High potential paid tribute to Nicolas Jean during the closing credits of the ABC procedural.
The French screenwriter was one of the co-creators of the series HPIthe original series which inspired the American adaptation with Kaitlin Olson.
“In memory of Nicolas Jean”, we read on the title card at the end of episode 7 of the series (see below).
It was at the beginning of the month that the Society of French Writers, SACD, announced that Jean had died suddenly on September 29.
“Nicolas Jean entered the industry thirteen years ago and experienced a meteoric rise. Self-taught, with an atypical background which enriched his fiction stories, he quickly established himself as a talented and essential screenwriter on television,” wrote screenwriter and SACD administrator Florence Philipponnat in a message published on Instagram.
“He had the gift of freely inventing original concepts, freeing himself from imposed constraints. And he knew how to intelligently surround himself with creative writers to develop them with him, because he was passionate about sharing and generosity.”
HPI: High Intellectual Potential (High Intellectual Potential) was co-created by Nicolas Jean alongside Stéphane Carrié and Alice Chegaray-Breugnot. The series premiered in 2021 and continues to produce new episodes. In the United States, the series is available for streaming on Hulu under HIP: High intellectual potential.
ABC High potential stars Kaitlin Olson as Morgan Gillroy, a single mother with an unconventional talent for solving crimes. The series’ cast also includes Daniel Sunjata (Adam Karadec), Javicia Leslie (Daphne Forrester), Deniz Akdeniz (Oz), Amirah J (Ava Gillroy), Matthew Lamb (Elliot Radovic), and Judy Reyes (Selena Soto). Season 2 of the series added Steve Howey as a series regular in the role of the new precinct captain, Jesse Wagner.
See the title card in memory of Nicolas Jean below.
“Haut Potential” pays tribute to Nicolas Jean
ABC
