We fell in love with the first season of High Potential, and with its second season having been greenlight and finally wrapping up, we wanted to share our thoughts about this season as a whole.
As always, we break down our reviews into the categories of story, acting, and overall. So let’s jump on into it!
Story 7/10
This season starts with the effects of the Game Master threat to Morgan and her family’s life. Specifically, the discovery of his clue in her grocery bag after she met him in a parking lot. However, now Morgan knows the Game Master’s face in the first episode of the season! Forcing, and allowing on Morgan being able to take him down.
After his introduction, we deal with the effects of a brand new Captain and the power struggles between the Lieutenant Soto and newcomer to the series Chief Wagner.
All the while Morgan is getting closer and closer to what happened to her ex, Roman, and why he disappeared.
Every episode of the season focuses on a new case, a new murder, and a distraction from the main story as a whole. But this season, unlike the last, does a very great job connecting story lines throughout and across multiple episodes. Characters introduced earlier in the season return now as victims. We build up more stories and backstories of our characters. Including the introduction of Karadec’s ex, and the rekindling of that relationship. Chief Wagner represents a good foil for not only Morgan, but also plays a role as a potential villain or not…
Acting 9/10
Kaitlin Olson does a wonderful job disappearing into the role of Morgan Gillory. She deals with a lot this season as she must come to the terms with the possibility that Roman might not be what he appeard to be. This includes the stress of Willa Quinn, played by Jennifer Jason Leigh, bringing in new information, and threats, to Morgan’s circle. As well as a potential relationship with multiple people this season, including Chief Wagner, played by Steve Howey.
Additionally, in the background, Morgan deals with smaller stories of her children, Elliot Radovic, played by Matthew Lamb, and Ava Sinquerra, played by Amirah J. It gives good balance and order within the series.
Overall 8/10
The series has done such a great job. It has well written stories, the characters are amazingly helping you believe the world is real, and Kaitlin Olson has completely changed my perception of her with this role. While I primarily know her from It’s Always Sunny, it’s going to be hard to see her in the role of Sweet Dee when the series returns, as she has become so beautifully a completely different and more well developed figure in this series.
Conner’s Final Thoughts
I will say I has highly disappointing in something that happened in the season finale of the series. Shows, specifically the main network shows, have a habit of sneaking product placement within hidden incorporations in the show. Shows like White Collar showing off several cars, and their features for no reason was one thing. However, in the final episode of the season, the series decides to sell out completely to Microsoft, having one of the characters litereally talk about, and then shows themselves using Copilot to compile and compair police reports.
This is made so egregious in this series, because that literally is what Morgan does in the series. They literally have shown her do this several times this season, but now they in this moment replace her with Copilot, right in front of her. I wonder if the writers of the series was aware of this, or if a produce added the scene after the final script was submitted. It almost ruined the show for me.
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