HPI on TF1: But why is the series such a big hit?

For its second season on TF1 since May 12, HPI never ceases to be in first place in the prime-time box on Thursday, with more than 7 million viewers on a regular basis. Until the channel decides to continue the fun by changing one episode a week from May 26 instead of May 2nd.

Detective series released in 2021 is created Nicolas Jean, Alice Chegarai-Bruno And Stephanie Carrie, led by Audrey Fleur, Mehdi Nebibu, Bruno Sanchez and Marie Denarno, became the most watched French art program of the year, according to the site. Western France.

Staffed as a police consultant, 38-year-old Morgane Alvaro, a mother of three and an IQ of 160, uses her extraordinary analytical skills in exchange for the supervision of Commander Karadek (Mehdi Nebibu) in Lily’s DIPJ service. The reopening of the investigation into the disappearance of his ex-companion, who died in mysterious circumstances fifteen years ago. Without encountering certain difficulties in respecting authority …

In high colors, an investigator with high intellectual potential, played by Audrey Fleur (Engrenages, Le Bazar de la Charité) delights TF1 viewers with each show. How can one explain this popular success, which is both unexpected and enjoyable, when the characters of detective series have multiplied on French television over the years? An overview of some of the response elements.

Riding a small tragic job before being recruited by the police, Morgan, a divorced mother of three with two different fathers, does not exactly have the profile of a bourgeois investigator who is dressed up to nine and is morally inappropriate.

Fully resistant to bosses, this thunderbolt forty years he has not learned (As her translator Audrey Fleurot believed) Has no tongue in his pocket and says out loud what goes on in his head, without sparing those around him, which has brought him a lot of frustration that he has been able to keep a steady job while he fights for his survival. The months and the roof of his old rented house are in danger of collapsing at any moment.

But his extraordinary IQ and the ability to deduce the best watches worthy of Sherlock Holmes do not go unnoticed by Police Chief Celine Hazan (Marie Denarno), who is ready to destroy his excesses to use his talents to complete the most insidious investigations.

Problem: Morgan has an absolute hatred for the police and does not bother to respect the procedure, relying on his amazing intuition to chase criminals, even if it means messing up his hierarchy. With an ultra-feminine and shimmering expression that contrasts with her uncompromising personality, Morgan Alvaro is a real tornado featured in French detective series … and reminds us of another unusual policeman on the small screen.

An ironic joke, unorthodox methods, and politically incorrect speech: other than his colorful dress style, wouldn’t Morgan Alvaro be some sort of Captain Marlowe with TF1 sauce?

Doyen’s Pigeon and Julie Lescaut starting with the Canal + thriller Gearbox And Braquo, the TF1 series Profiling and Section de Recherches or even Alice Nevers on France Télévisions, French serial cops have long been monopolized in the capital’s police stations.

Due to a breach of this habit (simple?) Of the deployment of police investigative actions in Paris, the HPI series takes place between Lille and its suburbs and seems to point to a new trend, after several court series were established there, such as Les Petits. Meurtres d’Agathe Christie, Les Invisibles or Le Code, the latter two aired last year at the same time as HPI France 2.

The detective comedy, produced by Alice Chegarai-Brino (La Mante), proudly depicts the capital of Hot de France, paved streets with red brick facades and ending with regional features – as a delicious wink for local football clubs. Season 1 episode.

Thus, the arrival of IGPN investigator Roxanne Ascher (Clotilda Hesme) in Season 2, straight from Paris, is a stark contrast to Morgan, as their personalities and methods are so diametrically opposed. Danny is electric between the sincerity of Lille’s protagonist and the uncompromising sternness of a Parisian inspector … What if Morgan’s reason for disgust with Roxanne had no other justification?

Trope An essential, romantic cat-and-mouse game between two main characters who hate each other and that everything goes against each other until different adventures complete their reunion is perfectly illustrated in a duet created by Morgan and Karadek at HPI.

Classic “Will They / Won’t They?” (Are They Going / Not Going?), Which has become a recurring narrative convention in many Anglo-Saxon fiction, hence its name, thus delights in misleading viewer expectations by creating a romantic tension between the two characters. Love each other, but whose diametrically opposed characters and all sorts of other obstacles systematically postpone that fateful moment when they both acknowledge their feelings.