1 (edited by WilliamDrakeMcGregor 2024-09-21 12:15:57)

Topic: High Potential

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Morgan is a single mom with an exceptional mind, whose unconventional knack for solving crimes leads to an unusual and unstoppable partnership with a by-the-book seasoned detective. Based on the popular French series "Haut Potentiel Intellectuel (HPI)."

And another consultant show...since I like the concept I try out most of them. But for them to be interesting they do of course need something to differentiate themselves from others.

Morgan is a good enough character for that. Kaitlin Olson is perfect for the role. Her circumstances are understandable and can be made into interesting storytelling.
The other characters are OK, decent cast, apart from Judy Reyes of course who is of, course, another first class tv actress.

Spoiler

The most interesting part is the compulsion. Who watched Monk back in the day knows all to well what interesting stories can be made out of this.
Unfortunately the pilot episode seemed to loose up on that part pretty fast towards the end of the episode. Hopefully they don't forget she has this condition.

Judy Reyes character was a bit to soft. From a police lieutenant I expect more confidence and presence. Hopefully they fix that in future episodes.

The other detectives were "almost" too much in the background. Lead detective is a bit to stereotypical in the role of "I don't need a consultant".

I think the neighbour has some dark secret?

They also should've waited for her to get the job offer for at least 1-2 more episodes.

Shows that deserved more runtime:
Abbys | Dead Like Me | Devs | Firefly | Gangsta. | Jack of all Trades | Kevin (probably) saves the World | Lodge 49 | Mrs. Davis | NYC 22 | Powerless | Roadkill | Special Unit 2 | Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi | Stumptown | Surface | The Brave | The Company You Keep | The Crazy Ones | The Finder | The Middleman | Truth Seekers | Two Weeks to Live | Whiskey Cavalier

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Re: High Potential

This show dropped down so hard to mediocrity with Episode 02, very disappointing.
Giving it one more episode...

Shows that deserved more runtime:
Abbys | Dead Like Me | Devs | Firefly | Gangsta. | Jack of all Trades | Kevin (probably) saves the World | Lodge 49 | Mrs. Davis | NYC 22 | Powerless | Roadkill | Special Unit 2 | Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi | Stumptown | Surface | The Brave | The Company You Keep | The Crazy Ones | The Finder | The Middleman | Truth Seekers | Two Weeks to Live | Whiskey Cavalier

3 (edited by WiseOwl963 2024-10-13 04:16:08)

Re: High Potential

This show is a Brilliant, Intelligent, Historical Factual, Family Orienented and great script excecution. This show is one I identify with. The script is genius with a lot of potential, some peoples brains are wired the same. That's why I said this show resonates with me because their are not many people that have the exact same gift that she has. Not everyone has the abilities to live that fortunate. I am looking forward to the next episode.

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Re: High Potential

WiseOwl963 wrote:

This show is a Brilliant, Intelligent, Historical Factual, Family Orienented and great script excecution. This show is one I identify with. The script is genius with a lot of potential, some peoples brains are wired the same. That's why I said this show resonates with me because their are not many people that have the exact same gift that she has. Not everyone has the abilities to live that fortunate. I am looking forward to the next episode.

This could've been the case if they hadn't decided to drop her struggles immediately. Of course, people with gifts like that can live without struggle, but that was not what they established here.

Spoiler

There was a reason why she couldn't keep a job and why she worked as a cleaning lady (not that there is anything wrong with that).
But as of EP02 they completely ignored that, no compulsion or anything else that seemingly made her live a bit more difficult.
They rather decided to focus on the missing husband which, in my opinion, is a lot less interesting than her own struggle.
The impact we could've felt with a compulsion could've resulted in something similar as in the show "Mom" where at the end, the daughter never speaks with her mother again.

Unless they bring that struggle back again, I think they just went in the wrong way.

Shows that deserved more runtime:
Abbys | Dead Like Me | Devs | Firefly | Gangsta. | Jack of all Trades | Kevin (probably) saves the World | Lodge 49 | Mrs. Davis | NYC 22 | Powerless | Roadkill | Special Unit 2 | Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi | Stumptown | Surface | The Brave | The Company You Keep | The Crazy Ones | The Finder | The Middleman | Truth Seekers | Two Weeks to Live | Whiskey Cavalier