On Stitchers, Memory-Tech Crime-Solving Is ‘Speculative Fiction’ (VIDEO)

The dead tell no tales, but their memories sure do on Stitchers, ABC Family’s new crime procedural about a secret group’s mind-bending approach to homicide investigations. The series, which premieres June 2, stars Emma Ishta as Kirsten, a brilliant Cal tech student recruited into the “Stitchers” program; the covert federal agency uses a complex bio-electrical system to insert a living consciousness into the memories of the recently departed to see how they died. Here, Ishta and her fellow castmates explain the Stitchers tech, with the help of scenes from upcoming episodes: