Alongside numerous other shows airing in 2025, ABC’s blend of comedy and drama titled “High Potential” is coming back with new episodes. We now have a glimpse into what viewers can anticipate when Kaitlin Olson returns to our screens. However, it’s tricky to determine whether the midseason premiere sounds more enticing or concerning at first glance.
In summary, I’m confident that the showrunner Todd Harthan and his team will avoid subjecting Olson’s character Morgan to overly emotionally taxing situations during the first season. However, the description of the next episode, as provided by ABC, has a range of tones that makes it unclear what challenges Morgan might face next. Here is the logline from ABC:
[ABC Logline]
A well-known sports broadcaster specializing in baseball gets killed, prompting an investigation by the team. Simultaneously, Soto and Morgan engage a possible source regarding Roman’s vanishing act, while Tom wishes to confide something private to Morgan.
To begin with, let me express my sincere regret: this account of events is undeniably distressing news for the well-known baseball broadcaster. Without any doubt, a tragic incident has occurred involving this character, as they have sadly met their end through murder. My heartfelt sympathies go out to them and their loved ones.
More important is Morgan and Soto’s next step, which leads to the following mental split:
- Why It Might Be Worrisome: The synopsis specifically refers to the person Soto and Morgan meet with as a “potential” lead in regards to the disappearance of the latter’s first hubby Roman. I guess it wouldn’t be very mysterious if the description confirmed it as a definitively positive lead, but I’m still skeptical to buy in already.
- Why It Might Be Exciting: If Morgan and the Major Crimes boss actually do get a legitimate lead out of this person, that would mark one of the first big steps forward in the case, no doubt with a lot still left to figure out, depending on what information could be shared. I have to imagine the writers are planning to keep this story going for more than just this first ten-episode season, but it’s possible Roman’s fate will be revealed by the end of the Season 1 finale.
It’s not just one aspect that requires careful consideration; another significant point involves the character of the office custodian, played by JD Pardo from Mayans M.C., which seems to elicit a twofold response as well.
- Why It Might Be Worrisome: How many times has a TV show teased a character’s “personal news” and it ended up being something really cool and positive, like innate superpowers or ownership of a winning lottery ticket? Right next to never, I’d say. So the pessimist in me can only assume that Pardo’s Tom will reveal that his estranged wife and child have appeared out of the blue, and they need him to move back to their former home located roughly 2,000 miles away from wherever Morgan is at any given moment. Or, less specifically, that he’ll need to leave, since I don’t believe the actor was originally cast in a series regular capacity.
- Why It Might Be Exciting: For all that the above worry might be justifiable from a TV trope perspective, a big part of what I love about High Potential is how it avoids genre tropes. One such trope would be a workplace romance, true, but I would love to see Morgan and Tom kindling the sparks that developed between them in past episodes, as opposed to her hooking up with Karadec, which seems inevitable at this point anyway, but hopefully after a long stretch. In this scenario, I envision Tom’s personal news being, “I can’t stop thinking about you,” and then a saxophone riff blares, but like a classy one. The classiest one, even.
Regardless of the outcome, I’m eagerly anticipating seeing more stellar performances from Olson in High Potential, alongside the rest of its talented cast. Given the excellent ratings the initial half of Season 1 received, it seems that I’m not the only one looking forward to this!
Before it comes back on January 7th, you can catch up on previous episodes of “High Potential” by subscribing to Hulu and streaming them.
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