27/30
American (English) remake of the French series HPI (2021)
Plot
It follows Morgan, a single mother of three, and how, thanks to her exceptional mind, she manages to solve a crime while rearranging evidence during her shift cleaning for the police department.. Despite her extremely high IQ, excellent memory and vast knowledge of the arcane, Morgan makes a number of basic legal mistakes that anyone who has ever watched a law show on TV would know not to make.
It also could not be used to obtain other evidence: a violation of the legal doctrine of “fruit of the poisonous tree”
In the first episode, for example, she obtains a document from a locked safe in the suspect-victim’s law office that would never be admissible in court: illegally obtained evidence. In episode 2, she is reminded to wear gloves before handling evidence at a crime scene and in #3, she removes all documented evidence from the police station, completely breaking the chain of custody and making everything she removed no longer admissible in a court of law.
You can tell throughout the episode that Olson was drawn to this project by the way it portrays a struggling woman, strong in her body and capable
HPI Remake (2021). Surveying her TV resume away from Always Sunny and moving on from her role in The Mick, Olson glides across the screen in a not-quite-shot-for-shot remake of this French procedural, but she’s definitely in tune with it.
The first episode was well done, though the editing could use some work
The comedy is laced throughout her performance, much like the tongue-in-cheek wit of her French version. What this series does best, though, is keep you enthralled by an expert cast led by Judy Reyes, whose stern eyes and soft voice invite the audience to develop a sense of empathy for the players her character wants to rally around her in pursuit of justice.