High Potential paid tribute to the late French screenwriter Nicolas Jean, one of the original series cocreators, during the closing credits of Tuesday’s (October 28) mid-season finale.

“In Memory of Nicolas Jean,” read a title card at the end of the seventh episode of the ABC crime drama, which is based on the 2021 French and Belgian television series HPI , created by Jean, Stéphane Carrié, and Alice Chegaray-Breugnot.

The French writers’ guild SACD announced Jean’s passing on September 29, noting he died unexpectedly at 63 years old. A cause of death was not provided.

“Nicolas Jean entered the industry thirteen years ago and had a meteoric rise. Self-taught, with an atypical background that enriched his fictional stories, he quickly established himself as a talented and essential

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