| Native Name: | |
| Genre: | Comedy crime fiction |
| Music: | Yannis Dumoutiers |
| Country: | France Belgium |
| Language: | French |
| Num Seasons: | 4 |
| Num Episodes: | 32 |
| Runtime: | 52 minutes |
| First Aired: | (Belgium) |
| Last Aired: | present |
HPI (acronym for, an alternative term for giftedness) is a French-Belgian crime-comedy television series.
Created by Stéphane Carrié, Alice Chegaray-Breugnot, and Nicolas Jean, broadcast in Belgium at La Une, since, in Switzerland at RTS Un, since, and in France at TF1, since, the series is a coproduction between Itinéraire Productions, Septembre Productions, TF1, Pictanovo, Be-Films, and RTBF.[1] [2]
It stars Audrey Fleurot as Morgane Alvaro, an intellectually highly gifted housekeeper, who becomes a consultant for the DIPJ (a police division that investigates serious crime) in Lille, and helps solve several cases thanks to her sharp mind.
Morgane Alvaro is 38 years old, has 3 children from 2 ex-husbands, problems with authority, and, despite exceptional intelligence, works as a cleaning lady. One night, working at Lille police headquarters, she accidentally finds an important clue to a murder case, and, facing dismissal if the case is not solved, the superintendent assigns her to the case as consultant, much to chagrin of inspector Adam Karadec, who's in charge of the case. Morgane dresses and acts inappropriately for her new job, often disobeys orders, has a difficult time managing her family life, and Karadec finds her nearly impossible to work with, but her flashes of brilliance are often crucial to solving the more difficult cases that the Lille detective squad deals with. In return for her work as a detective, the superintendent agrees to reopen the case of her first husband, who went missing after being arrested 15 years earlier.
American television network ABC began airing High Potential in 2024, produced by ABC Signature.[4] Slovak TV Markíza released Výnimočná Nikol in 2022. Czech TV NOVA released Případy mimořádné Marty[5] on 30April 2023. In Greece, Star TV launched IQ160, an adaptation of the series produced by Barking Well Media, in March 2023. In Hungary, RTL launched a Hungarian adaptation of the series, titled A renitens, in February 2024.