High Potential paid tribute to the late French screenwriter Nicolas Jean, one of the original series cocreators, during the closing credits of Tuesday’s (October 28) mid-season finale.

“In Memory of Nicolas Jean,” read a title card at the end of the seventh episode of the ABC crime drama, which is based on the 2021 French and Belgian television series HPI, created by Jean, Stéphane Carrié, and Alice Chegaray-Breugnot.

The French writers’ guild SACD announced Jean’s passing on September 29, noting he died unexpectedly at 63 years old. A cause of death was not provided.

“Nicolas Jean entered the industry thirteen years ago and had a meteoric rise. Self-taught, with an atypical background that enriched his fictional stories, he quickly established himself as a talented and essential scre

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