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This is a good show. It says it's based on a french show of a similar name only in French. Fine. But isn't it really just like MONK. MONK is a guy with special high IQ gifts that works as a consultant to a group of police officers solving crimes. Yes, MONK has some quirky personality "defects" to give the show color and humor. This show the star is a woman who has her own quirky personality and a quirky family to give the show color and humor. So, it seems like High Potential is based on the French show which is based on MONK and and MONK is based on Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes is based on a crime solver in a novel called The Moonstone. That's as far back as I can go. But it doesn't really matter. That kind of character is so entertaining, if it's done at all well, and in this show it is, it's always worth watching. Just remembered, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. It always works.

While this is a movie where you have to accept the premise--North Korea invades America. Still just to bring in a little bit of reality. The biggest barrier is getting troops hear. We are 3 thousand or more miles away. Invaders would need millions of troops. That means thousands of ships and tens of thousands of airplanes. NO ONE HAS THAT MANY SHIPS OR THAT MANY AIRPLANES. Not even close.the D-Day invasion involved over 7,000 naval vessels, 4,000 landing craft and 1,200 warships, plus 12,000 aircraft supporting the landings on the beaches of Normandy. Today, China has the world's second biggest navy after the US. It's a total of 370 warships. China can't even invade Taiwan which is right off it's coast. It's a massive task. Too massive.

Let's start out with the FIRST BIG LIE. Newspapers, and media in general, have a goal of objectivity. While this has NEVER been true, it is less true now than it has ever been, so the role of Bruce Turner as the wise old editor who wants his reporters to be objective is the most sickening character I've come across so far. THE SECOND BIG LIE spoken by Carla Gugino is totally and objectively false but somehow more palatable because Ms Gugino is such a tremendously likeable actress. The lie, of course, is that abortion is now illegal in most of America when in fact abortion is still legal in the vast majority of states and about 70% of all abortions are now induced through pills. BIG LIE NUMBER THREE I guess I can't say because it might be considered a spoiler and I never want to include spoilers in a review but this show is strictly for those who believe that the New York Times and CNN are objective. If you fall into that boat, I have a bridge for sale in Brooklyn that's real cheap and this political television show to recommend.