38/14
American remake (in English) of the French series HPI (2021)
Story
Follows Morgan, a single mom of three and how thanks to her exceptional mind, she is able to help solve a crime while reorganizing evidence during her shift as a cleaner for the police department. Despite her sky-high IQ, excellent memory, and extensive knowledge of the arcane, Morgan makes a number of basic legal mistakes that anyone who has ever watched a law show on television would know not to make. In the first episode, for instance, she obtains a document from a locked safe in a suspect-victim’s law office that would never be admissible in court – illegally obtained evidence. Nor could it be used to obtain other evidence – violation of the “fruit of the poisonous tree” legal doctrine.
Remake of HPI (2021)
In episode 2, she has to be reminded to wear gloves before handling evidence at a crime scene, and in #3, she removes all 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. This series revolves around Morgan (Kaitlin Olson), a woman who is the night janitor for the LAPD. When she looks at a case file, she becomes intrigued and makes some corrections on a murder board. This leads to the department realizing that she has a talent for perceiving, assimilating, and organizing facts, aka evidence.
They hired her as a consultant
Consider her Will Hunting meets Adrian Monk. Like Will, she has an exceptional IQ and a perceptive mind. Like Monk, she is bothered by OCD, though not as neurotically as Monk. But she feels she must reconcile any data that is contradictory (like an itch that needs scratching).
The kids are interesting, too
She is also very assertive, and while Morgan sometimes feels on the fringes of society, she is very empathetic. I actually enjoy this series, although there have been many other police procedurals where a civilian with unusual talents works with police officers. Morgan’s character is fun to watch, and the cases present interesting solutions. She also has three children, so she always has to balance her work and family life.
