"This time, the _____ is a " high-potential intellectual," what people perhaps used to call a "savant." Morgan Gillory (Kaitlin Olson) has a near-photographic memory, a highly associative mind, and a seemingly endless reserve of random trivia facts. She also has an overwhelming need to "um, actually" people, which has gotten her fired from every job she's had. Until, that is, Morgan is roped into the LAPD by Selena Soto (Judy Reyes) and paired with uptight detective Adam Karadec (Daniel Sunjata)."
"A few running plots bubble under the show's surface, such as Morgan joining the LAPD in exchange for their finding her first husband, Roman, who disappeared 15 years ago and is still missing. The season-one finale also introduced a trivia-happy foe, the Game Master, who appears to be targeting Morgan and her family as the second season begins. Yet this show is at heart a mystery of the week, with Morgan using lots of silly little facts to help catch the bad guy"
Procedural television has returned with a cop show built around Morgan Gillory, a high-potential intellectual with near-photographic memory, an associative mind, and vast trivia knowledge. Morgan's compulsion to correct others cost her previous jobs and led to an arrangement with the LAPD under Selena Soto, pairing her with uptight detective Adam Karadec. Morgan joined the force partly to obtain help finding her first husband, Roman, who vanished fifteen years earlier. A trivia-obsessed antagonist called the Game Master emerges, appearing to target Morgan and her family as season two begins. Each episode uses Morgan's factoids to solve weekly mysteries and vex colleagues and relatives.
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