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Series: Probe

Probe was a short-lived television series that aired on ABC Television in 1988. Co-created by famed sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov, it starred Parker Stevenson as Austin James, a misanthropic genius who ran his own high-tech consulting firm. With the help of his wide-eyed secretary Mickey Castle (Ashley Crow), Austin would use his scientific expertise to solve baffling crimes as a modern-day version of Sherlock Holmes. As expected, the show featured heavy doses of scientific knowledge and logical reasoning, and may have contributed to the series' demise.

The show originally premiered as a two-hour pilot, with six one-hour episodes afterward, before a writer's strike came along and ended the series.

Not to be confused with direct-to-video Doctor Who spinoff P.R.O.B.E.

Probe featured the following tropes:

Bat Deduction: In the pilot Austin deduces a number of things about Mickey that he fails to provide his reasoning behind, such as how he knows about her allergy to chocolate.
Brutal Honesty: One of Austin's quirks.
Cute, but Cacophonic: Mickey's voice may have also contributed to the show's short run.
'80s Hair: Both leads have this going on. Austin's designer mullet and Mickey's post drier frizz with bangs.
Eureka Moment: Usually triggered by a seemingly innocuous comment from Mickey.
For Science!: Austin's primary motive.
Framing the Guilty Party: A category 3, by a gorilla: An extremely smart gorilla that has been taught to communicate via sign language, and educated itself by watching TV. When it kills someone, it plants evidence that points to itself as the guilty party, because in the TV shows it watched, the obvious suspect that everyone thinks did it at first, is always found innocent.
Genius Cripple: John Blane, Austin's only friend and creator of Crosswire.
I Have My Ways: In one episode, the Big Bad has Austin isolated from his friends, taunting him through a radio implant. Suddenly, the friends break in on the frequency:
Villain: "Who is this?!"
Mickey: "Probe Control."
Villain: "How did you find me?"
Mickey: "We have our ways."
Infrared Xray Camera: Done in one episode with a piece of Applied Phlebotinum which could, among other things, see a lock mechanism inside its metal casing.
Instant A.I., Just Add Water: The pilot episode, "Computer Logic," had a classic "newly-sentient computer goes on rampage" episode that ended with Austin demolishing said machine with a fire axe while shouting "Sing 'Daisy'!"
Intelligence Equals Isolation: Read misanthropic.
An Odd Place To Sleep: Austin James sleeps in a cupboard; he explains this because he wanted a sensory deprivation tank when he was young, but couldn't afford one. By the time the series starts, he can afford as many as he likes, but he's gotten used to cupboards.
Omnidisciplinary Scientist: Austin's job as it is.
Photographic Memory
Sassy Secretary / Girl Friday: Mickey's job.
Scooby-Doo Hoax: A regular staple of the series, wherein someone approaches Austin with apparently supernatural events, only to have them debunked by Austin in the climax.
Short Runners
Stalker with a Crush: In one episode, Austin is pursued by a stalker who murders one woman and tries to murder another she sees as an obstacle to her obsession with Austin. The twist? The stalker is a mentally enhanced orangutan.
The Watson: Mickey's true role in the narrative. She asks questions. More questions than Hamlet.