High Potential

[Drunk Monk]

High Potential



Another attempt for a Sweet Dee vehicle. I’ll watch.

Watched the pilot & e2. I’m a huge fan of Kaitlin Olsen from IASiP and I enjoyed her in The Mick. Both this show and The Mick were designed specifically as vehicles for her to take center stage. While I enjoyed it, ultimately TM was flawed in that it just couldn’t strike up a chemistry. It was cancelled on a cliffhanger. I know I have odd tastes - it was really all about my Kaitlin obsession.

This show may suffer a similar fate. Based on a French show, Morgan (Kaitlin) is an intellectually high performance person with a photographic memory, a single mom with 3 kids, and a janitor. While cleaning the police station, she solves a murder because her mind is so acute that she sees things that the cops don’t. It’s a police procedural with Morgan putting together all the clues with absurd observations and facts. She’s pushy and dresses provocatively. It all hinges on this unbelievable character. Her claw is that she’s obsessive about fixing things, which isn’t really a flaw. There’s a skeptical cop partner, a tough but tender hearted police chief, an ex and a neighbor who looks after her kids, a baby, a boy who has inherited his mom’s genius, and a rebellious teen daughter, plus a husband that abandoned the eldest daughter… or did he?

It’s all very formulaic making the cast chemistry stilted. Kaitlin is hawt, wise cracking because she’s just smarter than everyone else, impulsive and broken. There are moments when she shows her acting range, but it doesn’t come together as a whole. Morgan is just too unbelievably - someone that smart and hawt would be more ahead of the game before bursting on to her police consultant role. 

It’s sad because Kaitlin is solid in what she’s doing with it but it just doesn’t come together. Maybe it gets better but my Peacock subscription is about to expire so I probably won’t watch more. We traded peacock for Hulu. Sorry Kaitlin.

Not D00M recommended.

[Drunk Monk]

Watched 2 more eps. It’s growing on me. Or perhaps better put, I’ve accepted its shortcomings. There’s some chemistry brewing between the lead detective and Morgan, but I’d be annoyed if they hook up. Everyone else is pretty superfluous except maybe the teen daughter. 

Morgan continues to be an unbelievable character, but she’s hawt, dresses loudly (knee-high boots, miniskirt, snakeskin prints, gaudy color schemes). But I identify with being the sexy leggy genius outsider, just not blonde. 

E3 was about a grifter who takes advantage of women, notably a mom with dementia with a protective which hit a little close to home. 

E4 was about kidnapped kids. I was pleased to have called the main perp, with motive correctly. It was kinda obvs because there weren’t too many suspects.

I’ll watch more if possible but my peacock ends any day now. 

Still not D00M recommended.

[thatguy]

But I identify with being the sexy leggy genius outsider, just not blonde. 

Have you ever thought about dying your hair?

--tg

[Drunk Monk]

I did bleach a blonde streak in college. It didn't really work for me.

[Drunk Monk]

I got confused. This is on Hulu not Peacock. There’s a lot of series on Hulu that I’ve been meaning to watch.

Turns out HIP (the original French series) is also on Hulu. I watched it and the US redux copies the original almost scene for scene. I do like Kaitlin’s version of Morgan better tho. I was bummed that I watched the dub version and then found the sub version afterwards. It’s surely better in French. There’s 3 seasons of HIP available - I might watch more later. High Potential is weekly right now.

[Drunk Monk]

E5 was another absurd crime involving poison tree frogs. It’s all so preposterous but it must be fun to write. And Kaitlin was wearing a Grateful Dead shirt, so I’ll keep watching. As y’all know, I’m easily amused.

[Drunk Monk]

E6 was weirdly parallel to the last Elsbeth ep - a gal wakes up after blacking out and thinks she might’ve murdered someone. And just when she’s just about busted, there’s redemption (even though she did the deed but extenuating circumstances came to her defense). 

Kaitlin’s trashy fashion (trashion?) is mediocre in this ep. No GD shirt. Just a clashing top & mini. Some romantic possibilities emerge and this might spoil the show. Her character’s fierce independence works. 

This has become ABCs most watched show since the pandemic. I still say it’s silly but somehow Kaitlin sells it. That’s gratifying because I’m such a long time fan of hers.

[Drunk Monk]

The crimes floor is take hostage when Morgan takes her daughter to work. Her budding romance with the janitor in nursing school is an annoying detour. I wonder if these are still following the original French series episode for episode. Still not a great show but Kaitlin is doing well with the role and it’s now quite popular in broadcast tv now.

[Drunk Monk]

I’m not sure what I did to set this as an ‘Important Thread’ but it’s not really. I wish I could undo that.

Binged 3 eps to escape my brain. The show is coming together. Despite its absurdity, the cast has a fair chemistry, which is all any police procedural needs. The clues are there but Morgan’s (Kaitlin) leaps are way too much to solve, however in retrospect, there’s enough clues to solve it if I was faster on the uptake. Mostly it’s about Kaitlin, who really shines. It’s all her show and she’s rising to it, but I am biased.

E10 bummed me out tho. The victim was named Tara (although pronounced Terra not Tara) and the perp is named SPOILER ALERT (as if any of you will bother with this show) Oksana who happens to be my mom’s day nurse END SPOILER. Brought me right back to what I was trying not to think about.

The second season has been renewed.

[Greg]

I unstuck the thread through the moderation panel.

[Drunk Monk]

I unstuck the thread through the moderation panel.

Thanks. Musta hit the wrong button to stick it so. My apologies but that’s what happens with my ‘dozing off’ posts.

Caught another ep - the formula behind this show is absurd = crime happens, the detectives make wrong assumptions, Morgan studies the case and makes some ridiculous connections working towards the solve, then a light goes off in her head and she knows who the perp is, and then there’s the big reveal - a cliche detective episodic tale. I’ve yet to solve any of these yet because the clues are too obtuse (and I have t been paying too much attention. The cast chemistry is growing on me. It’s really all about Caitlyn …

[Drunk Monk]

Season 1 finale was a two-fold cliffhanger. I’d watch another season but we’ll probably let go of Hulu by the time that comes out.

Overall I enjoyed this. It satisfied my Kaitlyn fan boying with a decent role for her, and the surrounding characters had just enough chemistry to keep things light. 

Overall, I think I liked The Mick http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...p?tid=4351 better but that too ended with a major cliffhanger and then was cancelled so we’ll never know…