Pilot

Morgan Gillory (Kaitlin Olson) with a penchant to solve puzzles. She is a single mom who works as a cleaning lady at the police precinct.

After she knocks a murder case file off the desk. She manages to deduces that the main suspect to the crime Lynette Acosta, the wife of the murdered man is also a victim.

When the police notice that the board has been tampered with. They bring in Morgan and are impressed with her abilities.

They now have to figure out what happened to Lynette Acosta.

There has been a trend for female crime solving geniuses. High Potential joins Poker Face and Elsbeth. The latter two owe more than a nod to Columbo.

The pilot of High Potential seems to do a bit more of its own thing as a crime procedural. This was a strong opener, it was fun and enjoyable.

Unfortunately the lead actress has a voice that makes me grind my teeth. It's always.a surprise.when an actress who appears attractive opens her mouth and sounds like someone who has never received any type of voice training. As old as I am even we had speech classes that helped us NOT talk out of our noses and instead.showed us how to speak from our lungs. From what I've been hearing in the last few years voice training has been tossed to the side and obnoxious tones are what we get to hear. Maybe in a few years they'll pull this out of mothballs and try it again .Hopefully with a female voice that won't make peoples toes curl.

I love. Kaitlin Olsen! I enjoy watching this as an "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" spin off of sorts. This feels like Sweet Dee's dream come true. The show is a little cheesy and over produced. It's the kind of bad that tends to be sucessful on major networks. It's easy to dismiss as a Monk type. But, the trope of neuro-atypical detectives has been around for way longer than that, it's hard to think of a murder mystery show with a neuro-typical lead. This feels like a great guilty pleasure. If I could write a review without rating the show I would. As it stands I'm giving it 10/10 because I think the show succeeds at hitting all it's targets and I want to see Sweet Dee succeed after watching her get capped on for years.

I love Olsen and her work on Curb, always Sunny and the Mick, so I had to check this out.

I also love Judy Reyes from scrubs. I was looking forward to a fun "monk" -like show, but this pilot unfortunately falls short of those expectations.

The side characters are not as interesting and it's just nowhere near as funny. The hook of a super genius is a bit convenient, and also, it's been done a bunch in other shows anyway. It has that generic network-tv look about it.

Also, the plot demanded that the cops don't check obvious 101 leads so Olsen can be the one to point out the right way, plus the mystery is insanely convoluted it makes Monk and House look super basic and quaint by comparison.

I'll keep watching and hope it gets better. I would like to see the show give Olsen as much comedic rope as possible.

Honestly, this was such an amazing start to a show. From the very beginning, I was hooked. The characters are incredibly relatable and well-developed, making it easy to invest in their journeys. Each one brings something unique and interesting to the table, adding layers of depth to the story. Even though some details in the crime scene may not have been entirely accurate (if it were in real life), it didn't detract from the enjoyment. The way they pieced everything together was clever and seamless, making the episode feel cohesive and gripping. I can't wait to see how the rest of the series unfolds!