High Potential

This is not necessarily a bad show by any means, the stories are ok, the casting is ok and the acting is ok, see where I am going with this... it's ok. Here's why it's just ok, it doesn't do anything new, the idea that someone joins up with the police and uses their gift / ability to solve cases that the police can't, yep, we are officially out of ideas now and so we get an offering like this. Nothing makes this show stand out or feel new, it's been done so many times before and it's been done better. I have no problem with it being cheesy and over the top but sometimes it's just straight up absurd and that's where it looses me. The character herself is somewhat annoying at times and quite honestly as much as I love her in always sunny, I just don't feel that this is the show for her. Also I feel like the show is strange mix of genres, one minute it is serious and emotional, the next it's just plain comedy and other times it does have that mystery feel and I think that's a problem also, pick a genre type and stick to it. This show feels all over the place.

At first I thought this was going to be a comedy along the lines of Psych! Or an absurd comedy like Always Sunny. I mean, the only characters I've ever seen Kaitlin Olson play are trashy women with a very caustic sense of humor. If that's what you like about her, don't worry, she definitely brings both of those qualities to this role. But she somehow does it in a mature way.

Although the first episode is all I've seen so far, it does appear to be a series similar to the aforementioned Psych! And it's fraternal twin, The Mentalist. It features Olson playing a character with an extremely high IQ who also suffers from a type of OCD, where she obsesses about things that are out of place. She also has a very fine sense of observation, and she uses these quirks to assist the local police in solving crimes.

This isn't a drama detective show, but it's not a comedy played for laughs either. It's a light action crime show like ABC's The Rookie and even gives me vibes of FX's brilliant Rescue Me series from the early 2000s.

The first episode was enjoyable and I hope the show continues along the same lines, with just enough dark humor to make it enjoyable, but without turning into a joke.

Examining her TV resume away from Always Sunny, and topping her role on The Mick, Olson glides onto screen in a not-so shot-for-shot remake of this French procedural, but she's definitely on vibes with it.

Throughout the episode you can tell Olson was attracted to this project by the way it portrays a struggling, body-empowered, capable woman. Comedy is stitched in through her delivery, much the same as the tongue in cheek of its French take.

What this series does better though is keep you captivated by a seasoned cast led by Judy Reyes, whose stern eyes and soft voice invite the audience to develop a sense of empathy towards the players her character cares to collect around her to seek justice.

The first episode was well done, though editing could use some work. The series would be lifted by more scenes between Reyes and Olson.

And I'd have gotten away with it if it wasn't for that pesky cleaning lady !! Nothing we haven't saw before , gifted amateur advising police using her special powers of deduction !! Complete hokum -but Kaitlin Olson is utterly charming as Morgan, police cleaning lady when we 1st meet her but soon invaluable crime solver for the LAPD. Throw in a cute family and lovable ex partner plus a back story of her daughter's missing father which adds a slightly harder tone and a storyline which hopefully builds week by week !! Morgan's hooker dress sense and rebellious streak pits her against a hard working police team headed by Judy Reyes of Scrubs fame who soon succumb to her genius ..... Scooby Doo meets Sherlock Holmes in fun quirky viewing !!

This is not a bad show but not original. It is basically a redo of the tv show Monk plus the movie Erin Brockovich. Features a highly intuitive and analytic individual plus single mom with 3 kids who dresses provocatively. Hmmm. Still ok to watch. Think I would have enjoyed it more if she were more relatable and normal. Not that many single moms working janitorial jobs have super neat hair and pedicures that wouldn't stand cleaning a floor or bathrooms. Just an observation.