The end of season 4 of HPI has been scheduled for Thursday October 3, 2024, on TF1. How does Morgane Alvaro’s story end? A season 5 is eagerly awaited by fans, but the rest of the series is uncertain, with a definitive end in sight.
The HPI series made its big return to the screens in 2024, with a season 4 which kept its many admirers in suspense for months. The very last episode of this key season for Morgane Alvaro (Audrey Fleurot) and its partners was scheduled for October 3, 2024 on TF1. In this final episode, Morgane, on maternity leave, is supposed to take some rest while waiting to give birth. Easier said than done for the young woman, who can’t help but stick her nose in an ongoing affair. With so much time on her hands, she can’t sit still, especially when she feels she can help solve the case. From the start, she knows the identity of the perpetrator and will do everything to unmask him. To do this, she will have to redouble her imagination and inventiveness to stay in contact with the culprit, even if it means endangering the end of her pregnancy. Because Morgane will indeed become a mother at the end of this last episode!
After this captivating finale for its millions of fans, the sequel continues to raise questions. Many are already wondering if there will be a season 5 of HPI, or even more. So what can we really expect from HPI next? “This season 4 is going to end with something so huge that we all said to ourselves that after this finale, it would be a shame not to do a fifth season,” Audrey Fleurot has already announced in an interview at Télécable Sat Hebdo. If we are to believe the statements of the main actors and the production, the question of a season 5 therefore already seems to be resolved. In another interview with Télé Poche, the main actress confirmed that HPI will return for a fifth season, but that it will mark the end of the series.
According to Audrey Fleurot, it is crucial to know how to stop at the right time to avoid one season too many: “I am of the opinion that we must not bore viewers and do one season too many”. Mehdi Nebbou, Fleurot’s on-screen partner, shared this vision during the Séries Mania festival in Lille in March 2024. He expressed a similar desire to finish the series in style, with “panache and fantasy”, before HPI loses its freshness. He believes that finishing in five seasons would preserve the originality and singularity that make the series successful.
So, what can we expect for this famous season 5? At this stage, few details are available, except that this season should conclude the story of Morgane Alvaro in apotheosis. The creative team, led by Alice Chegaray-Breugnot and Julien Anscutter, aims to maintain the level of intensity and originality that has characterized the series since its beginnings. With the ultimate uncertainty being the surprise identity of the father of Morgane Alvaro’s future baby, the final twist of season 4 has in any case given material to this highly anticipated sequel…
Audrey Fleurot, who was enthusiastic about the evolution of her character over the seasons, indicated that the series continued to gain momentum. The role of young mother will undoubtedly also be an interesting register for season 5. This new situation should in any case add to the tension in the fifth season, which could well offer fans the answers they have been waiting for for a long time. , including an epilogue on the tumultuous relations between Morgane and Karadec.
The end of HPI will therefore be more complex than we could have imagined just a few months ago. And not just from a storyline perspective. Even if the disappearance of the program as a television series seems to be looming, uncertainty also dominates over the total disappearance of its characters so endearing and so appreciated by fans.
The final season does not necessarily mean that Morgane Alvaro will no longer make an appearance. Audrey Fleurot suggested that the character could well return in other formats, such as 90-minute TV films or even in the cinema. This prospect is all the more attractive as the series attracts an average of 7.4 million viewers per episode, a figure which attests to its undeniable success. Not to mention its success abroad where adaptations have been made as far as the United States.
The producers of HPI also seem open to the idea of exploring new horizons for the franchise. Pierre Laugier, co-producer of the series, affirmed that “we are not holding back anything” regarding the future of the character. Although season 5 is not yet written, he assures that Morgane Alvaro will continue to exist in one way or another, whether on television or on the big screen.
A season 4 cut with a chainsaw
TF1 had scheduled the first episodes of season 4 of HPI in the spring, but with a particularity: the broadcast was split into two periods, in May then September, with 4 episodes each. All with just one new episode per week. A cutting with an ax (or billhook or chainsaw, it depends) which raised questions among fans.
At the HPI casting call, the indispensable Audrey Fleurot explained that this two-stage broadcast was due to exceptional circumstances. In fact, the last two episodes of the season could not be filmed on time due to a workers’ strike. “In June, we are filming the last two episodes of the series, which we were unable to produce due to the strike of intermittent workers. This explains why the programming will be done in two stages,” he said. she confided to Télé 7 Jours.
The first four episodes were therefore scheduled from May 16 to June 6, while the last four were scheduled from September 29 to October 3. This unique broadcast configuration is a first for the series.
Season 4 of HPI obviously takes up the general idea of the program: Morgane, a single forty-something, is the mother of three children. This rebellious personality, with an IQ of 160, worked as a cleaning lady at the police station. Her life was completely turned upside down when her deductive skills and her intelligence were spotted by the police, who offered her the opportunity to become a consultant… even though Morgane hates the police!
Season 1 of HPI is broadcast on TF1 from April 29, 2021 to May 20, 2021. It introduces Morgane Alvaro, a woman with high intellectual potential (IQ 160) but particularly complicated on a daily basis, who helps the Lille police to resolve complex investigations . The series is a huge success in France, surpassing the symbolic bar of 10 million viewers for its third episode. On average, 11.5 million viewers watched this first season, replays included.
Faced with the colossal success of the first round of episodes, HPI was unsurprisingly offered a season 2. This is broadcast on TF from May 12 to June 16, 2022. In this sequel, Morgane resumed her life with Ludovic but finds himself in financial difficulties. His feelings for Karadec also get in the way of his romantic stability. For its part, Karadec is under investigation by the IGPN.
With as much success as ever, HPI has been renewed for a season 3. This began its broadcast on May 11, 2023 and ended on June 29 with the eighth episode. Season 3 of HPI picks up six months after the events of the end of season 2. Morgane has become a housekeeper again after cutting ties with Karadec. But she finds herself involved in a new investigation, which should see her reconnect with the DIPJ.
Season 4 centers around the surprising development of Morgane Alvaro, who discovered herself unexpectedly pregnant at the end of season 3. This unwanted pregnancy is the heart of the intrigues, always with this characteristic family and humorous angle. of the series. “Morgane discovered she was pregnant a little late in life. An unwanted pregnancy. What’s funny is that it’s her two grown children who will take matters into their own hands. They absolutely don’t want their mother to have another baby and are harassing her to have an abortion and since Morgane can’t stand being forced to do anything, she’s going to keep it,” revealed Audrey Fleurot.
Alongside these family adventures, season 4 of HPI also has its share of suspense and mystery with “an episode that takes place in three different eras”, a serial killer to unmask, as well as a new commander described as “sexy ” by the writers, which will add a little spice to Morgane’s already tumultuous life.
Images from season 4
- Audrey Fleurot as Morgane Alvaro
- Mehdi Nebbou as Adam Karadec
- Bruno Sanches as Gilles Vandraud
- Clotilde Hesme as Roxane Ascher
- Marie Denarnaud as Céline Hazan
- Bérangère McNeese: Daphné Forestier
- Rufus: Henry
- Cypriane Gardin: Théa
- Michèle Moretti as Agnès Alvaro
- Cédric Chevalme as Ludovic Mullier
- Noé Vandevoorde as Eliott Alvaro
- Christopher Bayemi as Doctor Bonnemain
The HPI series is a TF1 production broadcast on the first channel since April 29, 2021. Season 1 has eight episodes, two being broadcast every Thursday evening on the front page until May 20, 2021. The series was then renewed for one season 2, still on the first channel, broadcast from June 12 to 16, 2022. Season 3 is broadcast on the front page from May 11, 2023. Season 4 was scheduled in two stages: the first four episodes from May 16 to 6 June, the last four from September 29 to October 20. The broadcast dates for season 5 are not known, but should occur in spring 2025.
HPI is available in full on the TF1+ platform for those who would like to catch up on the episodes or relive Morgane’s previous adventures. Note also that episodes from previous seasons have also been made available on the platform streaming by Disney+ subscription. It can be accessed via computer, smartphone, tablet or Smart TV.
Audrey Fleurot has been playing the heroine of HPI, Morgane Alvaro since 2021. A jubilant role for the actress previously seen in Le Bazar de la Charité: “It’s very cathartic to play such an excessive, funny character, with this clothing look completely outrageous, it’s something I couldn’t handle in life,” she said in an interview with 20 minutes at the launch of the series.
To prepare to play an HPI (high intellectual potential) character, the actress obtained information on the Internet, and benefited from the knowledge and documentation of co-creator and co-writer Alice Chegaray-Breugnot, whose father is also HPI. But Audrey Fleurot wants to point out: “We are not pretending to make a documentary on HPIs”. She also didn’t have any training to play a police consultant. The French actress, previously seen in Engrenages or Kaamelott, invested in the creation of HPI, pushing the creators to choose Mehdi Nebbou to play her on-screen partner.
Why HPI was criticized by some Internet users
Before its season 1 aired in 2021, the detective series HPI attracted criticism. Some Internet users protested about the representation of HPI that the series conveyed before its broadcast on TF1. This is particularly the case of journalist Clément Garin: “Being an HPI myself, I am outraged by this ultra-caricatural scenario. What is the idea? To suggest that the HPI are crazy at 18 voltage? I often complains about nothing, but now I’m dismayed.”
For another person on Twitter, HPI seems to be “a series of totally false clichés about HPI.. Already 160 qi so the French curve stops at 150… Beyond that we don’t calculate.. It’s going to be still hard to live with for real HPIs.”