High Potential
Warning : hold back pamperer for the fall finale of High Potential . The fall finale ofHigh Potentialaired November 12 and the serial is set to repay to ABC after the holidays on Tuesday , January 7 . Season 1 , instalment 7 , " One of Us , " sees Morgan and Ava nonplus in a hostage situation after the precinct is highjack by a grouping define to bear witness their convicted friend ’s innocence . While several fellow member of the department are pin alongside them , Karadec left the building moments before the threat go on .
Morgan is forced to receive a solution without thehelp of her partner , and the detective shows faith in her abilities from the outside . Although they did n’t start out off on the best foot , Daniel Sunjata shares that it did n’t take long for Morgan to bring home the bacon his character over . The two have developed a shorthand and have already begun showing augury of awill they / won’t they relationship . While Sunjata hopes the series teases the approximation of a romance between them , he also get word value in Morgan and Karadec remaining friends .
High possible time of year 1 will pass with major developments , as showrunner Todd Harthan call vivid and emotional moments for Morgan and Ava .
ScreenRantinterviews Sunjata about Karadec and Morgan ’s partnership , JD Pardo ’s young purpose in the show , and what he ’d wish to memorise about his quality in a hopefulHigh Potentialseason 2 .
Sunjata Shares Why He Thinks High Potential’s Fall Finale Was A Genius Setup
“It ends up being perfect because you have to have somebody outside that situation in order to solve what’s happening inside the situation.”
ScreenRant : What were your initial intellection when you translate the book for the tumble finale ?
Daniel Sunjata : When I saw that the convention for that episode would be that Morgan is within a situation , they ’re being prevail hostage inside the police precinct while a duo of the others of us are outside , and we have to pass on with her and assist solve this position , I just recollect that that apparatus was something that the audience in all likelihood would n’t see coming . And to me , that ’s capital idiot box .
Karadec was in the precinct decent before the turkey threat , but he left . What was going through his mind ?
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Daniel Sunjata : That ’s a adept question . That thought never really frustrate my mind as Adam , the feeling of like , " Oh , God , I just suffer out right before this materialize . " If anything , I cerebrate Adam probably wish that he was inside the precinct to be able-bodied to protect his co - workers , his friends , his colleagues . But it ends up being perfect because you have to have somebody outside that situation for solve what ’s find inside the situation , and I retrieve that ’s the genius of the setup of this particular instalment .
There ’s a moment when they ’re spill about go in and Karadec says , " No , we need to give Morgan more time . " Initially , he did n’t even think she would be helpful to the squad . At what point in time during their time together do you recall he take off to understand Morgan ’s economic value ?
Daniel Sunjata : I imagine that Adam reluctantly started to be come through over by Morgan ’s genius originally on in the season . I would say by Episode 2 or Episode 3 . He might not like it , but you ca n’t argue with resolution . She just go forward to get it good , she go on to get it good , she continues to get it right . And it ’s not that the detectives in the detention cell , Javicia Leslie , Deniz Akdeniz , Judy Reyes , myself , it ’s not that we are bad at our Job or that we are inept , but our combined IQ is plausibly not 160 , and she has that all by herself . [ Laughs ]
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And so over time , even though Adam Karadec is a real big sports fan of the rule book , the playbook , the order of operations , long before this sequence , I think that he has catch the drift that this soul is something very special and is helping us aid masses , and he ca n’t indicate with that . I think that that ’s the one passion that Adam and Morgan share most in mutual is the desire to help oneself people , and she ’s very good at it and worry about it .
So by this clip , arguing that plot point that you just point out , that Adam is say , " No , we involve to give Morgan more time , " at this point in their relationship , he has faith in her . He ’s like , " I know she ’s go to figure this out . Just give her a petty second more time . " Especially before we fix off a berth where masses can get shot and bombs can go off . Let ’s let the genius figure this affair out . And she does .
Sunjata Is Interested In Teasing Out Morgan And Karadec’s Relationship Without It Truly Becoming Romantic
“I think that it would be cool if they tease that out, and then ultimately, it just ends up that they’re just friends with mutual respect.”
Morgan brings a new perspective to the case as both a mother and someone who ’s very tuned in to masses ’s emotion . Soto even tells Karadec , " She ’s itch off on you , " so do you concord Morgan has impact his work as a detective ?
Daniel Sunjata : Absolutely . A hundred pct . I kind of verbalise a trivial routine to that in my result to your last enquiry , but she definitely is fray off on Adam in terms of him realise that there ’s more than one style to go about doing this business that we do . You ’re not theorise to bring grounds box home . You do have to have on glove before you enter a crime panorama .
There are all these little things that kind of lend to the clowning between the two of us because Morgan has no fear for the rules . She just cares about the resolution . You know what I mean ? And that variety of itch Adam the wrong way here and there . But the influence of Morgan definitely set forth to shift Adam — I do n’t know how substantively , but it definitely makes him more unresolved - minded in terms of , " How do we serve people ? How do we deliver justice ? How do we help people ? " There are many more ways to do it other than just the color - by - telephone number version of it .
I do n’t know if you ’ve view any lover reactions to the show , but mass love the chemistry between Morgan and Karadec . Do you sense like they have the potential drop to be a will they / won’t they , irksome suntan character of family relationship throughout the serial publication ?
Daniel Sunjata : That ’s great . Yeah , I do really . I ’m a rooter of television , and I think I ’m hear from you , that you ’re a lover of television . Is n’t that what people would want to see ? Whether it happens or not , just teasing out a possible attraction between the two of them , as Daniel Sunjata , I conceive that it would be cool if they tease that out , and then ultimately , it just ends up that they ’re just booster with common respect , and that it actually never travel anywhere truly romantic , but that it just ends up being two people who have changed each other .
In terms of , " This friendship has changed me , this professional kinship has vary me . There might ’ve been a minute where we consider ' possibly we might get together , ' " and then if it does n’t happen , I think that would be awful , honestly . I do n’t know where they ’re proceed to take that , but I do hope that they take their time with it . They do n’t call for to hie to any conclusions .
This next interrogative kind of go along with that . JD Pardo has been such a capital summation to the show . Do you get to apportion any scenes with Tom and Morgan ? I experience like there are some good comedic opportunities there .
Daniel Sunjata : First of all , allow me say , JD Pardo is amazing . He is so gifted . He brings so much to the show , and then when I saw his handsome expression walk on set , I was like , " expect a second , guy wire . We do n’t need guys that are this good - looking on the show . I ’m 72 years quondam here , let ’s shed a halo around Karadec . " But he ’s astonishing , and we actually do n’t really share any scenes together . There are setting that our grapheme apportion with Morgan , but usually , I ’m at the beginning of one of those scenes , and then JD comes at the ending .
Or JD is in the root of the scene , and Karadec comes in at the end . I think that that is part of setting the tenseness of Morgan ’s got many , many options . There are many man that are concerned in her and that she might be interested in . I think it keeps the consultation dead reckoning , but what JD brings to the show in terms of his natural endowment , and his experience , and his amazing osseous tissue anatomical structure can not be overestimated . He ’s awesome .
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Sunjata Hopes To Learn More About Karadec’s Personal Life In High Potential Season 2
“Why is Karadec a germaphobe? Why is Karadec not doing so well with the ladies?”
We get little teases about Karadec . We know he loves apple fritters . We saw him try online dating . Will this time of year plunk more into his personal life ?
Daniel Sunjata : I recall that if that take place , it ’ll in all probability happen , and this is fingers and toes crossed for a hopeful time of year 2 . I think in season 2 , we might get a bigger peak behind the pall in terms of what Karadec ’s life like is outside of the precinct . There is a footling spot of that in season 1 . We do learn some things about him out of doors of just his work as a police detective here and there . I call back we ’ll find out more about Adam as the show hopefully get along beyond time of year 1 .
High Potentialhas already started to set up a found home dynamic from when you see them working together to when they ’re at the bar after a tenacious twenty-four hour period . What do you feel that sum up to the show ?
Daniel Sunjata : The demographic of the show is surprisingly wide than I expected it to be . And only now in hindsight am I wish , " Oh , of course though . " Because yes , it ’s a serious pig drama , but there is this comedic component to it . So I ’m discover things from literally people in their eighties about the show , and I ’m hearing things from teenagers about the show . So I cerebrate this particular marque of procedural has a demographic that is wide of the mark than most police procedurals that we see on TV .
Those moments where you get to see Oz and Daphne and Lieutenant Soto and me and maybe even Morgan all in the same vista , I think it ’s important because you require to see the comradery . You require to see that these hoi polloi actually really like each other , that they do n’t just walk in , say " honorable forenoon , " go get their coffee , and go visualise out a murder . They have history . They savor each other ’s company . And as an audience member , that would just make me manage more about the safety of each individual character .
You would n’t need any one of them to get shot or suffer , and you just enjoy watch the show more because you could tell that these characters , these detective and Morgan , they in reality enjoy working together , and they have mutual respect , and they can partake in laughs , and it ’s not always about the case board and figuring out " who done it ? " I think those scene kind of humanise the show in a way that build it more relatable to the hearing , I would hope .
Are there any specific interrogation you have about Karadec that you ’re hope the show answer ?
Daniel Sunjata : This is the ho-hum answer . Nothing specific . But this is a reversion to one of your early questions . I definitely would wish to see them , over time , and I think that this in all likelihood would happen in time of year 2 or so , I would like to know more about Karadec outside of the precinct . Why is Karadec a germaphobe ? Why is Karadec not doing so well with the noblewoman ? He ’s a little socially inept . He ’s a little besotted . He ’s a little uptight .
All the kids are doing dating apps and stuff . I kind of get the impression that Karadec probably was like , " What ? Whatever happen to just walk up to somebody in the glacial food for thought segment say , ' Excuse me , miss , my name is Jeffrey . I thought you were cute . Can we go out for a drink ? ' " I think Karadec is confound by the landscape of how people fit each other romantically .
I imagine he ’s a footling lonely . Romantically , I recall he is a little lonely . In my conversations with and my enquiry in terms of homicide investigator , police force police officer , people on SWAT teams , even military personnel , a lot of clip the love life sentence and the love story can bear because of what they deal with on a daily basis . There is no mode to leave that job . You ca n’t impart that job at study . You bring it home with you all the time .
And that probably has something to do with Karadec not doing so well romantically and all that . So I ’m curious about how Todd Harthan in the writers ' way develop Adam as a three - dimensional fictional character outside of police study . That ’s an interesting surface area for me to explore , but I ca n’t secernate you that there ’s one special head about Adam that I have . No , it would be more of a general doubtfulness that I do have .
About ABC’s High Potential
High Potential follows a single mom with an exceptional mind.
write by Drew Goddard ( The Good Place , The Martian ) and star Kaitlin Olson , High Potentialfollows a single mama with an exceptional nous , whose unconventional bent for figure out criminal offense leads to an strange and unstoppable partnership with a by - the - book harden detective ( Daniel Sunjata ) .
Check out ourHigh Potentialinterview withAmirah J , as well .
High Potentialreturns to ABC on Tuesday , January 7 at 9 p.m. ET .
Morgan , a single mother of three with a brilliant but unconventional mind , better half with a methodical police detective after solve a crime during her job as a cleanser . Together , they form an improbable but effective duo , blending her unique problem - clear skills with his by - the - book approach to take on challenge cases.
