HPI S04E08, "Ultraviolet"

Episode: Haut Potentiel Intellectuel S04E08, "Ultraviolet," runtime: 59:41 Subtitles download link

I'm returning to the .srt format until I decide about .ssa.

This concludes Series 4 of HPI.

The birth is near, Morgane is going stir crazy at home, and the karma pigeon has moved on to another 'client.'  Timothee is acting like a normal expectant father, focused on setting up the nursery, listing baby names, and trying to take the mind of the mother of his child off a murder case.

The case involves the murder of an ophthalmologic surgeon, and it's somewhat like a 70s mystery in that we may see whodunit at the beginning.  What we don't see is the victim's partner actually committing the crime, just his weird manner after phoning for help. So there's an added uncertainty to the ensuing Columbo-style cat & mouse game, in addition to a funny science knowledge oneupmanship between Morgane and the doctor. Finally, it's Afida's dogged pursuit of her 30 euros that leads to a clarification of the question of paternity.

Eric Caravaca as Dr Decker

NOTES

Dr Decker says he is working on an article for La Revue Française d'Ophtalmologie (3'17"), 'The French Ophthalmology Review.'  Later, Gilles says he verified that Decker was at the 'French Ophthalmology Bulletin' (10'58").  In reality, the publication of the French Society of Opthalmology is the Journal français d'ophtalmologie.

Daphne deducts 20% of something that sounds like com when calculating the outcome of her name-the-baby-daddy contest (13'47"). I think this means 'advertising,' so I assume she means her costs of running the contest.

Bérangère McNeese as Daphné

It sounds like Gilles contracts tellement (so very) to tellem' (14'09").

Then Daphne argues with Afida about her contest entry, and Afida says what sounds like n'y à ou près, 'It's there or near' (14'37"), which I'm translating as 'Close enough.'

Morgane has a flash involving Léon: The Professional (23'41"). A Jean Reno lookalike appears.

Audrey Fleurot and uncredited actor as Léon 

I'm putting 'Holy cow' instead of 'the cow' (26'39").

Adieu, Henri (Rufus)

'Police everywhere, justice nowhere!' (41'37") is a protest slogan that seems to be popular everywhere but in the U.S.  It's also a favorite of Capitaine Marleau.

SAMU (43'29") is Service d'Aide Médicale Urgente, the national paramedic/ambulance service.

Celine says the judge will issue un mandat de recherche, 'a search warrant' (46'56") for Yohann Marouani. But they're searching for him to arrest him, so it's really an arrest warrant.

Paracetamol (48'09") is what acetaminophen is called in Europe, although there it also comes in a pleasantly strange chewable form, like what I once got from a Paris drugstore for a pulled muscle.

When Morgane tells Karadec to use the gyro (flasher) this time (56'17"), his response indicates she meant the siren too. So I'm putting 'lights & siren.'

At 58'01" Morgane says donc, uh, pou-pou y a! to the bailiff. I have no idea what that means literally, but the little hand gesture probably means something like 'end of discussion.' I've put 'case closed.'