‘High Potential’ S2 Recap: Fact-checking All Morgan’s Trivia

The Emmys proved what we all already knew: Procedurals are back, baby! Between the 9-1-1 s and Dick Wolf’s Chicago s, we’ve got all the medical and fire emergencies we can handle. But last year saw a new cop show enter the great tradition of “cop and a quirky ____ solve crime.” This time, the _____ is a “ high-potential intellectual ,” what people perhaps used to call a “savant.” Morgan Gillory (Kaitlin Olson) has a near-photographic memory, a highly associative mind, and a seemingly endless reserve of random trivia facts. She also has an overwhelming need to “um, actually” people, which has gotten her fired from every job she’s had. Until, that is, Morgan is roped into the LAPD by Selena Soto (Judy Reyes) and paired with uptight detective Adam Karadec (Daniel Sunjata). You would th