Like a twister, Excessive Potential fiercely tore its manner via the 2024-2025 broadcast tv season. The present rapidly rose to the highest of everybody’s “Watch” listing.
From its impeccable writing to casting proficient actors to play likable characters, the sequence has rewritten the e-book on make a police procedural thrilling with out reverting to over-the-top drama.
So, how on the planet may Excessive Potential enhance itself when the present is already successful throughout the board?
First, we’re utilizing the time period “enhance” moderately loosely. If something, there’s nothing to remove from the sequence. It’s extra about including to what makes Excessive Potential such a improbable sequence.
To start out, as nice as it’s to see Miss Mama Morgan trying like a professional at juggling work and household, it will be even higher to see how she was earlier than changing into a fierce mama bear.
ABC Is Simply Leaving Cash on the Desk by Not Exploring Morgan’s Undoubtedly Colourful Previous
What wonderful issues can we even say about Morgan Gillory that aren’t obviously apparent from each second she spends on the display screen? I’m so glad you requested, however we’d be right here all day if I tried to listing all of them.
Suffice it to say, Morgan is the sort of character that just about each individual can relate to on one stage or one other. For example, she’s an incredible mom who relishes each second together with her household.
Nonetheless, there’s a lot extra to Miss Gillory than followers of Excessive Potential might even notice. Extra particularly, we now have nearly no clue what Morgan’s life was like earlier than the present.
Positive, the data dump regarding her dad on Excessive Potential Season 1 Episode 13 gave us slightly perception proper there on the finish of the season.
Nonetheless, all that did was make it evident that we all know nothing in regards to the character as a result of we’re way more fascinated about what she already is aware of — i.e., that massive mind of hers.
It takes a particular sort of writing to make followers oblivious to the truth that they know nearly nothing about their favourite character aside from that she loves mini-skirts and animal prints.
The character might have dropped little tidbits about her mother and father all through Excessive Potential Season 1, however they’re to this point and few between that it will take an analytical genius to maintain monitor of them.
Now, the place may we discover somebody with superior cognitive capabilities?
We all know slightly about Morgan’s (Kaitlin Olson) chilly father, however what about her mom? Or, much more lately, how did she meet Roman or Ludo? Did she take to being a mother straight away, or was there a studying curve?
On the very least, Excessive Potential would profit by increasing on how Morgan’s excessive intelligence hindered her rising up. That’s simply cash that ABC is leaving on the desk.
Then once more, Kaitlin Olson has a busy schedule resulting from nonetheless being a significant character on It’s All the time Sunny in Philadelphia. So, hopefully, she’ll have the time to permit for much more episodes when Excessive Potential returns.
No One Is Going to Thoughts Seeing Detective Adam Karadec In A Few Extra Scenes, However It Would Be Good If Captain Selena Acquired the Identical Therapy
Usually, I might ding a present for being too lax with character growth, however Excessive Potential retains the plot so tight that we don’t even discover how little we’ve seen of the primary characters.
Take Detective Adam Karadec, for instance. We all know he likes to exercise, watch baseball, and drink whiskey. He additionally had a companion who’s now within the FBI, and, lastly, Karadec is seemingly a little bit of a girl’s man.
We all know all these random little issues, however they don’t equate to understanding the character’s life. Granted, it’s greater than we learn about Morgan, however nonetheless.
It’s honest to say that Karadec (Daniel Sunjata) is nearly as a lot of a protagonist as Morgan. So, it’s not like we’ll be mad at a number of extra scenes with that tall drink of water that’s LAPD’s Adam Karadec.
Are actual detectives that sizzling and good-looking? If that’s the case, I’ll have gone down the flawed profession path. Simply saying.
Anyway, Excessive Potential Season 2 ought to undoubtedly take into consideration peeking into the extra private facet of Adam’s life.
At the least with Karadec, we now have the constructing blocks for studying extra in regards to the character. We don’t even know the place Captain Selena’s beginning line is.
Severely, it’s nearly a ding with how the present has positioned Judy Reyes‘s Selena on the again burner so many instances.
The actress is phenomenal and has been honing her performing chops for many years. She has a number of TV Reveals beneath her belt, together with Devious Maids, Claws, and Jane the Virgin.
We simply want one thing in regards to the character — something at this level — to indicate us what she’s like when she’s not dodging Detective Melon.
She’s not the final character who wants this identical therapy, both. If you happen to’re beginning to discover a theme right here, you’re heading in the right direction.
Excessive Potential Has Extra Than One Dynamic Duo with Nice Chemistry Who Haven’t Even Begun to Present What They Are Able to
This one is a no brainer, however we actually want excess of we’ve seen of Oz and Daphne. That dynamic duo has improbable chemistry and will get such little display screen time.
At the least we lastly acquired some perception into Oz with the revelation that he has been coping with his father’s passing for a few 12 months now.
On prime of that, Deniz Akdeniz hasn’t even gotten the prospect to indicate off what he has hiding beneath these suspenders. Earlier than you get the flawed concept, I’m speaking about his sizzling physique.
Look, I simply name laborious work like I see it, and Deniz Akdeniz has put the effort and time into his abs.
To your personal analysis, try Ghosts Season 3 Episode 7, the place the actor does a striptease for a ghost whereas utilizing an attractive voice to speak about dinosaurs.
It’s a scene nobody requested for, however was very effectively acquired by audiences — It’s me. I’m “audiences.”
All joking apart, Deniz Akdeniz has executed an incredible job as Oz, and we’re itching to know extra about this good-looking satan. Like, is there one thing between Oz and Daphne?
Now, I don’t wish to relegate Daphne to only being a male character’s romantic curiosity, however given the 2 actors’ nice chemistry, it’s a stable place to begin.
What I personally wish to see extra of and assume may actually assist Excessive Potential is that if there have been extra scenes of Daphne kicking ass.
Lord, that lady may take down a linebacker with how rapidly she tackled Jeremy, one of many hostage takers in Excessive Potential Season 1 Episode 7. Extra of that, please.
She may give Karadec a run for his cash with how briskly she jumps into motion. Then once more, the actress is not any stranger to stunts, having appeared on each The Flash and Batwoman on The CW.
If the instances on Excessive Potential weren’t such brain-twisters, Selena, Karadec, Daphne, and Oz may deal with them on their very own.
Fortunately, for Morgan and her paycheck, the necessity for her massive mind solely appears to be rising, particularly after the occasions of “Let’s Play.”
One Enchancment Excessive Potential Might Make Would possibly Be a Non-Starter, however It Would Assist Many Viewers Who Have Points with This Facet of the Collection
All of the die-hard Excessive Potential followers knew the Season 1 Finale could be unbelievable, however nobody may have anticipated a completely new arc to be launched on the final minute.
To not point out the introduction of the ridiculously good-looking David Giuntoli (Grimm) because the kidnapper.
Positive, finales are all about cliffhangers and twists that maintain us coming again for extra, however “Let’s Play” had us on the fringe of our seats from starting to finish.
Nonetheless, there are features of the instances that would use simply the tiniest little bit of tweaking so as to add to the enjoyable.
For one, Excessive Potential Season 1 Episode 1 launched us to crime recreations via Morgan’s POV. Why this hasn’t been widespread place in each episode is past me.
It provides to the sunshine really feel of the sequence and helps stability out among the extra grotesque murders which have occurred to this point.
On prime of that, it helps clarify what’s occurring in a manner that doesn’t depart us scratching our heads.
That brings me to my final level of the place Excessive Potential may make a small change that will be an enormous enchancment.
The one catch is that I don’t know the way this situation could possibly be resolved as I’m not one of many genius writers on the Excessive Potential workforce.
Mainly, the sequence may improve the viewing expertise by simplifying the clues and explaining how one occasion results in one other within the case.
Now, in the event you can observe alongside with out taking notes, I applaud you as a result of that’s undoubtedly not me.
And I’m not saying the clues should be spoon-fed, however one thing to assist the instances really feel much less like an data dump.
Nonetheless, Morgan’s entire schtick is that she hastens the method of cracking the case, so I don’t know the way the present may make following the clues and insights any simpler.
So, finally, all ABC‘s Excessive Potential wants for Season 2 is to increase extra on the inspiration it constructed with its freshman season.
The present ought to discover extra of how Morgan turned the lady she is, dive into the non-public lives of the remainder of the primary characters, and discover a strategy to make following the clues much less complicated. Simple as pie, proper?
What enhancements do you assume Excessive Potential can do to make Season 2 even higher?
Do you assume attempting to make the clues extra simple to observe could be a misplaced trigger for the present?
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