Artificial Genius

Quinn Powers (Elizabeth Lail) was once a victim of crime. The police knew her attacker had hurt others in the neighbourhood but did not warn the public. Quinn was left with a limp.

Now she has created an app called Cerberus. It will help victims of crime by making sure that any crimes are reported to the subscribers of the app, by other members of the public. Thereby bypassing the police who decide what to release to the world at large.

On the eve of her company going public. Journalist Josh Johnson plans to expose Quinn Powers. She has exaggerated a lot of things and her app contains several flaws. One of them is it can create false alerts based on duff information fed into it.

This was an enjoyable episode partly because Lail is such a hissable villain. Her false perkiness even grated Elsbeth.

There was something about the way the murder was constructed that reminded me of an old Columbo episode. Then again if you are going to steal, steal from the best.