History Series / Stitchers

* MagicAIsMagicA: Although Kirsten's neurological condition is vague, the stitcher tech itself has some clear-cut rules: The tech reads the information from the neurons of the sample's brain but needs another living mind to interpret it; thus the "stitching" together of stitcher and sample. Each stitch is five minutes long although subjective interpretation can make it seem longer (and Kirsten can't tell the difference anyway). The team can "bounce" the stitcher within the first two minutes but after that the stitcher has to implement it themselves or suffer shock. After each stitch there's a refractory period while the sample's neurons recover that lasts a variable number of hours. The equipment can only be configured for one sample at a time and reconfiguring it takes about 12 hours, much longer than the refractory period; this effectively limits the team to working one sample at a time. A properly preserved sample is good for about 3 days after death but once it decays it is completely unusable. And the stitcher will often retain residual emotions that the sample was feeling in the memory.

''Stitchers'' is a ScienceFiction series that began airing on Creator/ABCFamily starting 2 June 2015 and ending 4 Aug 2015. It has been renewed for a second season, and stars Emma Ishta, Alison Scagliotti, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, and Kyle Harris.

** In that same episode, Maggie allows a fresh body from a local homicide investigation, which could wait several days before degradation, to supercede the last chance at stitch-based investigation of the man who raised Kirsten [[spoiler: and co-created the stitch technology in the first place]]. This is either the biggest IdiotBall so far or, if intentional, the biggest VillainBall so far.

* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: The stitching project is, or works for, a fictional government agency. They are under the remit of, but not exactly a part of, the NSA, to the point of Maggie carrying an NSA badge. For some reason, they still have no jurisdiction, even when they are actually assigned to a case.

* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: The stitching project is, or works for, a fictional government agency. They are under the remit of, but not exactly a part of, the NSA, to the point of Maggie carrying an NSA badge.

* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: Maggie is very vague about what agency or department of the government the Stitchers program operates under. Given that there's no Federal agency that would have the license to operate as the Stitchers program is shown to, it's probably for good reason. It's strongly implied to be an intelligence agency, though.

* HalloweenEpisode: "When Darkness Falls": It involves Kirsten's first experience with fear, her belief that she's being haunted by a ghost ([[spoiler: it turns out to be an EvilTwin]]), and Camille's efforts to plan an annual Halloween party.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Kirsten has a neurological condition called "temporal dysplasia", which presents with an odd combination of symptoms: She can't experience the passage of time, meaning she has to use a SherlockScan to deduce how much time has passed between events. Also, she suffers a reduced (but not completely absent) ability to experience emotion and she has trouble picking up on the emotions of others; in her youth, she had to use flash cards to learn the different facial expressions, similar to people with autism. The upside to her condition is that it makes her the ideal person to use the stitching technology. [[spoiler:The tech works for her because her father designed it specifically with her in mind and it was an initial use of the tech that caused her neurological damage in the first place.]]

* DisabilitySuperpower: Kirsten's temporal dysplasia impairs her sense of time and seemingly reduces her capacity to experience emotions, but it also makes her a perfect candidate for the Stichers program. [[spoiler:The first season finale, however, reveals that the Stitchers program had always been centered around Kirsten, since its prototype was used by her father as an attempt to help his wife retain consciousness. The temporal dysplasia was an unforeseen consequence of the prototype's failure]].

** The second episode involves investigating a rave, so naturally Kirsten and Camille have to dress in club wear.

* CannotTellALie: Kirsten. And she seems to see no point in trying. Later episodes show that she actually can lie; it's just that she rarely ever considers how the other person would respond to what she says.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Kirsten has a vaguely defined neurological condition called "temporal dysplasia", which presents with an odd combination of symptoms: She can't experience the passage of time, meaning she has to use a SherlockScan to deduce how much time has passed between events. Also, she suffers a reduced (but not completely absent) ability to experience emotion and she has trouble picking up on the emotions of others; in her youth, she had to use flash cards to learn the different facial expressions, similar to people with autism. The upside to her condition is that it makes her the ideal person to use the stitching technology. [[spoiler:And even that's not the case. The tech works for her because her father designed it specifically with her in mind and it was an initial use of the tech that caused her neurological damage in the first place.]]

--> '''Kirsten:''' Is this what love is? Intense connection and then, heartbreaking loss?\\

* AmbiguousDisorder: Kirsten has a vaguely defined neurological condition called "temporal dysplasia", which presents with an odd combination of symptoms: She can't experience the passage of time, meaning she has to use a SherlockScan to deduce how much time has passed between events. Also, she suffers a reduced (but not completely absent) ability to experience emotion, making her TheSociopath, and she has trouble picking up on the emotions of others; in her youth, she had to use flash cards to learn the different facial expressions, similar to people with autism. The upside to her condition is that it makes her the ideal person to use the stitching technology. [[spoiler:And even that's not the case. The tech works for her because her father designed it specifically with her in mind and it was an initial use of the tech that caused her neurological damage in the first place.]]

* IdiotBall: In Episode 2, Maggie, the theoretically competent head of the Stitchers program, chews Camille out for revealing her participation in the Stitchers program...without bothering to determine whether she actually did first. This results in Camille's cover being blown to Kirsten.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Kirsten has a vaguely defined neurological condition called "temporal dysplasia", which presents with an odd combination of symptoms: She can't experience the passage of time, meaning she has to use a SherlockScan to deduce how much time has passed between events. Also, she suffers a reduced (but not completely absent) ability to experience emotion, making her TheSociopath, and she has trouble picking up on the emotions of others; in her youth, she had to use flash cards to learn the different facial expressions, similar to people with autism. The upside to her condition is that it makes her the ideal person to use the stitching technology.

'''Kirsten:''' Oh I'm sorry, did I break your super-secret technology?
* DisabilitySuperpower: Kirsten's temporal dysplasia impairs her sense of time and seemingly reduces her capacity to experience emotions, but it also makes her a perfect candidate for the Stichers program.

** TheChick: Camille

''Stitchers'' is a ScienceFiction series that began airing on Creator/ABCFamily in 2015. It stars Emma Ishta, Alison Scagliotti, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, and Kyle Harris.

''Stitchers'' is a ScienceFiction series that began airing on Creator/ABCFamily in 2015. It stars Emma Ishta, Alison Scagliotti, and Kyle Harris.

* BottleEpisode: "Fire in the Hole" takes place entirely within the lab, [[spoiler:thanks to an accidental release of a contagious flu virus.]]
* CannotTellALie: Kirsten. And she seems to see no point in trying.

* MisappliedPhlebotinum: Given the potential of the tech towards providing intelligence for national security and the large investment of resources each stitch requires, you'd think they'd use it for something other than solving local crimes in L.A. They don't even apply it towards investigating the suspicious death of one of their own team members. [[spoiler:However, it is strongly hinted by the middle of the first season that in fact the program is a testbed for something much more involved.]]

* TheNicknamer: Cameron.

** Marta's warning to Kirsten that the Stitchers program is being used for something less benign than solving murders is initially waved off as little more than a conspiracy theory. [[spoiler: However, the end of that episode makes it clear that there is indeed something shady going on.]]

** Episode 8: [[spoiler:Maggie reveals to Kirsten that her father stole credit for the Stitcher tech after her mom died.]]

* UnresolvedSexualTension: The frequent stitching is doing a number on how Kirsten is starting to see Cameron. On Cameron's part, it's still a bit ambiguous whether his constant worrying about Kirsten stitching too often is due to not wanting what happened with Marta to reoccur, or he's genuinely concerned for her well-being. [[spoiler: This is cleared up when Cameron acts jealous when meeting Kirsten's boyfriend, Liam.]]

ArtisticLicenseBiology: "Fire in the Hole" has the VictimOfTheWeek infected with a deadly strain of flu virus. The victim proceeds to become "symptomatic" despite being, you know, ''dead'' and stored at near-freezing temperatures. Bonus points for the sample being a medical researcher who injected herself with the virus to test her own cure on herself. The cure needed elevated body temperature to work so therefore when the body was cooled down it made the virus contagious again... somehow. The lab's lockdown and quarantine procedures are as dramatic and counterproductive as can possibly be managed. And at no time is any other expert on infectious disease called upon for advice or aid.

** Episode 1: [[spoiler:Ed Clark, Kirsten's stepfather, and Daniel Stinger, her biological father, co-created the Stitchers program]].
** Episode 2 has a big one: [[spoiler: Kirsten's roommate is part of the Stitchers program]]. On a more emotional note: [[spoiler:Marta, the former occupant of Kirsten's position in the Stitchers program, is also Cameron's girlfriend, and is currently comatose]].

* UnresolvedSexualTension: The frequent stitching is doing a number on how Kirsten is starting to see Cameron. On Cameron's part, it's still a bit ambiguous whether his constant worrying about Kirsten stitching too often is due to not wanting what happened with Marta to reoccur, or he's genuinely concerned for her well-being.