After being fired from the FBI, Malcolm joins the NYPD as a consultant at the request of his mentor, Gil Arroyo (Lou Diamond Phillips). The season's primary arc follows Malcolm's attempt to solve a string of murders committed by a copycat killer, which forces him to reconnect with his father after ten years of estrangement.
The show blends "case-of-the-week" procedural elements with a serialized family drama that explores Malcolm's deep-rooted psychological trauma, specifically his debilitating night terrors and suppressed memories of a " woman in a box ". Key Characters
The first season of , a psychological crime drama created by Chris Fedak and Sam Sklaver, premiered in September 2019 on Fox. It centers on Malcolm Bright (played by Tom Payne), a gifted criminal profiler who was instrumental in the arrest of his own father, Dr. Martin Whitly (Michael Sheen)—a notorious serial killer known as "The Surgeon". Core Premise and Narrative