Of all of the community reveals returning to primetime on the 2025 TV schedule, I gotta say that ABC’s Excessive Potential hovers close to the highest, largely because of the murder-fueled dramedy laying out three cliffhangers in its Season 1 finale. Many reveals can’t pull off ONE good cliffhanger, so Kaitlin Olson’s Morgan coping with a hard trio is an indication of the artistic group’s abilities. I’ve fearful that Season 2 will maintain audiences ready for follow-ups and resolutions, however Olson and co-star Daniel Sunjata hare allayed my fretting.
Only for a fast refresher: the episode “Let’s Play” ended with Morgan realizing she’d unwittingly made contact with the thriller Gamemaster killer portrayed by David Giuntoli, and that they could have some type of underlying connection. Second, Karadec acquired some info from Domenick Lombardozzi’s Conforth that can supposedly result in Morgan’s long-missing husband Roman’s present location. Third, Morgan’s would-be romance with JD Pardo’s Tom was upended when she ghosted him on the LAPD banquet. (The actor’s new Netflix present makes his return much less seemingly, too.)
Fortunately, the artistic group appears to be conscious that followers shall be hungry for solutions. ABC’s On The Pink Carpet TikTok account shared a video that includes interview footage with Kaitlin Olson and Daniel Sunjata, and so they instantly addressed the cliffhangers in a collection of back-and-forth clips, saying:
- KAITLIN OLSON: We left you on a three-part cliffhanger, principally.
- DANIEL SUNJATA: I do know that Season 2 picks up just some days after the final cliffhangers.
- KAITLIN OLSON: We’ve got a two-part opener addressing all the issues that occurred on the finish of the final episode.
- DANIEL SUNJATA: We’re simply wanting ahead to doing extra of the identical.
Sizzling rattling! Clearly no main particulars have been shared that might already give us solutions for any of the dangling plot threads, however it’s very useful to know what the timeline shall be when the brand new episodes begin again up.
Understandably, not that a lot time may have handed between the Season 1 finale’s occasions and the brand new season’s opening act. I am at all times baffled when reveals make big time-leaps between seasons, and viewers are supposed to consider that nothing plot-forwarding would have occurred within the meantime.
Plus, there’s a lot to dig into, Excessive Potential cannot even cowl all of it in only a single episode. All hail the two-part opener! Precisely how all the pieces shall be addressed remains to be up within the air, however I would count on the solutions to return out all whereas Morgan, Karadec and others are engaged on a brand new case.
Kaitlin Olson did dig a bit of deeper into the place Morgan’s head is at in Season 2, and why she may not have the identical glow of confidence this time round, saying:
Actually, I simply assume Morgan goes to begin to like actually second-guess what she’s gotten herself into. I am so obsessive about this character. I feel she’s so implausible. I like how underestimated she at all times is and that she at all times figures all the pieces out and she or he thinks she would not want anyone. However she’s going to seek out out that she does really want these guys to assist.
Contemplating Morgan and Tom’s potential relationship stored falling aside over her incapacity to close her work-brain off in an effort to concentrate on her private happiness, I can solely hope that realizing she ought to settle for assist from others permits her to dissolve a few of that afterhours stress. Even when Tom is probably not round anymore for the wooing, I am positive another person will step up. (I am not a Morgan/Karadec shipper, although, so I am hoping for others.)
Excessive Potential‘s showrunner beforehand addressed the concept Season 2 will discover Morgan and Ludo’s backstory to present followers a have a look at how they went from lovers to exes to pleasant co-parents. However Taran Killam additionally landed one other TV present within the meantime, making me query how closely he’ll be used within the second season.
Be part of me in persevering with this lengthy watch for extra episodes, as Excessive Potential is ready to return to ABC for Season 2 beginning on Tuesday, September 17.