High Potential Already Has The Perfect Replacement For Morgan & Karadec
High Potential is clearly pushing Morgan and Karadec as its central love story, but the series contains another couple that could be just as exciting as the main relationship. The ABC cop show was an instant hit upon its debut. It broke records, including becoming ABC’s most-watched new series in six years, and the characters played a big role in its success.
Kaitlin Olson is the standout in High Potential, as she is outstanding as Morgan. However, the other members of the police procedural’s main cast are also fantastic, and they all have captivating chemistry. Morgan and Daniel Sunjata’s Karadec, in particular, are great together, but the TV show features one other duo that has the potential to become an epic romance.
Morgan & Karadec Aren’t Going To Get Together Anytime Soon
The Couple’s Story Will Be A Slow Burn
Even though Morgan and Karadec are undoubtedly the dynamic duo of High Potential, their love story will be a long one. They are the ABC TV series’ will-they/won’t-they couple that almost all police procedurals have (for example, Morgan and Karadec are comparable to Castle‘s Castle and Beckett or Bones‘ Brennan and Booth). Consequently, it’ll be some time before they get together.
That’s not to say that Morgan and Karadec’s romance arc in High Potential won’t be worth watching. There will be ups and downs, as there always are with network TV show couples. These types of series thrive on conflict and drama, after all, and some of TV’s most iconic couples followed the slow burn agenda.
Thankfully, High Potential has what it takes to go the distance. Fans can expect many more seasons of the hit ABC police procedural series, meaning that the writers will have the time and space needed to thoroughly and skillfully develop Morgan and Karadec’s story. But that also indicates that Morgan and Karadec won’t start dating in the upcoming second season.
High Potential Should Explore A Romance Between Daphne & Oz
Daphne & Oz Could Make For An Intriguing Secondary Couple
While High Potential stretches out Morgan and Karadec’s love story, the show could distract viewers with a romance between Daphne and Oz. We didn’t get to see much of them together in season 1. What we did see, though, was a connection that could easily transform from platonic to romantic. The writers just have to put in the work to make it so.
Daphne and Oz are already partners in the ABC TV series, and as a result, have formed a close bond (as seen in the High Potential season 1 finale). They work together so closely that taking their relationship to the next level could be accomplished with ease. It also doesn’t hurt that Javicia Leslie and Deniz Akdeniz have palpable chemistry.
Perhaps Daphne and Oz could never be the cop TV show’s main couple, since that spot is reserved for Morgan and Karadec. However, the two characters could certainly come together to work as a secondary romance. Daphne and Oz could be like High Potential‘s version of Angela and Hodgins from Bones, Chandler and Monica from Friends, or Lopez and Wesley from The Rookie.
When Will Morgan & Karadec Get Together?
It’s Going To Be A Long Time Before Morgan & Karadec Admit Their Feelings In High Potential
As mentioned many times above, fans shouldn’t get their hopes up about a Morgan and Karadec confirmed romance in High Potential anytime soon. Season 2 could include a moment or two when they almost cross the line from partners to lovers. However, the ABC police procedural TV series most likely won’t make Morgan and Karadec an official couple in the upcoming episodes.
It could be many more seasons until Morgan and Karadec realize their feelings for one another (or even develop them). Yes, they have chemistry that utterly oozes from the TV screen, but that doesn’t mean they started falling in love with each other from the moment they met. As many will recall, it was more akin to hate at first sight for Morgan and Karadec.
It would be strange if the High Potential writers suddenly jumped into a full-blown romance between Morgan and Karadec in season 2. It wouldn’t make sense, and it would completely undercut the groundwork laid for them in the first season. Morgan and Karadec have the potential to become an iconic TV couple, but they haven’t earned it just yet.
For reference (spoilers for Castle and Bones ahead), Castle and Beckett didn’t start dating until Castle season 5, while Brennan and Booth didn’t officially get together until Bones season 6. So, based on the history of TV couples, Morgan and Karadec’s slow burn arc has only just begun in the ABC police procedural.
Similar to Castle and Beckett or Brennan and Booth, High Potential could easily weave in romantic moments and confessions (that lead to nowhere) between Morgan and Karadec in the coming seasons. But the two characters plunging into a committed, serious relationship is far off. High Potential fans must simply be patient when it comes to Morgan and Karadec’s love story.
High Potential season 2 premieres on Tuesday, September 16, at 10 pm ET on ABC, following the two-hour debut of Dancing with the Stars season 34.
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