Diane and I have been enjoying comic mystery TV show, High Potential, on ABC (you can read my review here). But when I heard that HULU was offering the original French version, HIP: High Intellectual Potential, I had to check it out. So far, HULU is offering four Seasons of 8 episodes each.
Audrey Fleurot plays the brilliant but quirky Morgane Alvaro whose incredible attention to detail and vast knowledge helps the police solve their crimes. Her “partner,” Detective Adam Karadec (Mehdi Nebbou) is more dour and intense than the American version played by Daniel Sunjata who is smooth and more physical. I like both actors.
Of the four episodes I’ve watched so far, they follow the same plots as the American TV series, but with some significant differences. In the American version, Morgan’s husband has “disappeared” for 15 years. In the French version, we actually get to see Morgane’s husband, who was arrested after leading a protest march, and the circumstances of his absence are more murky.
As you might have suspected, I plan to watch both High Potential and HIP. Both Kaitlin Olson and Audrey Fleurot are terrific at playing the woman with incredible intelligence. I recommend both series! GRADE: Incomplete but trending towards an A
Another one that I’ll probably never watch, but I appreciate the heads-up anyway. Shows about smart women are always welcome.
Fred, smart women are always welcome…especially if they’re redheads!
High Potential is a non-starter for me.
Now, Audrey Fleurot is another story. She played the beautiful but morally ambiguous lawyer Josephine Karlsson on SPIRAL (MHz Choice), who used her looks and brains to get ahead and help her clients, but also got her into trouble (and, once, jail) along the way.
She followed this up with 8 years in A FRENCH VILLAGE, about collaborations with the Nazis during WWII. We only watched a couple of episodes.
Two years ago she starred as one of the main characters in Netflix’s WOMEN AT WAR, set in 1914 on the French -German border. She played a prostitute looking for her son, given up for adoption.
Jeff, I’m very impressed with Audrey Fleurot in HIP: HIGH INTELLECTUAL POTENTIAL and plan to explore her other projects like SPIRAL, A FRENCH VILLAGE, and WOMEN AT WAR as soon as I finish watching all the HIP episodes on HULU.
Jackie is planning on getting the Hulu/Disney+ 3 month $2,99 package deal when we get home.
Jeff, HULU includes some off-beat offerings like HIP. “Nathan Lane stars in HULU’s new series “Mid-Century Modern” alongside Matt Bomer, Nathan Lee Graham, and the late Linda Lavin, premiering on March 28, 2025, following three gay best friends who decide to spend their golden years in Palm Springs.”
I pay a lot more than that for HULU and plan to try all of these.
Patti, if you try HIP: HIGH INTELLECTUAL POTENTIAL on HULU, you have a variety of options on how to view it. Diane prefers the English dubbed version. I prefer the French version (I like the real actors’ voices even if I don’t know French) with English CLOSED CAPTIONS. Sometimes we watch together (and I go with Diane’s version) and sometimes we’re watching TV separately in different rooms (we have three TVs).
OK, Jackie took the deal since it ends March 30. It is $2.99 (discount from $10.99) for Hulu and Disney for four months.
Patti, Jackie was told that if you cancel Hulu and re-sign up before the 30th, it is $2.99, though I can’t guarantee that.
George, we ALWAYS watch foreign shows in the original language with captions, never the dubbed version.