Syndrome E - 2024 - 6/10

“Hey, look. Doctor Moreau’s clinic. They treat animals … manimals … people maybe?”
The man watching the film is already dead. Police arrive. The female officer, viewing the film, shoots her partner.
Partly, it’s the film itself, an old 8mm laced with subliminal images.
Partly, it is her history; she had undergone neurosurgery years earlier, and “something” was done.
Mystery thriller races across continents, foretelling a possible future of cranial implants and manipulation.
Thought provoking premise undermined by a trendy trope: defective detective.
Sure enough, our two detectives have more liabilities than a grubworm convention in Antarctica.
Both leads are “damaged”, the female more so as she is often triggered into murderous impulses.
Logic is cast aside when wondering why police brass stay with this pair.
Oh, because they originate from a series of books. Wait! Does that mean more seasons?