Freeform will return its sci-fi drama series Stitchers for a third season, the network announced Thursday.

The series, which stars Emma Ishta, Kyle Harris and Salli Richardson-Whitfield, follows the exploits of a secret government agency that uses a technologically advanced young woman to hack into the minds of dead people in an effort to investigate unsolved murders.

Among Adults 18-49, Stitchers is Freeform’s second most watched new series of the past two seasons behind freshman series Shadowhunters and is the network’s third most successful original series across digital platforms behind only Pretty Little Liars and Shadowhunters.

“Stitchers passionate fanbase has been vocal about wanting to see more of this show, and we listened,” said Karey Burke, executive vice president of programming and development for Freeform in a statement. “Stitchers has proven itself a consistently strong performer, and we’re proud of the fact that it celebrates smartgirls everywhere.”

ABC Family tries its hand at procedural drama with this new original series, Stitchers.

Actually, Stitchers is more science fiction than crime drama. It stars Emma Ishta as Kirsten Clark, a young woman suffering from a disease that renders her emotionless and without any concept of time passing. Given her condition, it’s not surprising that Kirsten has relationship issues, and often butts heads with her roommate Camille Engelson (Allison Scagliotti) — so much so that Camille is ready to throw Kirsten out of their shared apartment. Camille relents after Kirsten is notified that the person who served as her father figure growing up was found dead from an apparent suicide.

Unsatisfied with the police’s preliminary report, Kirsten hacks into the police mainframe for additional clues. Her plan gets thwarted by a shadow government agency that instead recruits Kirsten for a secret job that entails “stitching” Kirsten’s consciousness into the minds of dead bodies and using their memories to help solve major crimes.

The scientists within the secret program, run by Maggie (Salli Richardson-Whitfield) and overseen by geeky neuroscientist Cameron (Kyle Harris), believe Kirsten’s unique skills are ideal for the as-yet-perfected project. But both Kirsten and the agency have to quickly weigh the potential short- and long-term risks “stitching” will have on Kirsten’s health — with the immediacy of stopping a major crime from taking place.

Stitchers is a departure from ABC Family’s typical family-and-friends, relationship-based dramas, although the pilot episode does allude to a potential romance between Cameron and Kirsten. It also has comedic elements, including the often rigid Kirsten poking fun at the Catwoman-esque bodysuit she has to adorn to be stitched, as well as the humorous banter between Kirsten and the various young, geeky scientists at the agency.

Overall, Stitchers has enough action, reasonably decent special effects and youthful appeal to keep its millennial target audience interested and tuning in on a weekly basis.