High Potential

Warning : this clause contains SPOILERS for High Potential time of year 1 , installment 13.High Potential ’s shocking closing curtain end on a major cliffhanger , but the first recurring villain could bring the whole Gillory - Sinquerra - Radovic family line into the spot . It ’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia ’s Kaitlin Olson leadsHigh Potentialas Morgan Gillory , a unequaled woman with a uniquely in high spirits I.Q. . Morgan , mother of Ava ( Amirah J ) , Elliot ( Matthew Lamb ) , and Chloe , lands a new persona as a exceptional consultant of the LAPD . ThroughoutHigh Potentialseason 1 , Morgan helps the Major Crimes Division ’s Lieutenant Selena Soto ( Judy Reyes ) , Detective Adam Karadec ( Daniel Sunjata ) , Daphne Forrester ( Javicia Leslie ) , and Lev“Oz”Ozdil ( Deniz Akdeniz ) solve cases .

TheHigh Potentialepisode 13investigation , however , raise exceptionally difficult . Morgan faces off with a kidnaper who creates intricate puzzles for the police force to solve , set out from a real jigsaw puzzle to an abstract aggregation of painting depict game pieces from around the populace . Though the clue he provide are impulsive , the kidnapper sets his victim in time - sensitive traps that lead to dying if the riddles are n’t decoded in time . Without motion , the abductor isHigh Potential ’s most unsafe criminal yet . unluckily for Morgan , the skill she displayed during the probe caught his middle .

The High Potential Season 1 Finale Sets Up A Season 2 Continuation

The Serial Kidnapper Is Still On The Loose

Despite the LAPD playing the abductor ’s biz , the suspect they ’d been focus on number out to be a red Clupea harangus . The prime defendant , David Peck , was revealed to be in a rehab facility for months , while the real culprit was model as him in Oz ’s grief group . The LAPD realizes the gambit too recently , as the kidnaper adopts a new clean - shaven expression and a dramatically different haircut that transforms his appearance . With the police force back at square one , gamey Potentialsets him the snatcher up to be the first recurring villain in the serial .

… when the snatcher render toHigh Potential , he ’s made it clear that he only has one playfellow in mind : Morgan .

apart from most likely render inHigh Potentialseason 2 , the aftermath of the episode 13 display case will affect the master characters . Oz nearly died and , considering he had just opened up about his father ’s last , he may undergo an experiential crisis or at the very least PTSD.The kidnaper label the firstHigh Potentialcase to go unsolvedsince Morgan joined the LAPD , which could cheer some increase uncertainty from higher - ups at the department regarding Morgan ’s skill . Plus , when the kidnapper returns toHigh Potential , he ’s made it clear that he only has one playfellow in thinker : Morgan .

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High Potential Season 1’s Unfinished Case Puts Morgan’s Kids At The Center In Season 2

Targeting Them Would Be Targeting Morgan

Theending ofHigh Potentialseason 1confirms thatthe kidnapper will target Morgan when he returns — but he may not go for her straight off . He may enjoy Morgan playing his game too much , so it would make sense for him to instead go after her get laid ones . While it ’s possible the kidnapper might aim Morgan ’s ex , it ’s more probable that Ava or Elliot will be taken . If Ava was snatch , it would be an interesting reversal ofHigh Potential ’s Roman mysterywhere her male parent vanished for 15 yr .

Now that High Potential time of year 2 has formally been confirmed , the future is bright and filled to the brim with likely new storylines .

If the kidnapper does n’t go after the children , they ’ll still be severely bear on by Morgan ’s involvement in the guinea pig . He has plans to“play again”solely with Morgan , but she will end up suffer irrespective of what games they play . If a civilian dies , she will take on the guilt . Either room , Morgan will be marred . She will probably pull ahead the fight , but she wo n’t take the air away unscathed . However the kidnapper impact Morgan , it will filter down to her children inHigh Potentialseason 2 .

Morgan (Kaitlin Olson) looking at Ava (Amirah J) in High Potential episode 13.

How High Potential Season 2 Can Make Morgan’s Family More Relevant To Its Story

Even If They Aren’t In Danger, The Characters Can Shine

WhileMorgan ’s tike ask bigger role inHigh Potentialseason 2 , they do n’t needfully need to be in danger . Ava and Elliot have had small personal plots already , like Ava ’s complicated notion about Roman , Ava secretly go on birth restraint , and Elliot being banish by his classmates for his intelligence agency . Although their storyline have always been supplemental , High Potentialseason 2 could bring Ava and Elliot into the forefrontor even merge them with the main secret plan of each episode . InHigh Potential ’s Gallic forerunner , HPI , the children even helped Morgane ( Audrey Fleurot ) with her investigation .

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Morgan (Kaitlin Olson) and Karadec (Daniel Sunjata) in High Potential season 1, episode 13.

Kaitlin Olson

Morgan Gillory

Daniel Sunjata

Custom image of Kaitlin Olson as Morgan Gillory in High Potential.

Adam Karadec

Judy Reyes

Selena Soto

Taran Killam, Amirah J, Matthew Lamb, and Kaitlin Olson as Ludo, Ava, Elliot, and Morgan playing a board game together in High Potential season 1, episode 7 (“One of Us”).

Javicia Leslie

Daphne Forrester

Deniz Akdeniz

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Lev " Oz " Ozdil

Amirah J

Ava Sinquerra

Headshot Of Javicia Leslie In The 2022 Outfest Legacy Awards Gala at Paramount Studios

Matthew Lamb

Elliot Radovic

play up the small fry could complicate the procedural in interesting ways . Elliot might be gravid at helping Morgan analyze clues , but necessitate the kids in Major Crimes cases could further jeopardizeMorgan ’s time to come at the LAPD inHigh Potential . If the child aid Morgan establish too unrealistic , High Potentialcan still fetch Ava and Elliot into the main plot more subtly , like when Ava stumbled into the surety site during High possible episode 7 . With so many potential avenues to take , there ’s no reason whyHigh Potentialcan’t make the baby a bigger part of the main cast when it returns .

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