Editor’s Be aware: The next incorporates spoilers for Excessive Potential Season 2, Episode 5.Final week’s episode of High Potential ended with Morgan (Kaitlin Olson) assembly the LAPD’s new captain, Nick Wagner (Steve Howey), so I knew we might be in for some attention-grabbing adjustments this week. Certain sufficient, Season 2, Episode 5, “Content material Warning,” brings two major storylines alongside the case of the week. Whereas the Main Crimes unit solves the homicide of a girl named Tori Nolan (Monette Moio), in addition they take care of the arrival of Captain Wagner, who needs to talk to every of them one-on-one.
This week’s episode units up some attention-grabbing threads, as Morgan units her sights on Roman’s backpack for clues about what occurred to him, and Captain Wagner spends a bit an excessive amount of time sniffing across the Main Crimes division. As a complete, this episode feels extra transitional than anything, as a result of it primarily units up storylines that don’t get paid off by the top.
In ‘Excessive Potential’ Season 2, Episode 5, Morgan and Her Staff Examine the Loss of life of a Reporter
“Content material Warning” begins off with two teenagers discovering Tori’s physique in a pond. Morgan and Karadec examine the case and study that Tori was an investigative reporter who was hiding from somebody. They then wind up at a content material home the place Tori was undercover, seemingly searching for info from the residents there. In a pink herring, Morgan and Karadec study that three of Tori’s housemates performed a harmful prank on her for each content material and payback. They thought that they killed her at first, however the actual killer is not them, and even their suspicious chief, Phineas (Jake Brief).
Because it seems, Tori was investigating a protein powder that considered one of her housemates (Nicole Bruner) was supposed to advertise for her channel. The protein powder is made by an organization owned by Bobby Romano (Johnno Wilson), a former faculty classmate of Tori’s who doxxed her after an article that she wrote. Tori threatened to reveal Bobby’s firm every week earlier than she died, so Morgan and Karadec imagine that he could have killed her, till they discover Bobby useless after being drugged. The very drug that killed Bobby is one which his firm has been promoting beneath his nostril, and the individual in cost is none aside from Bobby’s good friend, Gavin Tillman (Brian Howe), who additionally runs the midway home Bobby used to dwell in. Gavin killed each Tori and Bobby to maintain the story in regards to the medication from getting out, and the Main Crimes staff finds out in time to arrest him. The case felt prefer it was lacking some essential scenes, like Morgan and Karadec’s interview with Bobby’s second-in-command, Lamar (Deron J. Powell). Finally, although, it was a shocking twist, even when it felt a bit out of nowhere.
In ‘Excessive Potential’ Season 2, Episode 5, Morgan and Ava Hunt for Clues About Roman
After being unable to get by means of to Arthur (Mekhi Phifer) when she called his company last episode, Morgan does some investigating to search out the place he’ll be on this one. She exhibits up whereas he is working and asks about Roman, however Arthur admits that Roman known as him from a burner cellphone and that he did not even cross paths with him in Nevada. Morgan evenly blackmails Arthur into agreeing to present her Roman’s backpack sooner or later. Later, Morgan fills Ava (Amirah J) in on these developments. Ava needs to go along with her to fulfill with Arthur, however Morgan says no.
Morgan goes to fulfill with Arthur about Roman at a diner, the place Arthur tells Morgan that he and Roman have been childhood buddies and vouches for Roman’s character. This made me surprise how Arthur and Morgan had by no means met in on a regular basis that Morgan and Roman have been collectively, however this may doubtless be defined as soon as we meet Roman. Ava then exhibits up and convinces Arthur to present them the backpack, however Morgan is livid that she disobeyed her, and she or he and Ava later get into an enormous battle. The episode ends with Arthur leaving the backpack for Morgan, however we do not see her open it but, as soon as once more dragging out the thriller of Roman Sinquerra into one other episode.
‘Excessive Potential’ Season 2, Episode 5 Units Up the Excellent Antagonist in Captain Wagner
I would not have anticipated the LAPD’s new captain to instantly spend a lot time with one precinct, however Nick Wagner has an uncommon curiosity in Morgan. He kicks Selena (Judy Reyes) exterior of her workplace for a couple of days, then spends the episode assembly with every individual within the Main Crimes division. Oz (Deniz Akdeniz) says that his assembly was odd, however we do not truly see it. What we do see of Wagner units him up as an interesting potential villain. He tries to speak Daphne (Javicia Leslie) into taking the Sergeant’s examination and leaving Main Crimes, a lot to Selena’s concern (though she does not discourage Daphne). Later, Wagner exhibits no real interest in Karadec throughout their interview, and he solely needs to speak about Morgan. Wagner clearly has an alternate motive right here, even when it is simply that he is fascinated by Morgan’s distinctive expertise and desires to make use of her to show himself on the LAPD, and I truly assume he is much more calculated than that.
By the top of the episode, it looks like Morgan has warmed as much as Wagner fairly a bit. He asks her for a studying of him as an individual, and she or he acknowledges that he received his job by means of nepotism, however means that he is making an attempt to show himself on his personal phrases. Morgan could like Wagner, however I am very suspicious of him, and if he is a villain, Excessive Potential is doing a superb job of planting these seeds. The episode makes some extent of mentioning as soon as once more that Roman is particularly hiding from legislation enforcement, and by revealing that Wagner’s father retired solely 5 years after Roman disappeared. My working concept proper now’s that both Wagner or his father could have been concerned in Roman’s disappearance, and now that Morgan has Roman’s backpack, I am unable to wait to study extra.
New episodes of Excessive Potential air Tuesdays on ABC at 10:00 P.M. EST.
