The French original already looks a lot more charming than the American adaptation.
Yes! I have nothing against the American adaptation, but... in the very first ep already (and that ep is shot by shot identical for the most part), if you watch the interrogation of the rape victim, you can see Mehdi Nebbou react to the statement with, idk, pain and shock, the way he looks away, and then carefully continues questioning her. In the US version, Karadec doesn't bat an eye, and immediately accuses her. I don't know exactly who to blame here, but I think it's a combination of direction and acting. The US version feels bland somehow, and the French version rich.
I made clips for comparison (you have to download to watch): us clip french clip
Would you like to tell me more about the romance in HPI (or the things you like about it)?
I decided to answer your question here, in the context of the HPI rec.
Ah... my favorite conversation topic right now! \o/
Let me know if you want spoilers for the later seasons, because that's where it gets complicated. :) I'll start with the first two.
At first, the formula starts out pretty traditional: she's the chaotic single mom, juggling three kids, including one obviously also with a high IQ who constantly has one obsession after another. I loved this, this was very realistic (although I have to admit I almost dropped the show twice in the first season because the kids were too annoying when she took them to work - they luckily tone it down a bit later). So she ignores all the rules, including the ones about safety or correct police procedure.
He's the rigid detective who likes his life orderly and cannot believe he's to be saddled with a dangerous sidekick like that.
She doesn't really change much over the course of the show, but he adapts noticeably. He gets used to her, slowly giving up his attempts to tell her to stay and wait or to wear gloves, for example, but he still shouts at her when she's being especially idiotic and putting everyone in danger. By the second season, you can tell that he's sometimes actively enjoying her exploits, smiling to himself, especially when she exasperates other people with her behavior. Some of his best deadpan lines are in those scenes.
There are two dream sequences where we learn that they've both fallen for each other - his is in the first season, hers much later in the second. But they're very clear. He of course never did anything about it, being in denial about the whole thing - and I admit it is the reasonable reaction, he knows she's a handful. By the point she realizes her attraction to him, they're both in other relationships, too - he gets a girlfriend in s2 and she gets back together with her ex, the father of her two younger children.
But they're both obviously in sync and enjoy working together, and they're both uncomfortable/jealous with the other's relationship. Not in an annoying way, but it's obvious that the writing supports them. It's not fan goggles interpreting subtext, the writers knew exactly what they were doing. This becomes very clear towards the end of season 2, but I would rather not spoil you unless you tell me to.
Re: HPI
Yes! I have nothing against the American adaptation, but... in the very first ep already (and that ep is shot by shot identical for the most part), if you watch the interrogation of the rape victim, you can see Mehdi Nebbou react to the statement with, idk, pain and shock, the way he looks away, and then carefully continues questioning her. In the US version, Karadec doesn't bat an eye, and immediately accuses her. I don't know exactly who to blame here, but I think it's a combination of direction and acting. The US version feels bland somehow, and the French version rich.
I made clips for comparison (you have to download to watch):
us clip
french clip
Would you like to tell me more about the romance in HPI (or the things you like about it)?
I decided to answer your question here, in the context of the HPI rec.
Ah... my favorite conversation topic right now! \o/
Let me know if you want spoilers for the later seasons, because that's where it gets complicated. :) I'll start with the first two.
At first, the formula starts out pretty traditional: she's the chaotic single mom, juggling three kids, including one obviously also with a high IQ who constantly has one obsession after another. I loved this, this was very realistic (although I have to admit I almost dropped the show twice in the first season because the kids were too annoying when she took them to work - they luckily tone it down a bit later). So she ignores all the rules, including the ones about safety or correct police procedure.
He's the rigid detective who likes his life orderly and cannot believe he's to be saddled with a dangerous sidekick like that.
She doesn't really change much over the course of the show, but he adapts noticeably. He gets used to her, slowly giving up his attempts to tell her to stay and wait or to wear gloves, for example, but he still shouts at her when she's being especially idiotic and putting everyone in danger. By the second season, you can tell that he's sometimes actively enjoying her exploits, smiling to himself, especially when she exasperates other people with her behavior. Some of his best deadpan lines are in those scenes.
There are two dream sequences where we learn that they've both fallen for each other - his is in the first season, hers much later in the second. But they're very clear. He of course never did anything about it, being in denial about the whole thing - and I admit it is the reasonable reaction, he knows she's a handful. By the point she realizes her attraction to him, they're both in other relationships, too - he gets a girlfriend in s2 and she gets back together with her ex, the father of her two younger children.
But they're both obviously in sync and enjoy working together, and they're both uncomfortable/jealous with the other's relationship. Not in an annoying way, but it's obvious that the writing supports them. It's not fan goggles interpreting subtext, the writers knew exactly what they were doing. This becomes very clear towards the end of season 2, but I would rather not spoil you unless you tell me to.