“The series combines humor and intrigue with a perfect dosage”, estimates a reader of “20 Minutes”

High addictive potential for HPI. This Thursday evening, TF1 is broadcasting the last two episodes of its new phenomenon series carried among others by Audrey Fleurot and Mehdi Nebbou. A first season which caused a real tidal wave in terms of audiences, attracting from its first broadcast evening more than 9 million curious on average. A record that had not been achieved for ten years for a French series broadcast on TF1.

And the success of this premiere has not run out of steam over the weeks, on the contrary, because HPI has succeeded in establishing itself brilliantly as an unmissable Thursday night event. Such a craze that a second season is already being written, and filming should begin next fall. But how to explain this real favorite of viewers for this new detective series?

20 minutes surveyed its readers via a call for papers to understand which ingredients of the program had appealed to them. Spoiler: the colorful character of Morgane Alvaro has something to do with it.

A clever cocktail of investigation and comedy

For those who would have missed the series (we forgive you), here is a quick rundown. Housekeeper in a police station, Morgane (Audrey Fleurot) is an HPI person, with “high intellectual potential”. Spotted for her incredible powers of deduction, she was offered a consultancy position within the investigative team, to help Commander Adam Karadec (Mehdi Nebbou). Nothing revolutionary, you will tell us. Indeed, but the singularity of the program, is that it assumes two a priori distinct genres: the detective series and the comedy. “This series refreshes the French detective series, even estimates our reader Magali, 45 years old. Audrey Fleurot is an excellent actress and the duo she forms with her colleague works pretty well I think. The rigor of one contrasts with the spontaneity of the other, but in the end they complement each other. Without forgetting the humor that each brings. “

A point of view shared by the almost quadra Sébastien. “The series combines humor and intrigue with a perfect mix. The characters are sincere and close to everyone. This gives credibility to the series. The rhythm of the episodes is also addicting. Little downtime, twists and turns and well-crafted and difficult to predict investigations, ”he said. But beware, this bridge between two genres must be perfectly mastered. If the alloy works for the moment, the sexagenarian Florence warns against the risk of “caricature”, and explains no longer watching Captain Marleau on France Télé for this reason.

This comparison with the series worn by Corinne Masiero has also been mentioned several times in the contributions. If many are worried about a potential “excess of jokes” and the danger of “doing too much”, Denise as for her, sees common qualities. “Their character seems to oppose them (especially in terms of look, in terms of speed of thinking – Marleau acts as if she were slow), explains this 54-year-old reader. But the two ingenious share other traits: resistance to authority, the “advocate of the poor” side, intelligence and psychological insight. In short, I love them both and it’s really good for morale, it’s like a deep breath, to finally see leading female roles other than dramatic or vases. “

Love at first sight for Audrey Fleurot (and Morgane)

The success of a series is obviously due to its plot, but also to its actors. And the Morgane / Adam pairing sounds obvious. “Certain lines of Audrey Fleurot and attitudes of Mehdi Nebbou made me laugh when it is a detective series, testifies Sabine, 54 years old. The two make a perfect duo. The presence of Bruno Sanches contributes to the humorous side of the series. Marie, 63, agrees. “The two main accomplices of the series are poles apart from each other. But that’s all that makes it so charming! The serious and stuck cop is awesome and Delusional Morgane is awesome. All of this feels very good, two wonderful actors, well let’s not forget the other top actors ”.

“The actors and actresses are dazzling in their respective roles in a classic detective story but played in a plausible and so entertaining way that does us good in these difficult times, adds the quinqua Emmanuel. As for Audrey Fleurot, she excels and is sublime. “It is indeed impossible not to stop for a few moments on the main heroine of HPI and the actress who embodies it.

“Simple”, “funny”, “natural”, “beautiful”, “sparkling”, “crazy” … Under the spell of Audrey Fleurot and her character, our readers are full of praise. Emmanuelle, in her thirties, appreciates Morgane’s authenticity and her outspokenness. “She is endowed with humor, common sense and above all she speaks like us. Simple, uninhibited and not cucul. In short, each of his sentences makes me laugh. Her very kitsch outfit and her “I don’t care about anything” side prove that she doesn’t give any credit to others. Finally, her way of reasoning, based on common sense, means that she is intelligent and not intellectual. She has the intelligence of the lived and that I love! “

An endearing and unusual character

Beyond Morgane’s character, some fans of the series identify with her daily life as a single mother, like Vanessa, 45. “We feel the kindness and the fragility of her character and we live with her through all her adventures with the police. It also shows the difficulties of a solo mother in carrying out her job and her family life simultaneously. In short it is top! “

Finally, the singularity of this person with “high intellectual potential” also made a big impression on the viewers. Some recognized themselves in Morgane, still others quite simply discovered what an HPI person was. Some also criticize the series for using a few clichés, or even “confusing high potential and autistic traits”, as Joanna, 24, writes.

But there is also the testimony of Laura, who considers the need to relativize. “I’m HPI myself, and I didn’t want to watch the series with preconceptions,” she explains. Obviously this is not a documentary on HPI, I find it refreshing, funny. “

“Regarding the character traits of the HPIs that are portrayed in the series, there are of course similarities to what I can experience myself, but the high potentials are not the same,” she continues. I have read here and there testimonies which indicated that it was full of clichés, it is possible, but it is a trait of some HPI to take everything seriously, not to succeed in taking height with it. the events and it is in no way to blame. »For Laura,« there is nothing to change in the series if we take it as such: it is entertainment and it has the advantage of shedding light on little-known human functioning (2% of the population!) I can not wait to see the rest, for fun, we need it! »See you in 2022.