7.744 minSeason 4 • Episode 13
LatestWhen a shooter on the loose triggers a flashback that doesn't add up with Carrie's perfect memory, the team at Major Crimes discovers that a nefarious conspiracy is at play and trained killers are among them.
Former Syracuse, New York, police detective Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything. She reluctantly joins the New York City Police Department's Queens homicide unit after her former boyfriend and partner asks for help with solving a case. The move allows her to try to find out the one thing she has been unable to remember, which is what happened the day her sister was murdered.
Acting
Poppy Montgomery sells the memory gimmick with genuine warmth.
Writing
Premise hook keeps you through uneven procedural episodes.
Creators
John Bellucci, Ed Redlich
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The show was canceled twice—by CBS after season one, then again after season three—before getting a surprise fourth season on A&E that nobody asked for.
Hyperthymesia was having a moment in early 2010s TV; this aired right alongside BBC's Sherlock and CBS's own Elementary, all obsessed with memory-as-detective-tool.
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