After High Potential's first season became a hit for ABC, fans had high hopes for how successful the show could be when it returned for a second round. Since then, the show has even been able to exceed expectations by reaching new heights in the ratings, which makes its ongoing success stand out in television history.
Clearly, the team behind High Potential and the show's fans have a lot of reasons to be excited about the fact that the crime comedy drama has connected with so many viewers. That said, the series' episodes being viewed by millions of viewers doesn't mean that it is a perfect show. Instead, there is one huge flaw with how High Potential is written that becomes hard to ignore once viewers notice it.
One element of High Potential makes no sense
For fans of High Potential, there are a lot of aspects about the show that there is to love. Many fans of the show love Morgan Gillory and Adam Karadec's dynamic, the show has compelling crime mysteries that viewers can try to solve, and the performances are great. On top of that, there is no doubt that it is fun to see how unpredictable Morgan can be as she makes observations that help solve crimes in a way that is similar to Sherlock Holmes.
No matter how fun seeing Morgan solve crimes can be, there is one huge flaw in how the show portrays her character reaching some of her conclusions. During episodes of High Potential, Morgan is often shown picking up on small details that everyone else misses that help her break cases. While that is fun, there have been far too many times when the details she picks on were far too small for her to have possibly noticed them.
To be clear, this article isn't pointing to Morgan's knowledge base or attention to detail being difficult to believe. Instead, the problem is that the show seems to think that she is something akin to a superhero who has supervision, because that is the only way to explain some of the things that happen.
Some High Potential scenes show Morgan entering a room and observing details in her surroundings that are too far away from her to make it believable that her eyes could perceive them. Of course, the show isn't presented in real time, so it could be argued that her character was supposed to have walked around and noticed the details, and viewers just didn't see that happen. While that is possible during some scenes, there are examples of scenes where Morgan was shown entering the area and then quickly making an impossible observation from afar without that time to spare.
Morgan Gillory is a character with a vast array of knowledge and an ability to recall it all. Those attributes should be enough for the character to be able to solve crimes in ways that make sense based on the concept of the show. With that in mind, High Potential needs to stop crafting scenes that would rely on Morgan having supervision.