#high potential

[gaybuckybarnesss]

DENIZ AKDENIZ High Potential 1.01

[thundergrace]

High Potential was PERFECT! Great pilot episode. The only bad thing I can say is that I don't think it was just a slightly over-the-top pilot. I'm fairly certain this is how every episode will feel and that might be a bit much for some.

But it was fun. It had heart. All our favorite cop tropes are there - like every single one.

Javicia's character wasn't in the pilot much. She's a supporting character, I'm pretty sure. So I don't expect she'll be seen a ton, BUT oh my goodness, WHAT A CUTIE Daphne is 🥰

The cop/consultant format is battle tested, and it works every time. It's just about what unique angle a show provides. I think one is unique because the consultant has such a big life outside of these cases that'll make the pacing and focus of the episodes feel different from others like it.

[high-potential]

High Potential Sneak Peek for tonight's episode

[charmac]

any thoughts about kaitlyn's new show coming out?

I'm not really into the premise of the show honestly, but I will be tuning in for a few reasons:

First being that I'm a big weekly serialised TV guy (and always have been). If your show has a ton of episodes and airs weekly in an 8, 9, or 10pm slot on network television I will be seated (at least to see if I actually enjoy it).

Also the head writer and writer of the Pilot episode is Drew Goddard, who is a very seasoned TV writer but, for me, the major draw being he was an executive producer and writer on Lost, my all-time favourite show. I have some trust that it will be well written.

But the main reason I'll be following the show for at least the fall season is that originally High Potential was to be spear-headed by Rob Thomas, who created another one of my favourite shows, iZombie. Interestingly, Rob Thomas dropped out as Showrunner and as Executive Producer in June for no given reason. Production went on hiatus for about a month due to this, and his name has been pulled from any connection to the show. I believe the first few episodes are still under him (they didn't re-write or re-shoot what they had, simply transitioned to a new Showrunner), so I'm pretty interested to follow the shift there. We'll see how things go...

Also, weird fun fact my high brain made a connection that High Potential premieres on the 15th anniversary of the premiere of Season 5 of Sunny...

[randomlittleimp]

Watching High Potential. Cute, if unbelievable. I mean LAPD and no one's there at night....yeah okay. Still a fun watch.

[tatertotpotdish]

obviously pilots pilot, but high potential isn't terrible. it's a totally different role than dee and seeing kaitlin play a super intelligent mother of 3 after almost 20 years as a broke down borderline narcissist with a drinking problem is fun.

[chasinggeekdom-blog]

"Fontana?

The Kentucky of California?

...Fontucky?" 🤣

[kahixxi]

[buckera]

KAITLIN OLSON AND JUDY REYES IN THE SAME SHOW SHUT THE FRONT DOOR

[high-potential]

Javicia Leslie at the High Potential Los Angeles Premiere on September 17, 2024

[idcnticxl]

watching the first episode of High Potential, I'm loving this show.

[bosons]

Just watched the first High Potential episode and enjoyed it. It's funny, sad and has an added mystery.

There are some scenes that I found a bit much and some of the characters are thinly drawn so far but I see the potential (heh) and I thought the relationships set up are interesting.

Kinda wishing the interactions between Morgan and Karadec had been antagonistic for longer but who knows, maybe that'll return a bit more in upcoming episodes.

[thewickedbohemian]

Thoughts on the High Potential pilot (a day late as I caught it on the re-broadcast)

Nice way to set the scene and what's the name of that song

quite the impression of your parenting girl

wow...just...wow with the math

Sheldon Cooper voice "someone touched my board"

And...busted

So did they seriously think she was the potential suspect

actual potential suspect full of righteous anger

cue the infodump, I wonder how much this show is going to teach me

you say HPI I say neurodivergent something

nice timing ex

and now they're both in the holding cell

good info Letty but I feel like the wrong guy asked

and we've set up the couple

good on boss lady admitting vulnerability

That's what she needed, empathy

going about mach 3 (mentally and verbally) and giving me Elsbeth flashbacks

surprise entrance after dramatic storm-off in 3...2...1

because nobody ever suspects the cleaning lady

Morgan's quirks come with crime-show genre-savvy I see

weird alibi, maybe on purpose?

I like how the stock footage or w/e kinda subverts the trope of the whole Sherlock/Shaun/Cassandra thing

"dark night of the soul" before the start of the partnership right on cue

Why do I feel like the kids might Jessica-Fletcher her in to the answer

already with the family-coded foreshadowing of where this is probably going to end up if this sticks around a while (plus another ballin' needle drop)

working in synchrony and holy Rube Goldberg murder plot

And a similar fake-out to the Elsbeth ending

You've made your point with the childcare thing

But also I hate to sound like a broken record but if you enjoyed this pilot as much as I did you should also sign this petition to get So Help Me Todd picked back up for a 3rd season (as if you like this pilot you should watch SHMT and if you miss SHMT you'd like this) so we can help keep a wave going of female-led procedurals especially with "weird girls" at/near the center (as SHMT has Judy who if the show goes on could very well be "Todd's Todd" in terms of detective-apprentice-ing)

[speedygal]

Gillery: go investigate the sister

karadec: you're not my boss!

Gillery, after further exchange: *leaves*

Karadec, to his partner: go investigate the sister's alibi.

[whatimdoing-here]

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Welp. Here we are. Ready to watch an ABC procedural that seems v similar to a past series that I used to watch...

[eddiespornstache]

i thought the mystery felt way too contrived and nobody in the ensemble had any moments to shine which was unfortunate but morgan and karadec are a solid pair of leads that are fun to watch bounce off each other and i hope they have a will they won’t they storyline that lasts eight seasons