Throughout its wildly in style first season, Excessive Potential fairly completely toed the road with Kaitlin Olson’s Morgan and Daniel Sunjata’s Karadec, when it comes to making them semi-flirty sufficient to have some viewers clamoring for them to hook up. I’m not a type of individuals, and the 2 characters’ (presently) non-romantic kinship is without doubt one of the trope-bucking parts I like concerning the present. However even I’m conscious of how inevitable it’s, and the showrunner’s newest “love triangle” feedback level in the direction of such outcomes in a method that I can get on board with.
For one, showrunner Todd Harthan isn’t explicitly saying that Morgan and Karadec are undoubtedly getting collectively, and teases that new solid member, Shameless vet Steve Howey can be a doable bump in that highway when he enters the image as the brand new captain named Nick Wagner. Right here’s what he instructed TV Insider:
I by no means say no to any good cleaning soap lately. If you’ve bought Daniel Sunjata and Steve Howey standing in the identical area, and you then drop Kaitlin Olson in-between them, chemistry begins to take off and also you go, ‘Effectively, we’re most likely going to write down to that.’ I definitely am placing that firmly on the desk.
That is the form of open-ended teasing I can most simply reside with, because it permits one to learn into it nevertheless one would really like. Karadec fanatics can discover a cause to be hopeful there, as can these on the flip aspect who need Morgan to maintain her choices open elsewhere. Though I admittedly am having bother arguingthat it is extra ideally suited for Olson’s brainiac to get romantically concerned along with her boss. That….would not appear completely proper.
A minimum of Cpt. Wagner would not sound like a complete shitbird of a human being, and really does sound like he may need some chemistry with the non-detective advisor. This is how Todd Harthan put it:
He’s a bizarre enigmatic character with numerous kind of hidden demons of his personal. And his point-of-view on Morgan is uncommon. He doesn’t are available in and go, ‘What’s this unusual creature that isn’t sporting a badge and carrying a gun?’ He’s intrigued by her greater than he’s judgmental of her.
Okay, so perhaps having demons in his previous is not precisely the smallest crimson flag somebody may be plagued with, and I hope they rear themselves in ways in which do not make Morgan’s life worse in any respect. However the basis remains to be there for Wagner and Morgan to seek out widespread floor to face on which will or could not result in smooching and extra.
Guess what? There may truly be a possible third suitor within the combine, presumably increasing this is not extra of a love sq., or a romantic rhombus, because it have been. Excessive Potential beforehand solid Mekhi Phifer as somebody who has a noteworth connection to the Main Crime unit, and whereas his still-mysterious story sounds prefer it’ll be extra hectic and intense on the entire, I can already see how probably steamy a scene may very well be between his character and Morgan. Hell, Morgan may make out with anybody on this present and it would be a win for all concerned.
On the subject of Phifer’s probabilities of getting with Morgan, or the idea that he could have some form of connection to Morgan’s long-missing hubby Roman, Todd Harthan is protecting principally mum about how that can shake out, saying:
We’re going to begin asking large questions and supplying you with solutions to these questions. That may be a enormous important story that flows via the season and we’re going to take you on a wild experience.
Often in a love triangle, no less than one of many individuals is actively attempting to spark one thing with one other, however thus far, Morgan’s important lovey-dovey efforts have been directed at JD Pardo’s Tom, who’s presently away at nursing college. As such, I am very to see how that shapely complication will play out on this present.
Excessive Potential Season 2 will hit the 2025 TV schedule on Tuesday, September 17, at 10:00 p.m. ET, with episodes streaming the following day by way of Hulu subscription.