Think of High Potential as Elsbeth from a trailer park. Single mom Morgan gets involved in a murder investigation while she’s cleaning the police squad room–she’s the janitor. While LAPD Detective Karadec (Daniel Sunjata) dismisses Morgan’s analysis of the case, Lieutenant Detective Selena (Judy Reyes) sees Morgan’s potential. Morgan has a 160 I.Q. but her compulsions cause her to lose jobs. I’ve only watched the first episode of High Potential but I’m hooked! GRADE: INCOMPLETE but trending towards an A.
She is likable but it seems pretty generic-like MONK or ELSBETH.
Patti, yes, I think HIGH POTENTIAL is generic, but I like Kaitlin Olson so I’ll keep watching.
This is fingernails on the blackboard to me.
Hard pass.
We love Elspeth – the character – but even Jackie is debating whether to keep watching this season.