Spoilers forward for anybody who hasn’t but watched the midseason premiere for Excessive Potential both on ABC or streaming with a Hulu subscription.
Earlier than Kaitlin Olson took half in one in every of ABC’s wildest TV crossovers so far, bringing collectively Abbott Elementary and It’s At all times Sunny in Philadelphia’s gang, she made her community return for the quirky trope-eschewing dramedy Excessive Potential’s midseason premiere. Alongside a difficult tried homicide case to research, Olson’s Morgan appeared to take the subsequent step together with her job-related relationships, each with JD Pardo’s Tom and Daniel Sanjuta’s Karadec. However don’t go anticipating their full-on love triangle to hit the 2025 TV schedule simply but.
The episode “Obsessed” threw viewers for a loop when Morgan selected to not attain out to Tom, and as a substitute confirmed up at Karadec’s house unannounced and proceeded to tug an all-nighter revolving across the case at hand. Surprisingly sufficient, no reliable sparks flew, and so they each shared insights into their amorous non-public lives, with Karadec dropping the bombshell that he was beforehand engaged.
Talking with TVLine, Sunjata addressed the quasi-partners taking that subsequent step in opening up and trusting one another, even when it didn’t instantly result in smooches. As he put it:
It was a second of mutual revelation. As a result of Morgan shared one thing about her new potential love curiosity, Adam determined to reciprocate with a bit of private disclosure as properly. It’s a second of evolution of their working relationship and private relationship. It’s a sort of second that we haven’t seen up up to now, and hopefully it will likely be memorable to the viewers.
By and huge, audiences have been saved at midnight in relation to Karadec’s private life, though the truth that he voluntarily wears a buttoned-up shirt and tie seemingly 24 hours a day says one thing. He does seem to be he might be a lothario with varied trysts enjoying out on the facet, however his persona is such that it doesn’t seem to be he’d be comfy with such frivolousness. Karadec seemingly wishes one thing with extra stability, and likewise a willingness to know that his personal stability is much less seemingly resulting from his job.
To make certain, Daniel Sunjata is greater than conscious {that a} sizable chunk of the fanbase is excessive up on Karadec and Morgan hooking up sooner or later, and there are some at CinemaBlend who would additionally love for his or her relationship to thrive romantically. I’m not a kind of individuals, nonetheless, and would a lot relatively see the characters evolve their pleasant workforce stability instead of something lovey-dovey, at the very least for now. So you’ll be able to wager that I used to be personally enthused when Morgan later made good on making an attempt out Tom’s culinary efforts. However I clearly can’t deny feeling a little bit nervous, since Olson and Sunjata do have nice chemistry collectively.
The Rescue Me vet addressed the “will they / received’t they” aspect of the present in an enjoyably breezy approach that doesn’t affirm something, however does indicate a possible future between Karadec and Morgan if the present sticks round. In his phrases:
We’re in extremely good arms with Kaitlin as an govt producer, Todd Harthan as our showrunner and Drew Goddard because the creator. These individuals know precisely what they’re doing, and I’d be shocked in the event that they rushed to any conclusion. When you go there, it’s arduous to come back again, you realize what I imply?
Audiences would be the key think about ensuring Excessive Potential sticks round lengthy sufficient for Morgan and Karadec to get theirs, because it had been, and the present’s stellar scores so far make it appear very seemingly Season 2 will probably be ordered up by ABC earlier than its freshman season wraps. Sunjata echoed that sentiment, saying the solid and crew “would all be shocked” if a second season does not occur.
So be certain to maintain tuning into Excessive Potential each Tuesday evening on ABC at 9:00 p.m. ET.