The Irrational
"He has solving crime down to a science."
Overview
Alec Mercer is a world-renowned professor of behavioral psychology with a unique insight into human nature who lends his expertise to an array of high-stakes cases involving governments, corporations and law enforcement. However, he meets his match in a female domestic terror suspect who turns his world upside down.
The irrational centers on the practical application of behavioral psychology. Unlike procedurals that rely on forensic evidence or raw intuition, Alec Mercer approaches high-stakes criminal investigations by dissecting the cognitive biases and irrational choices of suspects. Jesse L. Martin plays a professor whose academic expertise becomes a specific tool for navigating the messy logic behind corporate scandals and government crises.
The series finds its tension in the collision between professional detachment and personal chaos. When a domestic terror suspect challenges Mercer directly, the intellectual framework he uses to solve crimes proves insufficient to manage his own reality. This dynamic shifts the tone from a standard investigative drama to a project about the limitations of human expertise when faced with an unpredictable adversary.
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- First Aired
- September 25, 2023
- Status
- Canceled
- Origin
- US
- TMDB Votes
- 75