NBC TV series: The Irrational

Gur points us to the publicity for this new TV show about “a professor of behavioral science who lends his expertise to an array of high-stakes cases.” I’m waiting for the episode where he tracks down the case of the missing shredder. Maybe a scene where there’s a heist at the Museum of Scholarly Misconduct and the team has to use behavioral science to solve it. They could also have a cool scene where the hero makes a “move fast and break things” speech and explains how in boring academic science everything has to be replicated, but that in the real world of crime solving we sometimes have to fake the data to move forward. That’s how they did it in Mission Impossible, right??

10 thoughts on “NBC TV series: The Irrational

  1. This is perfect, as are the other characters listed:

    Kylie, who is described as a creative free spirit
    Phoebe, a protégé of Alec and conscientious graduate student pursuing her master’s degree in psychology
    Owen, a grad student of psychology with a playful sense of humor and natural curiosity

    TV always nails academia

    • Rnm:

      Maybe the show could be like Columbo and have a special guest villain each episode. Instead of Jack Cassidy and Robert Culp, they could use retired Ivy League faculty such as the disgraced primatologist and the pizzagate guy. Creative researchers with a playful sense of humor, for sure!

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