S01.E04: Survival Mode

[AnimeMania]

Morgan is excited to get her official LAPD badge, despite Karadec's reluctance; the detectives work tirelessly on an emotional missing children case, which hits close to home for Morgan and sends her mind into overdrive.

Premiere Date: October 15, 2024     ABC     10pm    

CHRISTOPHER COUSINS

MADELINE ZIMA

PAMELA SHAFER

MARK DANCEWICZ

MONEER YAQUBI

TIFFANY BANK

[ams1001]

OMG, the little girl from The Nanny is 39 years old..!

A quick google suggests that no, you do not need to wait 24 hours before issuing an Amber Alert. The California Highway Patrol website lists the criteria for issuing one in California and says nothing about a waiting period that I can see.

 

[SouthernChick]

I thought it was a good episode. 
 

Does anyone know how well it’s doing in the ratings? I’d love it to stick around. 

[Annber03]

That opening bit with Morgan being unable to sleep and constantly looking at the clock. Relatable. 

I liked her rapport with the mom, and how she was sympathetic to the scrutiny around her at one point. Sure, she would be on the list of potential suspects just 'cause it's typical that investigators will look at those close to the victim(s) first in and of itself, but yeah, given the particular nature of this case, I agreed with Morgan's reasoning for why it couldn't be her. The reunion scene at the end got to me a bit. 

I also like how they didn't really go into specifics about Morgan's struggle to sleep, and that it was happening even before this case. With someone like her, whose mind is always racing and active, and given the recent developments about her missing husband and this crazy new job she's doing and all that, yeah, I'd have a hard time getting a decent night's sleep, too. 

But on a positive note, yay, now Morgan's got her badge. No doubt she'll have fun whipping that out at any opportunity :D. 

[statsgirl]

18 minutes ago, SouthernChick said:

Does anyone know how well it’s doing in the ratings? I’d love it to stick around. 

TVline: From last week's episode

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High Potential inched up to a new audience high (3.8 mil) while putting up a third straight 0.3 rating.

It did better than The Irrational, Murder in a Small Town and The Accused.

[SouthernChick]

12 minutes ago, statsgirl said:

TVline: From last week's episode

It did better than The Irrational, Murder in a Small Town and The Accused.

Thank you. Looking good!

[babyrambo]

Morgan is the best part of the show, IMO. I hadn’t seen Kaitlin Olson in anything before HP—given the gimmick, the performance could easily lean into extra and exaggerated, but she’s so organic and fun in this role that it makes me want to check out her other performances. 

The cases oscillate between routine and entertaining but for the most part they’re just okay. Still, I like the editing choices and watching things click for the team so for now I don’t mind. I’m partial to procedurals lately but with this show, the scenes with Morgan & her kids are my favorite. The rest of the cast is great too but I really wish Judy Reyes had more to do. 
 

40 minutes ago, statsgirl said:

TVline: From last week's episode

I’m glad it seems to be doing well. Going by ABCs constant promos you’d think Doctor Odyssey, which might be something but is cut to look like overacted, cheesy tripe, is the single most relevant show on their network. 

Edited October 16 by babyrambo

[AnimeMania]

1 hour ago, statsgirl said:

2 hours ago, SouthernChick said:

Does anyone know how well it’s doing in the ratings? I’d love it to stick around. 

TVline: From last week's episode

Quote

High Potential inched up to a new audience high (3.8 mil) while putting up a third straight 0.3 rating.

It did better than The Irrational, Murder in a Small Town and The Accused.

I think the 3.8 mil is how many people watched live.

‘High Potential’ Jumps 220% to 11.5 Million Viewers Across Platforms in Three Days (EXCLUSIVE)

I think it is doing about 11.5 Million Viewers per episode over all, each week, which is extremely good.

ABC’s ‘High Potential’ Nears 11M Viewers for Second Episode (Exclusive)

This one bumps the first episode up to a total of around 17.79 million viewers and the second episode over 11 million. 

Edited October 16 by AnimeMania

[shapeshifter]

Am I a terrible person if I cringed every time Madeline Zima was on screen in this episode?

And I was a bit horrified that Morgan and Karadec didn’t seem to realize or acknowledge how close they came to having everything go south because of Morgan’s out-of-bounds choices to go rogue with the mom of the kidnapped kids.

I still like the show, but this episode kind of got on my last nerve.

I did quit 4 other shows this week, so this is more “constructive criticism” than an outright pan. 

The last scene of her finally able to fall asleep on the couch with her family was a good place to end. At least the killer didn’t turn into a multi-episode supervillain.

[Annber03]

8 minutes ago, shapeshifter said:

And I was a bit horrified that Morgan and Karadec didn’t seem to realize or acknowledge how close they came to having everything go south because of Morgan’s out-of-bounds choices to go rogue with the mom of the kidnapped kids.

 

Yeah, as much as I felt for and understood Morgan's sympathy with the mom, I kept watching that whole part of the episode like, "..oh, there are SO many ways this could go so very wrong...". And indeed, like you said, it very nearly did. 

(Quitting four shows in one week, eh? Dang.)

[agathapenny]

1 hour ago, babyrambo said:

I’m glad it seems to be doing well. Going by ABCs constant promos you’d think Doctor Odyssey, which might be something but is cut to look like overacted, cheesy tripe, is the single most relevant show on their network. 

Wow, glad I'm not the only one who just couldn't get into Doctor Odyssey. I find it's so overly stylized that the people just don't seem real or relatable enough. I think Joshua Jackson, who I checked it out for in the first place, has a few good moments, but it's just not enough. I really wanted to like this, but quickly abandoned ship. 

High Potential is my favourite new show in several seasons, so good to hear that it's doing fairly well in the ratings. They've managed to achieve a really great mix of humour and serious moments. The pacing is superb, with Morgan wound up to 20 and bantering with everyone one minute, then we get that quiet, introspective or sincere moment that lets us in. The actor here is really great.

Actually, the whole cast is impressive from top to bottom. I like Keredec and his and Morgan's dynamic more all the time. This show is a 10 out of 10 for me.

[Mindthinkr]

Agree about the acting. They must have a good casting director. The eldest of the two kidnapped daughter’s face when she saw her Mom showed a genuine reaction. At least what I would have pictured in my mind. 
 

[borealis]

12 hours ago, ams1001 said:

OMG, the little girl from The Nanny is 39 years old..!

A quick google suggests that no, you do not need to wait 24 hours before issuing an Amber Alert. The California Highway Patrol website lists the criteria for issuing one in California and says nothing about a waiting period that I can see.

 

Thank you! I KNEW that wasn't right!! They got rid of that stipulation a long time ago, if it was ever there at all for minors. Adults, yes. But then I wondered, maybe that's only where I am (TX), but I always assumed it was nationwide. I'm kind of stunned the writers got that so wrong, I thought it was common knowledge.

[mythreesons]

I love this show, but sometimes things don't add up for me.  I have two questions about last night's episode.  

How did Morgan know which bedroom belonged to Mia?

Didn't Morgan sit in the car that was on fire earlier?  If so, why wasn't the inside damaged?  She turned on, I think, the radio.  Did she turn the key in the engine before turning on the radio?

 

[shapeshifter]

29 minutes ago, mythreesons said:

How did Morgan know which bedroom belonged to Mia?

It's Morgan.
You know. 🙃😉

[Chit Chat]

25 minutes ago, mythreesons said:

Didn't Morgan sit in the car that was on fire earlier?

I thought that it was odd that she got in it, given that it should've been considered evidence.   

I'm trying to like this show.  She kind of bumbles her way through crime scenes like Elle from Legally Blonde.  It's laughable for her to think that she can waltz in and think she's an investigator from day one.  Yeah, she's got some special talent for seeing what others don't, but sometimes the writing makes the other investigators look stupid, which I don't really like.  

Sometimes this reminds me of the Scooby Doo gang solving crimes too.   

[ams1001]

I don't know if it's just me and my subpar attention span, but I find myself not catching how they arrive at the final conclusion when they start tying things up. Like in this episode I have no idea how they got to figuring out the girls were in the woods or how they got there.

10 hours ago, agathapenny said:

Wow, glad I'm not the only one who just couldn't get into Doctor Odyssey. I find it's so overly stylized that the people just don't seem real or relatable enough. I think Joshua Jackson, who I checked it out for in the first place, has a few good moments, but it's just not enough. I really wanted to like this, but quickly abandoned ship. 

I had the TV muted when that show came on last week, and something caught my eye so I turned on the sound maybe a quarter of the way into the episode and watched to the end. I didn't hate it but it did not make me want to add it to my schedule in the future.

47 minutes ago, borealis said:

Thank you! I KNEW that wasn't right!! They got rid of that stipulation a long time ago, if it was ever there at all for minors. Adults, yes. But then I wondered, maybe that's only where I am (TX), but I always assumed it was nationwide. I'm kind of stunned the writers got that so wrong, I thought it was common knowledge.

I feel like it's just a TV trope now. If you have a missing child, the earlier you put out the alert, the better. 

[shapeshifter]

2 minutes ago, ams1001 said:

I don't know if it's just me and my subpar attention span, but I find myself not catching how they arrive at the final conclusion when they start tying things up. Like in this episode I have no idea how they got to figuring out the girls were in the woods or how they got there.

Something about it being a go-to place with murdered Nature Dad maybe??
Sorry, I'm not into this show enough to rewatch or even skim the transcript.
Maybe it'll grab me more, but this is already episode 4. 
IDK. The acting is good. 
Does anyone know if they're determined to follow the French version's plots? 
Something seems to be getting literally lost in translation for me.

[Chit Chat]

3 minutes ago, ams1001 said:

Like in this episode I have no idea how they got to figuring out the girls were in the woods or how they got there.

I just watched the episode.  The perp confessed that he took them to the San Gabriel mountains, and they ran off.  Velma, er, Morgan used the Survival Guidebook to figure out which direction they'd go (north & look for the moss).  Some broken walnut shells indicated they'd stopped to eat (couldn't have been a squirrel), and then they fashioned an arrow out of sticks to point the way while they found shelter.  And just like that, there they were!!

[ams1001]

4 minutes ago, Chit Chat said:

I just watched the episode.  The perp confessed that he took them to the San Gabriel mountains, and they ran off.  Velma, er, Morgan used the Survival Guidebook to figure out which direction they'd go (north & look for the moss).  Some broken walnut shells indicated they'd stopped to eat (couldn't have been a squirrel), and then they fashioned an arrow out of sticks to point the way while they found shelter.  And just like that, there they were!!

Thank you! The bolded is the part I completely missed.

I guess a squirrel probably wouldn't have left such a neat little pile on a log.

[Chit Chat]

The girls did pretty good to open up those walnut shells without any tools!!  Those are tough little boogers to open!  😄

[shapeshifter]

4 minutes ago, Chit Chat said:

The girls did pretty good to open up those walnut shells without any tools!!  Those are tough little boogers to open!  😄

Especially if they're Black Walnuts, which Google says are the only wild ones in the U.S.

[shura]

1 hour ago, mythreesons said:

How did Morgan know which bedroom belonged to Mia?

The bigger mystery to me is, how do you go from “weird, he parked under a tree” to “he is in love with Mia and wants to win her heart, so he kidnapped her children and killed their father (whom they loved) and made her pay ransom, so that he could then be her knight in shining armor when he consoles her over all this”?

And what kind of plan is that anyway?  Was the guy supposed to be totally deranged?

[AnimeMania]

47 minutes ago, shura said:

And what kind of plan is that anyway?  Was the guy supposed to be totally deranged?

No, he was a gambling addict betting on the longshot.

[shura]

1 hour ago, AnimeMania said:

No, he was a gambling addict betting on the longshot.

I don’t know if this explains all of it.  Gambling addicts get their reward from the process of gambling, not from winning the prize, and here it was presented as if he actually wanted to win Mia.  But even if his being a gambler explains why he went with a plan that was very unlikely to succeed, the world of hurt he was inflicting on someone he was supposedly in love with is pure psychopathy. 

On a related note, I wonder if he was actually planning to bring the girls back to Mia and gamble that they wouldn’t be able to identify him as their kidnapper and their father’s killer.  I mean, even if he wore a mask around them, they might have recognized him by his voice, stature, gait, etc.  They’d be around him for a while if he was going to be around Mia, so who knows what could trigger their memories of the kidnapping.  Or was he never going to return them, maybe simply release them in the mountains like Snow Whites, and just be there for Mia in all her grief?

Nah, this plan was never going to work.

[seacliffsal]

When Morgan mentioned the kidnapper was short I thought it would end up being the social worker.  Made sense to me as she was in debt and needed money.  Oh well.

[possibilities]

Morgan read the survival manual earlier in the episode, and when they were searching for the girls in the woods, she ticked off step 1, step 2, step 3 and said what they were. The girls were supposed to leave a signal, hide, and wait for rescuers. She talked about how dad had taught them to survive using the manual.

Edited October 16 by possibilities

[shapeshifter]

2 hours ago, seacliffsal said:

When Morgan mentioned the kidnapper was short I thought it would end up being the social worker.  Made sense to me as she was in debt and needed money.  Oh well.

She turned out to be the red-haired red herring.

[kaygeeret]

Of the 3 new network shows I have watched this is the only one Ienjoy and actually watch.

Cruise Dr. is a joke and painful, don't even use it for background

Murder in a sm. town is a bit weird but at least the lead is beginning to show signs of competence and confidence, still not must see.

All in on High Potential

[Yeah No]

10 hours ago, shura said:

I don’t know if this explains all of it.  Gambling addicts get their reward from the process of gambling, not from winning the prize, and here it was presented as if he actually wanted to win Mia.  But even if his being a gambler explains why he went with a plan that was very unlikely to succeed, the world of hurt he was inflicting on someone he was supposedly in love with is pure psychopathy. 

Yeah, I'm with you. I didn't get how being a gambler tied into a believable motive for murder and kidnapping in this situation. Here I was proud of myself for following and understanding things in this episode and then at the end I didn't even understand the motive much less was I able to accept it as plausible, even for a crazy person! And then for Morgan to suddenly get it was even more of a head scratcher. I sometimes wonder if writers these days get these preposterous motives from AI as this is not the first time I've seen this in the past few years.

Add me to the list of being fooled by the "red haired red herring", LOL. 😉

14 hours ago, mythreesons said:

Didn't Morgan sit in the car that was on fire earlier?  If so, why wasn't the inside damaged?  She turned on, I think, the radio.  Did she turn the key in the engine before turning on the radio?

Not only that but wouldn't the car have been too hot to get into? I was confused because I thought the whole car was on fire, not just the trunk. And then she got in the cabin and it didn't look like it had been burned out at all. I also wondered if the electrical system would have still worked or if it would have been dangerous to try to turn on a car after any kind of fire. My husband the car guy didn't say anything about that but I think he was just half asleep and handwaving all of it by that time, lol.

15 hours ago, borealis said:

Thank you! I KNEW that wasn't right!! They got rid of that stipulation a long time ago, if it was ever there at all for minors. Adults, yes. But then I wondered, maybe that's only where I am (TX), but I always assumed it was nationwide. I'm kind of stunned the writers got that so wrong, I thought it was common knowledge.

I know, me too. They didn't just get rid of it in Texas, AFAIK pretty much everywhere. It reminds me of the right turners that stop at red lights like we haven't had a law allowing right turns on red lights for 50 years already!

It's a real head scratcher because aren't most of the writers these days too young to even remember the "24 hour rule"? Or are they getting their information from 1970s crime dramas and not the real world? Because this is by far not the first time recently that I've seen this kind of very outdated stuff on a show.

7 hours ago, kaygeeret said:

Cruise Dr. is a joke and painful, don't even use it for background.

I bailed on that after the first episode. I went on my first cruise this year and was really hoping for better but it sucked so badly I couldn't even give it another chance.

There are still redeeming things about this show like the characters so I'm staying with it.

One nitpick or am I just confused? I didn't think Morgan was given a badge, just a police dept. ID, which is different. Don't you have to be a police officer to get a badge?

[shapeshifter]

5 hours ago, Yeah No said:

Yeah, I'm with you. I didn't get how being a gambler tied into a believable motive for murder and kidnapping in this situation.

I watched the corresponding French version of this episode and got the impression that the killer/kidnapper/13-year-employee-of-unscrupulous-father/guy-obsessed-with-employer's-daughter was suffering from a progressive mental illness which manifested largely as OCD. It wasn't really displayed any more in the French version; it was just that I was noticing more on my second go through the plot denouement. 

 

5 hours ago, Yeah No said:

It's a real head scratcher because aren't most of the writers these days too young to even remember the "24 hour rule"? Or are they getting their information from 1970s crime dramas and not the real world? Because this is by far not the first time recently that I've seen this kind of very outdated stuff on a show.

It sure does seem the we-can't-call-it-a-kidnapping-until-after-24-hours rule has been cropping up more and more in the last couple of years, doesn't it? 
I'd love to hear an in-the-know insider's take on this phenomenon. 

[Raja]

On 10/15/2024 at 8:19 PM, ams1001 said:

A quick google suggests that no, you do not need to wait 24 hours before issuing an Amber Alert. The California Highway Patrol website lists the criteria for issuing one in California and says nothing about a waiting period that I can see.

After 20 years of seeing critical missing on TV as opposed to the 18 year old who went out for the night it just seemed strange for  LT Soto  to throw out that 24 hour line. I can see waiting until after they tried to contact the father though. And then later when she gets on Detective Karadoc for instantly putting out the alert when finding the deceased instead of contacting her first was also off. Is there some dissension in the Major Case  Squad? 

[Yeah No]

25 minutes ago, shapeshifter said:

It sure does seem the we-can't-call-it-a-kidnapping-until-after-24-hours rule has been cropping up more and more in the last couple of years, doesn't it? 
I'd love to hear an in-the-know insider's take on this phenomenon. 

My husband cracked me up this morning. He told me they must be getting this stuff from old episodes of "Starsky and Hutch". 😄

Regarding the motive, he said it's like they decide on a motive and attempt to fit the show and the characters around it no matter how difficult and unbelievable that is to do.

[peachmangosteen]

On 10/16/2024 at 1:46 AM, shapeshifter said:

Am I a terrible person if I cringed every time Madeline Zima was on screen in this episode?

Why did you cringe?

[shapeshifter]

26 minutes ago, peachmangosteen said:

Why did you cringe?

Throughout the episode her face looked like it was permanently frozen in the expression of Edvard Munch's famous 1893 painting, The Scream, or even more, his 1895 litho:

[iMonrey]

9 hours ago, Yeah No said:

One nitpick or am I just confused? I didn't think Morgan was given a badge, just a police dept. ID, which is different. Don't you have to be a police officer to get a badge?

I didn't get why they kept calling it a badge either. It just looked like a generic employee ID card. Or a press pass. I also didn't get why she was supposed to sign for it, or why she refused to do so.

I like Kaitlin Olsen. I like the cast and I like the characters. But the writing is just fair, at best. It's very formulaic and stretches credibility. It's a watchable show, mostly because of the cast, but it's not great. I've seen similar shows that were much more clever and funny, whereas this feels more generic.

[Chit Chat]

1 hour ago, iMonrey said:

I didn't get why they kept calling it a badge either. It just looked like a generic employee ID card. Or a press pass. I also didn't get why she was supposed to sign for it, or why she refused to do so.

As with most security clearances (badges), they have different levels of security.  Some low-level ones allow the employee into certain areas of the building, but higher-level ones get you into otherwise restricted areas.  Karadec said something along the lines of it not being an all-access pass!

There were probably things she would be agreeing to when signing for the badge, but of course, she saw something in the fine print she didn't like, so she didn't sign it.  She shouldn't have been issued the badge without having signed for it.   She probably needed to sign in order to verify the information on the badge, and to agree to the rules of having a badge.  Security clearances aren't taken lightly! 

[ams1001]

15 hours ago, Yeah No said:

One nitpick or am I just confused? I didn't think Morgan was given a badge, just a police dept. ID, which is different. Don't you have to be a police officer to get a badge?

I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure she's the only one who actually called it a badge. I think the guy who came to get her to sign for it called it an ID. I've never seen a police badge that's just a plastic card on a lanyard. (Though where I work we do call our ID cards badges; in a police station I'd think they would want to differentiate between the two.)

4 hours ago, Chit Chat said:

There were probably things she would be agreeing to when signing for the badge, but of course, she saw something in the fine print she didn't like, so she didn't sign it.  She shouldn't have been issued the badge without having signed for it.   She probably needed to sign in order to verify the information on the badge, and to agree to the rules of having a badge.  Security clearances aren't taken lightly! 

If it has a chip that opens electronic locks in the building, they should have turned it off; or at least restricted her access to just getting into the building. If she has a problem with something in the paperwork they should be discussing it, not just letting her grab it and walk off. But, TV. Where I work certain doors have to be specifically assigned to your ID (like you can't get into the HR area outside normal business hours unless you work in HR, or the gym unless you've filled out the paperwork for it (emergency contact and liability waiver in case you get hurt), or the cage for secured merchandise unless you work in that area).

[Yeah No]

4 hours ago, ams1001 said:

If it has a chip that opens electronic locks in the building, they should have turned it off; or at least restricted her access to just getting into the building. If she has a problem with something in the paperwork they should be discussing it, not just letting her grab it and walk off. But, TV. Where I work certain doors have to be specifically assigned to your ID (like you can't get into the HR area outside normal business hours unless you work in HR, or the gym unless you've filled out the paperwork for it (emergency contact and liability waiver in case you get hurt), or the cage for secured merchandise unless you work in that area).

Yeah, I worked in companies with ID cards like that too. We called them "key cards". Everyone was assigned a code by HR as to their level of clearance for certain areas of the building and their ID cards would only let them into those areas. You needed to use your card to get into the parking lots and even on the elevators as unauthorized people were not allowed on the top floor where the highest executives, HR and Legal resided. I remember that in my last company my card was incorrectly coded because I had started as a temp. and they didn't change my code when I got hired. I found out when I left something in my desk drawer one weekend and my card wouldn't work to get me into the building on a Saturday. After I had it corrected my card gave me clearance to get into pretty much everything which was great.

[incandescent]

It was sorta beautiful to me that the father who everyone in his life agreed loved his daughters and wanted the best for them, and who everyone in his life also criticized for his hardline survivalist lifestyle, ended up saving them even in death with the wilderness lessons he pushed on them.

[possibilities]

I do appreciate that a guy with... let's say "quirky" personality and interests... was not villified. He was a good dad, his ex wasn't bitter even though they weren't compatible, the kids loved him, and his legacy to them wound up saving their lives.

 

[Jaundiced Eye]

On 10/16/2024 at 12:49 PM, shura said:

The bigger mystery to me is, how do you go from “weird, he parked under a tree” to “he is in love with Mia and wants to win her heart, so he kidnapped her children and killed their father (whom they loved) and made her pay ransom, so that he could then be her knight in shining armor when he consoles her over all this”?

And what kind of plan is that anyway?  Was the guy supposed to be totally deranged?

Exactly! Thank you. I was beginning to think I was the only viewer questioning how Morgan "knows" who the killer is, and what his motivation was.

I don't pay close attention because I don't think I'm long for this show, but did we have ANY indication that the driver and Mia even had contact with each other, much less some basis to draw the conclusion that he was in love with her and planned the kidnapping because he'd need money to attract her? 

[Jaundiced Eye]

On 10/16/2024 at 6:04 PM, kaygeeret said:

Cruise Dr. is a joke and painful, don't even use it for background

Murder in a sm. town is a bit weird but at least the lead is beginning to show signs of competence and confidence, still not must see.

All in on High Potential

I barely managed to watch the entire first episode of Doctor Odyssey. Sorry, but the eye candy isn't enough to justify watching this crap.

I've watched a couple episodes of Murder in a Small Town. Might watch if there's nothing better to do, but won't miss it if I don't.

High Potential has been working my last nerve since the first episode. Besides the silly conclusions based on nothing but thin air, having an IQ of 160 still doesn't ensure that you have knowledge of every conceivable fact on every conceivable topic. It's too bad, because the cast seems likable enough. 

 

 

 

[shapeshifter]

18 minutes ago, Jaundiced Eye said:

I don't pay close attention because I don't think I'm long for this show, but did we have ANY indication that the driver and Mia even had contact with each other, much less some basis to draw the conclusion that he was in love with her and planned the kidnapping because he'd need money to attract her?

He had been her family driver for 13 years, so since she was a teenager.

[DesiJF]

19 hours ago, Jaundiced Eye said:

High Potential has been working my last nerve since the first episode. Besides the silly conclusions based on nothing but thin air, having an IQ of 160 still doesn't ensure that you have knowledge of every conceivable fact on every conceivable topic. It's too bad, because the cast seems likable enough. 

 

 

 

Yep, I'm tapping out on this one.  She's just too annoying and gets away with too much for me to stick it out.  Oddly enough it was the badge thing that pushed me over the edge.  Badge guy is like, "she can't do that" and they're all acting like that's just her and you get used to it.  Whatever.

[Jaundiced Eye]

4 hours ago, DesiJF said:

Yep, I'm tapping out on this one.  She's just too annoying and gets away with too much for me to stick it out.  Oddly enough it was the badge thing that pushed me over the edge.  Badge guy is like, "she can't do that" and they're all acting like that's just her and you get used to it.  Whatever.

I don't understand why a person with a genius-level IQ couldn't find a job that would pay enough to support her family and cover car repairs. And don't get me started with the way she dresses. I know a lot of highly intelligent people, but not a single one comes across as insanely desperate for attention. Quirky or histrionic personality disorder? You be the judge.

[shapeshifter]

2 hours ago, Jaundiced Eye said:

I don't understand why a person with a genius-level IQ couldn't find a job that would pay enough to support her family and cover car repairs. And don't get me started with the way she dresses. I know a lot of highly intelligent people, but not a single one comes across as insanely desperate for attention. Quirky or histrionic personality disorder? You be the judge.

One of my middle-aged daughters is like this, minus the children. The only question in my mind is whether there's any remedy or if it will just get worse.
If I quit this show it will be because it's triggering to me.

[EtheltoTillie]

What shows are you quitting @shapeshifter?  I’m quitting Found.  It’s awful. Also Dr. Odyssey. I tapped out of that after the first episode. 

Edited October 22 by EtheltoTillie

[chaifan]

14 hours ago, Jaundiced Eye said:

I don't understand why a person with a genius-level IQ couldn't find a job that would pay enough to support her family and cover car repairs. And don't get me started with the way she dresses.

Morgan explained in the first episode that she has a hard time with "normal" jobs because of her high IQ. 

I have two issues with Morgan's wardrobe choices...  First, the outfits don't seem to suit her personality.  In the (most of) rest of her actions, her child rearing, her relationship with her ex, the way she negotiated for child care costs to be covered (thus ensuring income not only for her but for the ex), she shows a lot of practicality.  Even her taking a night cleaning job that allows her to be at home with the kids during the day, and is a job that her High IQ doesn't get in the way of.  But showing up at crime scenes in outfits that draw attention to her as the "outsider", would make it hard to bend down, look for evidence, etc., contradicts her other practical manners. 

The second issue is cost.  She's got multiple pairs of high leather boots, leather jackets, her nails are always professionally done and perfect, etc.  That doesn't match with a mom of three that is struggling to make ends meet. 

 

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9 hours ago, EtheltoTillie said:

What shows are you quitting @shapeshifter?  I’m quitting Found.  It’s awful. Also Dr. Odyssey. I tapped out of that after the first episode. 

I watched the first episode of Found when it premiered. I thought it was decent and I might continue watching but I don't even remember if I did...I saw it in the TV listings the other night and I thought, 'oh, yeah, that's that one with Zach Morris, right? Maybe I might watch again.' But probably not. Watched part of one episode of Dr. Odyssey but it didn't grab me at all (it was the one where everyone had just had plastic surgery and I kept wondering did they have surgery on the ship or is this some kind of recovery cruise package and why on earth would anyone want to recover from surgery on a ship in the middle of the ocean?).

I'm still in on High Potential but I have to suspend some disbelief.