In 1942 London, Claire Hopkins is a driven British code breaker not happy with the lack of cooperation from the Americans. Her supervisor Jean McBrian demotes her for disobeying an order. With conjolling from colleague Millie Harcourt, she attends a party for the newly arrived American GIs and gets murdered in a specific way. 14 years later, Millie finds a hauntingly similar murder in a San Francisco newspaper. Jean is unmarried and finds herself stuck under a glass ceiling. The two decide to track down an American counterpart whom they've never met to help solve the case. They're surprised to find the American turns out to be Iris Bearden, a negro woman. Another woman is murdered and Iris agrees to help. Iris recruits youngster Hailey Yarner and her son Dennis is an activist fighting against politician George Mason working to gentrify their Fillmore neighborhood as the local negro population moves out to Oakland. Olivia Mori is an assistant secretary in the homicide police division. She's a Japanese American forced to cooperate by Iris during the war.
I've never seen the original series. That may be the biggest difference between me and everyone else. Everybody seems to be complaining about sullying the original. I have no such baggage. I like these characters. I like the settings. I like the mystery solving. I like most of this show. It's not breaking out of any limitations. It's a good show. It's canceled after only one short season.
I've never seen the original series. That may be the biggest difference between me and everyone else. Everybody seems to be complaining about sullying the original. I have no such baggage. I like these characters. I like the settings. I like the mystery solving. I like most of this show. It's not breaking out of any limitations. It's a good show. It's canceled after only one short season.