and making everything she removed also no longer admissible in a court of law..
Like most shows starting, it’s a bit wobbly
First of all, it’s not a clone of "Bones" or other cop shows dealing with people with marketable abilities when it comes to police work. The girl is good, obviously though acting manic can’t go on like it has in the first ep.
Cops are not going to use someone that strung-out
Unlike portrayals of the lab techs and such in other shows that show them as just about "off their meds." Second, the actor playing detective Karadec (Daniel Sunjata) is formidable, he was very good in "Manifest." As shows like this smooth out 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 someone with her abilities hadn’t been snapped up by a tech company, or a financial firm, but I suppose there are people out there that despite their talent, they couldn’t make it work in the regular world.