High Potential made a strong statement about its identity as a mystery-of-the-week detective series. But, in its decision to be narratively driven in solving mysteries, one thing that ended up taking a backseat was strongly developing Morgan's co-workers and the many relationships that exist within the world of the show.
While Morgan's dynamic with Karadec is by far the most fleshed out, there are many other characters and relationships that High Potential can explore in season 2 now that season 1 has done the job of laying the groundwork for the show. Outside of Morgan and Karadec, the rest of the Major Crimes department is filled with interesting characters to explore in larger capacities, such as Selena Soto, Daphne Forrester, and Lev "Oz" Ozdil.
Further exploring Morgan's relationships with other characters in her workplace, as well as further developing their relationships with each other, will build out the world in season 2 in a way that season 1 was not capable of when it was working to build it up. The same can be said for further developing Morgan's children, Ava and Elliot, who provide different perspectives of growing up, with Elliot showing that his brain works similarly to Morgan's, while Ava experiences life in a different way. Further developing Elliot and Ava can help give them stronger characters rather than existing just in the sense of a plot device as being Morgan's children. Giving their characters more time at school or with friends, even in small doses, can also help expand Morgan's life at home and how she behaves as a mother to two growing kids.
News has already been revealed that High Potential will have a new character, Captain Jesse Wagner, portrayed by Steve Howey, who will inevitably shake things up in the Major Crimes department. This new addition could help show another side of the characters, depending on how he is used in the series. As season 2 will have an extended number of episodes, that means more time devoted to exploring the overarching storylines, as well as devoting more time to exploring character relationships.
Where season 1 did not have the space or the time to develop certain storylines or characters, season 2 will, and should take that opportunity to grow out the series in a positive manner that gives the audience the opportunity to latch on to the characters, relationships, and storylines, that they had not had the chance to previously due to season 1's more focused nature.
High Potential's first season did a solid job of co-existing among other popular light-hearted mystery shows, proving it could more than hold its own. But, season 2 has to prove that it can continue the trend of solid storylines and mysteries, but also embrace and more fully develop the character relationships to create real, strongly fleshed out characters that can help Morgan carry the weight of the series. Morgan is a fun main character to follow, always offering an intelligent line of dialogue or comical remark. But, to take the show to the next level, season 2 needs to expand on the characters and character relationships it introduced in season 1 and deepen them in a way that gets the audience excited about seeing where these characters end up and how they interact with each other.