January 12, 2025 • 24 mins
What do you get when you have a quirky, cute cleaning lady with a photographic memory and OCD joining forces with a team of detectives solving murders? You get "High Potential," a captivating new television show that premiered on September 17, 2024. This series follows Morgan, a single mom of three, whose exceptional mind helps her unravel crimes while working as a cleaner for the police department. With a compelling blend of mystery, drama, and humor, "High Potential" offers a refreshing twist to the crime-solving genre, showcasing the resilience and ingenuity of an everyday character. Join Michael and Diane as they dive into the unique premise, discuss the standout performances by Kaitlin Olson, Daniel Sunjata, Javicia Leslie, and Matthew Lamb, and explore the intriguing dynamics of this delightful show.
A heartfelt tribute to those affected by the catastrophic fires in Southern California sets the stage for a lively discussion about the captivating new television series, "High Potential." The hosts, Michael and Diane, reflect on the ongoing tragedy, expressing their empathy for victims and first responders. They transition into a lighter subject, highlighting how entertainment serves as a necessary escape from reality in difficult times. The couple dives into their favorite new show, which centers on Morgan, a quirky cleaning lady with a photographic memory and OCD, who aids detectives by rearranging clues while cleaning crime scenes. They discuss the unique premise that intertwines a single mother's challenges with her extraordinary abilities, creating a compelling blend of mystery, drama, and humor. The chemistry among the cast, including Kaitlin Olson and Daniel Sunjata, is praised for making the characters relatable and unforgettable, as the show navigates through intriguing cases that captivate the audience.
Throughout their conversation, Michael and Diane explore various themes, such as the resilience and ingenuity of everyday heroes, emphasizing how the series moves beyond simple crime-solving. They appreciate the character development and the intricate plots that keep viewers guessing without being overly predictable. The hosts also draw parallels to other beloved shows, noting the familiar yet refreshing approach that "High Potential" brings to the crime genre. The episode encapsulates their excitement for the show's potential impact and the hope for a second season, despite the challenges facing the entertainment industry due to the ongoing fires.
Takeaways:
- The podcast discusses the impact of the Southern California fires on the community, emphasizing empathy and support for those affected.
- 'High Potential' is a captivating new show that blends mystery, drama, and humor, centered around a unique protagonist.
- Morgan, the main character, uses her photographic memory and cleaning skills to solve crimes, showcasing resilience and ingenuity.
- The chemistry among the cast members, including Kaitlin Olson and Daniel Sunjata, enhances the show's appeal and engagement.
- The show's premise of a cleaning lady solving crimes brings a refreshing take to the crime genre, making it stand out.
- Listeners are encouraged to binge-watch 'High Potential' to experience its compelling storytelling and relatable characters.
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Hey, one more thing before you go.
Before we get started ontoday's episode, we would like to
say that our hearts, thoughtsand prayers are out to everyone affected
by the fires in SouthernCalifornia, both family and friends,
as well as those.
So many people who are losingeverything that they've got.
This absolute catastrophicevent is unimaginable.
(00:22):
And everyone that has beenaffected in one form or another,
those who lost everything, ourfirst responders, our firefighters,
our police officers, our EMTson the, on the front lines, and the
volunteers on the back end,our hearts go out to you.
Our thoughts, our prayers goout to you.
Please stay safe 100%.
(00:42):
Don't make me cry.
I'm gonna wake mess up my makeup.
The.
With all this stuff going onin the world, you know, this kind
of seems, I don't know,shallow maybe to do something to
talk about a TV show.
But, you know, I think, Ithink we all use TV and movies and
(01:06):
entertainment to escape what's happening.
And I think that especiallywith the fires and other things going
on in the world right now,we're just here to talk about it,
some, something that'senjoyable for an hour and can help
you feel better for just ashort time.
So that's why we're stilldoing this.
(01:26):
I agree.
So with that in mind, what doyou get, Diane, when you have a quirky,
cute cleaning lady with aphotographic memory and OCD to make
sure everything is in orderand right where it's supposed to
be?
You kind of used to that withme, right?
(01:48):
Just a little.
On some things.
Not everything.
Not everything.
Not everything.
And what happens when you jointhat with a team of detectives solving
murders?
Well, in this episode, we'regoing to answer some of those questions
and more.
We're diving into one of ourfavorite television shows, our new
(02:09):
favorite television shows.
High potential, captivatingtelevision show that's been making
waves.
I'm Michael Hurst.
I am joined by my wonderfulwife and co host, Diane.
Hello, everyone.
Welcome to one more thingbefore we go over the Teacup Sunday.
(02:39):
Hi, Diane.
Hi, Michael.
Well, that was a, that was arough start to the show.
We haven't had that in areally long time.
But yeah, with what's going onin the world and going on locally,
we have family and friends inthe California area, a lot of friends,
a lot of.
And we just, we understand.
(03:01):
And our empathy has just kindof overworked itself lately and it's
just almost overwhelming.
We're grateful that we don't have.
We don't.
That we know of right now.
Anyone who's been personally affected.
I know I have a friend thatwas on standby to evacuate.
(03:21):
Luckily, thank God,thankfully, our daughter and son
in law have not been put oneven standby.
They're farther away from the fire.
The smoke and the ashes.
Yes, yes, they're getting thesmoke and the ash, but they, they
are safe.
So, I mean, thank God for that.
(03:42):
But we've just been watchingso much coverage of it and you know,
we, where we recognize, youknow, some of the places that they
talked about and it's, it's,it's unbelievable and it's, it's
hard to even imagine whatthey're going through.
Well, I do have someentertainment friends that I still
(04:04):
associate with that from thecuff, from my conferences and from
the film festivals and thingslike that that have been affected
by it and have had to evacuate.
And you know, some of them, Idon't know whether they've lost anything,
but I know that they wereevacuated and had to leave the areas.
I didn't know that.
Again, we just want toemphasize how much our hearts and
(04:25):
our prayers, our thoughts andour prayers are out with everybody
that's been affected andunfortunately will continue to be
affected throughout thiscatastrophic event.
But now let's try to lightenthe day a little bit.
And I am really excited abouttalking about this show.
Like I said earlier, it's oneof our favorite new shows.
(04:48):
We know the, the, thecharacters, the, the main characters,
all the main charactersactually, we've seen on other things.
They've always been a favoriteof ours, especially Caitlyn Olsen.
Yeah, yeah.
It's pretty cool, huh?
Yeah, I love it, I love it.
It's a comedy.
(05:09):
I mean, I would say it's acomedy, but it also has some real
touching moments in it too.
Yeah, it really does.
And you know, it caught onreally quickly.
And you know, it's interestingbecause ABC launched this, you know,
opposite Elsbeth, and there'ssome similarities between that and
CBS's Elsbeth.
But I think that having theapproach that ABC is doing with high
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potential in the way thatthey're doing it, I think is better,
in my opinion.
It's a little bit coming froman individual.
I mean, you watched Monk withme, didn't you?
Yeah, we love Monk.
So it's, you know, you havethe OCD of Monk in a certain way,
but then you've got touches ofother programs that we have watched
(05:55):
where you get the photographicmemory and you get the, oh, I can
piece that together.
No, that doesn't belong therethis belongs there.
And, you know, Psych was doing it.
You know, Psych and Psych,they'd go.
You know, he'd see thesethings and they'd flash back and
he'd piece them together.
But, you know, he wasPotential, was portraying a psychic,
but in reality was using hisphotographic memory in regard to.
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Helping to solve a crime andsort of.
What was that show?
Elementary, or is that still on?
Yeah, yeah, elementary.
Yeah.
With.
So it reminds me a lot, likeyou said, that you set up elementary.
Elementary starred Johnny LeeMiller and Lucy Liu, and it was kind
of a Sherlock Holmes typething where he was solving cases
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like that.
And it was the same.
Same principle.
It's kind of a mixture.
Yeah, but.
But it brings a nice, I think,to this.
And especially Caitlin Olson.
The last thing that weactually saw.
I know she was in sunny Philadelphia.
Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
But we only didn't.
We only saw a few episodes of.
(06:59):
Actually we need to go backand watch it.
We do, but we also.
In the Mick.
The Mick.
We loved her in the Mick.
It was.
It was like, fantastic.
So it was nice to see her comeinto something.
And she's married to acomedian who's.
Who is also in sunny Philadelphia.
Yes.
(07:19):
And they just did a crossover,actually, of the It's Always Sunny
in Philadelphia cast alongwith Abbott Elementary.
They just did a crossover,which we didn't see, but I know they
were.
They did it.
And he also is a co owner ofthe English soccer team, and I don't
remember which one, with Ryan Reynolds.
(07:44):
And his name is Wexum.
Yeah.
Welcome to Wexum is the showthat they've got.
They've got a show, basically,them acquiring the team itself and
then how they evolved it andhow they took it to a championship.
And this whole time we'retalking like this, we're trying to
remember his name.
(08:04):
That's okay.
Yeah, I can see him.
Everybody knows what we'retalking about.
Everybody knows what we'retalking about.
And today we're talking abouthigh potential.
So should I tell everybodyabout high potential?
Yes.
This show, High potential,premiered on September 17, 2024.
It's aired about eightepisodes so far.
It follows the story ofMorgan, a single mom of three whose
(08:28):
exceptional mind helps hersolve crimes while working as a cleaner
for the police department.
It's a compelling blend ofmystery, drama, a touch of humor.
This amazing favorite starsKaitlin Olson, Daniel Sunjada, who,
I will remind everybody herein a few minutes where we know him
from.
Javica.
Is it Java or Havoca.
(08:49):
How do you pronounce her name?
J A, V, I, C, I, A.
Havoca.
I don't, I don't know.
Havoca.
Leslie.
We'll try that.
And Matthew Lamb.
Each brings their.
Sorry, that's not right.
Each brings their own uniqueflair to their drolls, making the
characters truly unforgettable.
I think what sets highpotential parts is, is the unique
(09:11):
premise.
Morgan's unorthodox method ofrearranging evidence while cleaning
brings a fresh kind of arefreshing twist to the crime solving
genre.
As we talked about, it's notabout just solving mysteries.
It's also about the resilienceand ingenuity of everyday characters,
which, which, I mean, I.
Coming as a cop, I would loveto have had somebody like her.
(09:34):
Right.
Available to me.
But of course there's alwaysgot to be, you know, at least one
that's resentful and doesn'tlike her and he hasn't really been
in the last couple episodes, so.
Interesting.
But yeah, she's not a, she'snot the cleaning lady for long.
We'll just put that, put itthat way in case you haven't seen
(09:55):
it.
But if you, yeah, if you haveseen it, obviously you know the,
you know where it has evolved into.
But you know, the castcharacters have great chemistry.
I think that the, the, theavailability of what they've been
able to create, it makes it avery compelling show to watch.
I think, you know, you, youget to try to figure out, you know,
(10:18):
you and I do this all the timeand I've, I've trained you.
You've.
You're no longer a rookie.
Yeah, I've, I've learned a lotabout figuring out who did what in
the shows.
It's pretty, it's.
Yes, it's.
Sometimes I even figure it outbefore you.
Sometimes you do.
There has been occasion thatyou have.
(10:39):
Never used to happen.
But, but we like watching thekind of shows that we can figure
things out without being soapparent, you know, because sometimes
they just, it's like, oh,that's just too apparent, that's
too easy.
You know, we like being ableto kind of go along with the show
and watch what's happening asit's happening and figure it out,
(11:00):
you know, kind of a thing.
So, you know, from thisapproach, I think that they do a
really good job with doing that.
Yeah, it's.
I, I love.
It's so funny because you cansee her mind.
You can see the, you can seethe wheels turning, you know, when
she's looking and even they.
They say it too, like, oh,she's getting that look.
(11:23):
But I, I've noticed that this show.
I immediately liked the castas a cast where some shows, you're
kind of like, I don't knowthat they're really melding all that
well.
I'm not sure this.
This one should be there.
You know, what is thischaracter there that all of them
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are there for a purpose.
And it makes a lot of sense.
Yeah, it's cool.
It's pretty.
I think that even in therespect that the, the police department
itself, you know, it.
It's.
It's.
It is a homicide unit.
So, you know, there'ssomething there that kind of allows
her just to work with thatgroup within itself.
(12:05):
So I think building thechemistry between all of them is.
Is really good.
Caitlin Olson again, you know,she was Dee Reynolds and Always Sunny
in Philadelphia, which I, youknow, I think I watched more of Always
Sunny in Philadelphia a littlebit more than you did, because probably
I think Nicole was.
Still.
Was with us for a little whilewhile that was playing, and she really
loved it.
So I think I watched the firstseason of Always Sunny Philadelphia,
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but, you know, still a great.
She's a great.
And she's a great actor.
She's a great comedian.
She's written out for her roleagain in that.
Her comedic timing, ability tobalance humor with emotional depth
shine through in that series.
MacKenzie, Mickey Malone inthe Mick, which, you know, that Mick
is kind of a wild, brash womanwho becomes the guardian of her sister's
(12:51):
spoiled children.
I think she works.
She works well in this becauseshe's got kids.
In.
In.
You see the.
You.
You see what she brings kindof forward with that as well, because
she.
I think she brings a littlebit of that character with her to
this, I think.
So you can.
You can see pieces of that,for sure.
(13:13):
Glimpses, at least.
Yeah.
And you know her, the character.
We have to mention him, the,the baby daddy character because
I don't think they evermarried in the.
You know, the character'snever married.
He is.
He's been all over the placefor a long time, too.
And he was in a show I reallyliked, Single Parents.
(13:37):
It was on a few years ago.
And.
I'm sorry.
Blanking on his name again.
I'm blanking on names today.
Every day.
It was a rough start this morning.
And I don't.
I don't remember if he was on snl.
I don't think he was.
No, I don't think he was orsomething that he's married To Colby
Smulders, who was inEverything, and we love her, too.
(14:03):
And I can't remember his name.
Anyway, look up Colby Smers.
That's her husband, and he'sin the show, too, and he's not in
it enough.
That's what I'm trying to get to.
He is not in this enough.
He deserves a bigger role.
He is awesome.
I believe it.
And I'm.
Even though I can't rememberhis name.
He's awful.
Yeah.
Daniel Sundiata.
(14:23):
He was Frank Rivera in Rescue Me.
He's perhaps known for hisbest role as Franco Rivera.
He was a firefighter in thatacclaimed TV series, Paul Briggs.
In Graceland, he played anundercover FBI agent living in a
house with other agents fromvarious federal agencies.
I watched that for a littlewhile, and as far as recognizing
(14:44):
from there, it was pretty good.
He also was James Holton, theDevil Wears Prada played a fashion
designer in this popular filmwith Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway.
And he played Reggie Jacksonin the Bronx Is Burning.
He also portrayed thelegendary baseball player in a miniseries.
You know, he.
I've seen him some otherthings as well, so, I mean, we recognize
(15:05):
him.
You'll recognize him.
But the chemistry between himand Kaitlin Olson, is it.
It.
It's good.
I think their chemistry worksreally well, you know?
Yeah, they're great.
And then I wish I couldpronounce her name correctly.
I probably should do this better.
Maybe go find something to.
(15:26):
Go figure out how to pronouncesome people's names.
Havoc.
Leslie.
She was Ryan Wilder in Batwoman.
She made handling has beentaken over the title role in the
CW series, becoming the firstblack actress to play Batwoman.
Ally Finer in God Befriended Me.
Amber.
She was the sister of the main character.
(15:46):
And shown the bar.
Yeah, shown the bar.
The wine bar, which is another series.
I wish CBS would not have canceled.
Whole other conversation, butwe've talked about God, Godfriend.
Godfriended me in many otherepisodes that we've talked about
it, but we know her fromthere, mostly from there.
Paris Hilton.
(16:07):
Excuse me.
Paris Duncan in FamilyBusiness, A member of a powerful
family.
It's a BET drama, and I thinkthat the show has the power to inspire,
motivate you.
It's a reminder that everyonehas untapped potential.
And sometimes the mostunlikely heroes shine the brightest.
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I think the combination ofthem all is.
And the cases that they'representing aren't really far fetched.
I mean, that's one thing Ilike about it, is the Cases are something
reasonable.
Yeah, you can believe it.
You can believe that they'vehappened and.
The outcomes and theinvestigation unfolding, the way
(16:50):
it unfolds, it makes sense.
It's not the thing where youjust throw something together.
A lot of times you get ahomicide on TV and then you have
the typical.
You show up and there's crimetape everywhere and there's cops
everywhere.
The detectives go in and theycheck the post, how long has he been
dead?
And we have any suspects.
And then it kind of goes on,you know.
(17:10):
But this, I think, intrigues me.
From my perspective as aninvestigator and a cop in the past,
I think that what it does forme is it kind of goes, oh, now you.
You're really having toanalyze, and you're having to really
go into this in depth, and youhave to really, you know, pick this
stuff out.
And.
And to me, I appreciate that.
(17:32):
That's.
It.
Just.
She's really thinking things through.
And.
And some of the ways she comesup with the stuff.
At first when she's talkingabout it, like, what?
No way.
But then she's.
She.
She lays it out and why.
And it's like, oh, yeah, thatdoes make sense.
So, I don't know.
It's.
(17:52):
It's.
It's funny.
It's.
It's touching.
It's, you know, when she'sdealing with her kids and all this
other.
Other stuff, and it.
There's.
There's some.
It's not just one.
It's not just about whathappened, you know, the murder or
(18:14):
the.
Whatever's happened thatthey're investigating.
It's not just about that.
There's other layers to thestory that are happening throughout
the series.
Well, I'm gonna give away.
I'm gonna give away just alittle bit because I'm hoping everybody
has already seen this.
And if you haven't seen it,I'm gonna give away just a little
bit just because.
Spoiler alert.
(18:34):
Exactly.
Spoiler alert.
Spoiler alert.
So this show, if you haven'tseen it, this show opens as one of
my favorite openings in somany other shows.
It has a clean lady come intothis detective's office, the department
agency's office, which I didhave some questions as to why it
(18:57):
was shut down, becausetypically it's supposed to work 24
hours a day.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
You were saying that.
That is the one thing that happened.
You were like, wait a minute,where are all the cops?
It's not supposed to be shutdown at night.
So she comes in.
What you see is a Clean ladycome in and she's got earbuds in
and she's dancing.
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And she's dancing.
And she's dancing on the furniture.
Dance or dancing on furniture,on the shorew.
Wiping everything down andclean everything until she comes
to a murder board.
And she stops at the murderboard and she's doing stuff.
She keeps looking at it.
Keeps looking at it.
And then before she leaves,she goes over and she switches everything
around and.
(19:38):
And then, you know, basicallyputting, putting the pieces in place.
Yes.
Which they had been trying todo but couldn't by looking at the
murder board.
And here you see her shoulder.
She fixes everything and thenshe closes everything up and leaves.
And then the next day they allcome in and they kind of get what
happened.
What'd you do to my murder board?
Right, well.
(19:59):
And then didn't they have to.
They had to figure out who didit too?
I mean, they, they looked backon the security footage or something
and.
Yeah.
See her dancing first.
They see her dancing around.
Yeah, yeah.
Because she's dancing aroundthe room.
Clean.
Which look, if you're gonna,you, you have to do your thing.
You have to go in and cleanthis whole office building.
There's no reason why youcan't dance.
(20:19):
Around if it helps you getyour job done better.
Sure.
But.
So it was kind of funny.
They call her in and say, didyou do that?
Well, yeah.
Well, yeah, because it wasn't right.
You guys had this wrong andthis wrong and that wrong.
And so yeah, and then, andthen they, they went, okay, well
let's try this.
And it works.
So that's how it reallydevelops into the show that it is
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because you get to see herocd, you get to see her crime solving
skills and you just see the chemistry.
You get to see.
I mean, she comes in, she, shedoesn't dress like a cop.
I'll just put that out there.
She doesn't dress like a cop.
She dresses like a, a 19 year old.
Yeah, but she's, you know,look, if you got the body for it,
(21:03):
do it.
Yeah, she definitely got thebody for it.
So yeah, it doesn't last that long.
So good for her.
It's all good.
But anyway, we should wrapthis up.
We didn't want to make thisquick and easy because we didn't
want to take care of most ofyour day.
So I think in my opinion, myverdict is if you haven't watched
high potential, binge it.
(21:26):
Oh yeah, Very Benjamin show.
Definitely.
If you have watched highpotential, we need to like, absolutely
put the word out for a second season.
We're hoping that these firesthat have destroyed so much out in
California and put so much onhold that it doesn't affect the industry,
you know, to a point wheresome things get canceled or not being
(21:46):
able to.
The rookie films there.
Rookie films in Santa Monicafilms and everywhere that it was
burning.
The rookie films and yeah,they do a lot.
A lot of location shoots on.
On the Rookie and a lot ofother shows and this one too.
High potential as well.
Looks to me like they're.
(22:07):
I mean maybe, maybe not.
I don't know for sure but theysure make it look like they're doing
real location shooting on the show.
They are.
They are doing real locationshooting and yeah.
What's going to happen nowwith so many of the shows now?
I thought high potentialalready got a second season.
It has not yet.
I believe that they have got asecond season.
I believe that I readsomething about them getting a second
(22:28):
season.
So.
Okay.
Because you just said you werehoped that they do but.
Well, what they did was they gave.
They gave him an eight episodestart and based on the ratings they
gave him like three or fourmore episodes.
Okay.
To go through before season two.
But they won't.
So basically we want them toget a full second.
We want to give them a fullsecond season.
Full second season.
So watch it, binge it.
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Check it out.
It is a.
A.
It's a much.
What a must.
Must watch.
Yeah, I tongue tied there.
Sorry.
Must watch.
It is definitely a must watch.
It's one of our favorite shows.
I love it and it definitelyhelps me escape from reality for
(23:09):
an hour, you know.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So it works.
Yep, it works.
It works.
So one more thing before youall go.
You have any words of wisdom?
Diane, you want to share anything?
Nope.
Just again our hearts go outto Southern California and everybody
affected and the firstresponders and the firefighters.
(23:30):
Oh my goodness.
I.
I can't even imagine what thefirefighters have been going through.
So we are thinking of you andthoughts and prayers go out.
Not that how much that helps,but we are thinking of you.
I think those are amazingwords of wisdom.
I concur.
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by the fires in SouthernCalifornia, both family and friends,
as well as those.
So many people who are losingeverything that they've got.
This absolute catastrophicevent is unimaginable.
(00:22):
And everyone that has beenaffected in one form or another,
those who lost everything, ourfirst responders, our firefighters,
our police officers, our EMTson the, on the front lines, and the
volunteers on the back end,our hearts go out to you.
Our thoughts, our prayers goout to you.
Please stay safe 100%.
(00:42):
Don't make me cry.
I'm gonna wake mess up my makeup.
The.
With all this stuff going onin the world, you know, this kind
of seems, I don't know,shallow maybe to do something to
talk about a TV show.
But, you know, I think, Ithink we all use TV and movies and
(01:06):
entertainment to escape what's happening.
And I think that especiallywith the fires and other things going
on in the world right now,we're just here to talk about it,
some, something that'senjoyable for an hour and can help
you feel better for just ashort time.
So that's why we're stilldoing this.
(01:26):
I agree.
So with that in mind, what doyou get, Diane, when you have a quirky,
cute cleaning lady with aphotographic memory and OCD to make
sure everything is in orderand right where it's supposed to
be?
You kind of used to that withme, right?
(01:48):
Just a little.
On some things.
Not everything.
Not everything.
Not everything.
And what happens when you jointhat with a team of detectives solving
murders?
Well, in this episode, we'regoing to answer some of those questions
and more.
We're diving into one of ourfavorite television shows, our new
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favorite television shows.
High potential, captivatingtelevision show that's been making
waves.
I'm Michael Hurst.
I am joined by my wonderfulwife and co host, Diane.
Hello, everyone.
Welcome to one more thingbefore we go over the Teacup Sunday.
(02:39):
Hi, Diane.
Hi, Michael.
Well, that was a, that was arough start to the show.
We haven't had that in areally long time.
But yeah, with what's going onin the world and going on locally,
we have family and friends inthe California area, a lot of friends,
a lot of.
And we just, we understand.
(03:01):
And our empathy has just kindof overworked itself lately and it's
just almost overwhelming.
We're grateful that we don't have.
We don't.
That we know of right now.
Anyone who's been personally affected.
I know I have a friend thatwas on standby to evacuate.
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Luckily, thank God,thankfully, our daughter and son
in law have not been put oneven standby.
They're farther away from the fire.
The smoke and the ashes.
Yes, yes, they're getting thesmoke and the ash, but they, they
are safe.
So, I mean, thank God for that.
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But we've just been watchingso much coverage of it and you know,
we, where we recognize, youknow, some of the places that they
talked about and it's, it's,it's unbelievable and it's, it's
hard to even imagine whatthey're going through.
Well, I do have someentertainment friends that I still
(04:04):
associate with that from thecuff, from my conferences and from
the film festivals and thingslike that that have been affected
by it and have had to evacuate.
And you know, some of them, Idon't know whether they've lost anything,
but I know that they wereevacuated and had to leave the areas.
I didn't know that.
Again, we just want toemphasize how much our hearts and
(04:25):
our prayers, our thoughts andour prayers are out with everybody
that's been affected andunfortunately will continue to be
affected throughout thiscatastrophic event.
But now let's try to lightenthe day a little bit.
And I am really excited abouttalking about this show.
Like I said earlier, it's oneof our favorite new shows.
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We know the, the, thecharacters, the, the main characters,
all the main charactersactually, we've seen on other things.
They've always been a favoriteof ours, especially Caitlyn Olsen.
Yeah, yeah.
It's pretty cool, huh?
Yeah, I love it, I love it.
It's a comedy.
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I mean, I would say it's acomedy, but it also has some real
touching moments in it too.
Yeah, it really does.
And you know, it caught onreally quickly.
And you know, it's interestingbecause ABC launched this, you know,
opposite Elsbeth, and there'ssome similarities between that and
CBS's Elsbeth.
But I think that having theapproach that ABC is doing with high
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potential in the way thatthey're doing it, I think is better,
in my opinion.
It's a little bit coming froman individual.
I mean, you watched Monk withme, didn't you?
Yeah, we love Monk.
So it's, you know, you havethe OCD of Monk in a certain way,
but then you've got touches ofother programs that we have watched
(05:55):
where you get the photographicmemory and you get the, oh, I can
piece that together.
No, that doesn't belong therethis belongs there.
And, you know, Psych was doing it.
You know, Psych and Psych,they'd go.
You know, he'd see thesethings and they'd flash back and
he'd piece them together.
But, you know, he wasPotential, was portraying a psychic,
but in reality was using hisphotographic memory in regard to.
(06:17):
Helping to solve a crime andsort of.
What was that show?
Elementary, or is that still on?
Yeah, yeah, elementary.
Yeah.
With.
So it reminds me a lot, likeyou said, that you set up elementary.
Elementary starred Johnny LeeMiller and Lucy Liu, and it was kind
of a Sherlock Holmes typething where he was solving cases
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like that.
And it was the same.
Same principle.
It's kind of a mixture.
Yeah, but.
But it brings a nice, I think,to this.
And especially Caitlin Olson.
The last thing that weactually saw.
I know she was in sunny Philadelphia.
Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
But we only didn't.
We only saw a few episodes of.
(06:59):
Actually we need to go backand watch it.
We do, but we also.
In the Mick.
The Mick.
We loved her in the Mick.
It was.
It was like, fantastic.
So it was nice to see her comeinto something.
And she's married to acomedian who's.
Who is also in sunny Philadelphia.
Yes.
(07:19):
And they just did a crossover,actually, of the It's Always Sunny
in Philadelphia cast alongwith Abbott Elementary.
They just did a crossover,which we didn't see, but I know they
were.
They did it.
And he also is a co owner ofthe English soccer team, and I don't
remember which one, with Ryan Reynolds.
(07:44):
And his name is Wexum.
Yeah.
Welcome to Wexum is the showthat they've got.
They've got a show, basically,them acquiring the team itself and
then how they evolved it andhow they took it to a championship.
And this whole time we'retalking like this, we're trying to
remember his name.
(08:04):
That's okay.
Yeah, I can see him.
Everybody knows what we'retalking about.
Everybody knows what we'retalking about.
And today we're talking abouthigh potential.
So should I tell everybodyabout high potential?
Yes.
This show, High potential,premiered on September 17, 2024.
It's aired about eightepisodes so far.
It follows the story ofMorgan, a single mom of three whose
(08:28):
exceptional mind helps hersolve crimes while working as a cleaner
for the police department.
It's a compelling blend ofmystery, drama, a touch of humor.
This amazing favorite starsKaitlin Olson, Daniel Sunjada, who,
I will remind everybody herein a few minutes where we know him
from.
Javica.
Is it Java or Havoca.
(08:49):
How do you pronounce her name?
J A, V, I, C, I, A.
Havoca.
I don't, I don't know.
Havoca.
Leslie.
We'll try that.
And Matthew Lamb.
Each brings their.
Sorry, that's not right.
Each brings their own uniqueflair to their drolls, making the
characters truly unforgettable.
I think what sets highpotential parts is, is the unique
(09:11):
premise.
Morgan's unorthodox method ofrearranging evidence while cleaning
brings a fresh kind of arefreshing twist to the crime solving
genre.
As we talked about, it's notabout just solving mysteries.
It's also about the resilienceand ingenuity of everyday characters,
which, which, I mean, I.
Coming as a cop, I would loveto have had somebody like her.
(09:34):
Right.
Available to me.
But of course there's alwaysgot to be, you know, at least one
that's resentful and doesn'tlike her and he hasn't really been
in the last couple episodes, so.
Interesting.
But yeah, she's not a, she'snot the cleaning lady for long.
We'll just put that, put itthat way in case you haven't seen
(09:55):
it.
But if you, yeah, if you haveseen it, obviously you know the,
you know where it has evolved into.
But you know, the castcharacters have great chemistry.
I think that the, the, theavailability of what they've been
able to create, it makes it avery compelling show to watch.
I think, you know, you, youget to try to figure out, you know,
(10:18):
you and I do this all the timeand I've, I've trained you.
You've.
You're no longer a rookie.
Yeah, I've, I've learned a lotabout figuring out who did what in
the shows.
It's pretty, it's.
Yes, it's.
Sometimes I even figure it outbefore you.
Sometimes you do.
There has been occasion thatyou have.
(10:39):
Never used to happen.
But, but we like watching thekind of shows that we can figure
things out without being soapparent, you know, because sometimes
they just, it's like, oh,that's just too apparent, that's
too easy.
You know, we like being ableto kind of go along with the show
and watch what's happening asit's happening and figure it out,
(11:00):
you know, kind of a thing.
So, you know, from thisapproach, I think that they do a
really good job with doing that.
Yeah, it's.
I, I love.
It's so funny because you cansee her mind.
You can see the, you can seethe wheels turning, you know, when
she's looking and even they.
They say it too, like, oh,she's getting that look.
(11:23):
But I, I've noticed that this show.
I immediately liked the castas a cast where some shows, you're
kind of like, I don't knowthat they're really melding all that
well.
I'm not sure this.
This one should be there.
You know, what is thischaracter there that all of them
(11:43):
are there for a purpose.
And it makes a lot of sense.
Yeah, it's cool.
It's pretty.
I think that even in therespect that the, the police department
itself, you know, it.
It's.
It's.
It is a homicide unit.
So, you know, there'ssomething there that kind of allows
her just to work with thatgroup within itself.
(12:05):
So I think building thechemistry between all of them is.
Is really good.
Caitlin Olson again, you know,she was Dee Reynolds and Always Sunny
in Philadelphia, which I, youknow, I think I watched more of Always
Sunny in Philadelphia a littlebit more than you did, because probably
I think Nicole was.
Still.
Was with us for a little whilewhile that was playing, and she really
loved it.
So I think I watched the firstseason of Always Sunny Philadelphia,
(12:28):
but, you know, still a great.
She's a great.
And she's a great actor.
She's a great comedian.
She's written out for her roleagain in that.
Her comedic timing, ability tobalance humor with emotional depth
shine through in that series.
MacKenzie, Mickey Malone inthe Mick, which, you know, that Mick
is kind of a wild, brash womanwho becomes the guardian of her sister's
(12:51):
spoiled children.
I think she works.
She works well in this becauseshe's got kids.
In.
In.
You see the.
You.
You see what she brings kindof forward with that as well, because
she.
I think she brings a littlebit of that character with her to
this, I think.
So you can.
You can see pieces of that,for sure.
(13:13):
Glimpses, at least.
Yeah.
And you know her, the character.
We have to mention him, the,the baby daddy character because
I don't think they evermarried in the.
You know, the character'snever married.
He is.
He's been all over the placefor a long time, too.
And he was in a show I reallyliked, Single Parents.
(13:37):
It was on a few years ago.
And.
I'm sorry.
Blanking on his name again.
I'm blanking on names today.
Every day.
It was a rough start this morning.
And I don't.
I don't remember if he was on snl.
I don't think he was.
No, I don't think he was orsomething that he's married To Colby
Smulders, who was inEverything, and we love her, too.
(14:03):
And I can't remember his name.
Anyway, look up Colby Smers.
That's her husband, and he'sin the show, too, and he's not in
it enough.
That's what I'm trying to get to.
He is not in this enough.
He deserves a bigger role.
He is awesome.
I believe it.
And I'm.
Even though I can't rememberhis name.
He's awful.
Yeah.
Daniel Sundiata.
(14:23):
He was Frank Rivera in Rescue Me.
He's perhaps known for hisbest role as Franco Rivera.
He was a firefighter in thatacclaimed TV series, Paul Briggs.
In Graceland, he played anundercover FBI agent living in a
house with other agents fromvarious federal agencies.
I watched that for a littlewhile, and as far as recognizing
(14:44):
from there, it was pretty good.
He also was James Holton, theDevil Wears Prada played a fashion
designer in this popular filmwith Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway.
And he played Reggie Jacksonin the Bronx Is Burning.
He also portrayed thelegendary baseball player in a miniseries.
You know, he.
I've seen him some otherthings as well, so, I mean, we recognize
(15:05):
him.
You'll recognize him.
But the chemistry between himand Kaitlin Olson, is it.
It.
It's good.
I think their chemistry worksreally well, you know?
Yeah, they're great.
And then I wish I couldpronounce her name correctly.
I probably should do this better.
Maybe go find something to.
(15:26):
Go figure out how to pronouncesome people's names.
Havoc.
Leslie.
She was Ryan Wilder in Batwoman.
She made handling has beentaken over the title role in the
CW series, becoming the firstblack actress to play Batwoman.
Ally Finer in God Befriended Me.
Amber.
She was the sister of the main character.
(15:46):
And shown the bar.
Yeah, shown the bar.
The wine bar, which is another series.
I wish CBS would not have canceled.
Whole other conversation, butwe've talked about God, Godfriend.
Godfriended me in many otherepisodes that we've talked about
it, but we know her fromthere, mostly from there.
Paris Hilton.
(16:07):
Excuse me.
Paris Duncan in FamilyBusiness, A member of a powerful
family.
It's a BET drama, and I thinkthat the show has the power to inspire,
motivate you.
It's a reminder that everyonehas untapped potential.
And sometimes the mostunlikely heroes shine the brightest.
(16:29):
I think the combination ofthem all is.
And the cases that they'representing aren't really far fetched.
I mean, that's one thing Ilike about it, is the Cases are something
reasonable.
Yeah, you can believe it.
You can believe that they'vehappened and.
The outcomes and theinvestigation unfolding, the way
(16:50):
it unfolds, it makes sense.
It's not the thing where youjust throw something together.
A lot of times you get ahomicide on TV and then you have
the typical.
You show up and there's crimetape everywhere and there's cops
everywhere.
The detectives go in and theycheck the post, how long has he been
dead?
And we have any suspects.
And then it kind of goes on,you know.
(17:10):
But this, I think, intrigues me.
From my perspective as aninvestigator and a cop in the past,
I think that what it does forme is it kind of goes, oh, now you.
You're really having toanalyze, and you're having to really
go into this in depth, and youhave to really, you know, pick this
stuff out.
And.
And to me, I appreciate that.
(17:32):
That's.
It.
Just.
She's really thinking things through.
And.
And some of the ways she comesup with the stuff.
At first when she's talkingabout it, like, what?
No way.
But then she's.
She.
She lays it out and why.
And it's like, oh, yeah, thatdoes make sense.
So, I don't know.
It's.
(17:52):
It's.
It's funny.
It's.
It's touching.
It's, you know, when she'sdealing with her kids and all this
other.
Other stuff, and it.
There's.
There's some.
It's not just one.
It's not just about whathappened, you know, the murder or
(18:14):
the.
Whatever's happened thatthey're investigating.
It's not just about that.
There's other layers to thestory that are happening throughout
the series.
Well, I'm gonna give away.
I'm gonna give away just alittle bit because I'm hoping everybody
has already seen this.
And if you haven't seen it,I'm gonna give away just a little
bit just because.
Spoiler alert.
(18:34):
Exactly.
Spoiler alert.
Spoiler alert.
So this show, if you haven'tseen it, this show opens as one of
my favorite openings in somany other shows.
It has a clean lady come intothis detective's office, the department
agency's office, which I didhave some questions as to why it
(18:57):
was shut down, becausetypically it's supposed to work 24
hours a day.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
You were saying that.
That is the one thing that happened.
You were like, wait a minute,where are all the cops?
It's not supposed to be shutdown at night.
So she comes in.
What you see is a Clean ladycome in and she's got earbuds in
and she's dancing.
(19:17):
And she's dancing.
And she's dancing on the furniture.
Dance or dancing on furniture,on the shorew.
Wiping everything down andclean everything until she comes
to a murder board.
And she stops at the murderboard and she's doing stuff.
She keeps looking at it.
Keeps looking at it.
And then before she leaves,she goes over and she switches everything
around and.
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And then, you know, basicallyputting, putting the pieces in place.
Yes.
Which they had been trying todo but couldn't by looking at the
murder board.
And here you see her shoulder.
She fixes everything and thenshe closes everything up and leaves.
And then the next day they allcome in and they kind of get what
happened.
What'd you do to my murder board?
Right, well.
(19:59):
And then didn't they have to.
They had to figure out who didit too?
I mean, they, they looked backon the security footage or something
and.
Yeah.
See her dancing first.
They see her dancing around.
Yeah, yeah.
Because she's dancing aroundthe room.
Clean.
Which look, if you're gonna,you, you have to do your thing.
You have to go in and cleanthis whole office building.
There's no reason why youcan't dance.
(20:19):
Around if it helps you getyour job done better.
Sure.
But.
So it was kind of funny.
They call her in and say, didyou do that?
Well, yeah.
Well, yeah, because it wasn't right.
You guys had this wrong andthis wrong and that wrong.
And so yeah, and then, andthen they, they went, okay, well
let's try this.
And it works.
So that's how it reallydevelops into the show that it is
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because you get to see herocd, you get to see her crime solving
skills and you just see the chemistry.
You get to see.
I mean, she comes in, she, shedoesn't dress like a cop.
I'll just put that out there.
She doesn't dress like a cop.
She dresses like a, a 19 year old.
Yeah, but she's, you know,look, if you got the body for it,
(21:03):
do it.
Yeah, she definitely got thebody for it.
So yeah, it doesn't last that long.
So good for her.
It's all good.
But anyway, we should wrapthis up.
We didn't want to make thisquick and easy because we didn't
want to take care of most ofyour day.
So I think in my opinion, myverdict is if you haven't watched
high potential, binge it.
(21:26):
Oh yeah, Very Benjamin show.
Definitely.
If you have watched highpotential, we need to like, absolutely
put the word out for a second season.
We're hoping that these firesthat have destroyed so much out in
California and put so much onhold that it doesn't affect the industry,
you know, to a point wheresome things get canceled or not being
(21:46):
able to.
The rookie films there.
Rookie films in Santa Monicafilms and everywhere that it was
burning.
The rookie films and yeah,they do a lot.
A lot of location shoots on.
On the Rookie and a lot ofother shows and this one too.
High potential as well.
Looks to me like they're.
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I mean maybe, maybe not.
I don't know for sure but theysure make it look like they're doing
real location shooting on the show.
They are.
They are doing real locationshooting and yeah.
What's going to happen nowwith so many of the shows now?
I thought high potentialalready got a second season.
It has not yet.
I believe that they have got asecond season.
I believe that I readsomething about them getting a second
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season.
So.
Okay.
Because you just said you werehoped that they do but.
Well, what they did was they gave.
They gave him an eight episodestart and based on the ratings they
gave him like three or fourmore episodes.
Okay.
To go through before season two.
But they won't.
So basically we want them toget a full second.
We want to give them a fullsecond season.
Full second season.
So watch it, binge it.
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Check it out.
It is a.
A.
It's a much.
What a must.
Must watch.
Yeah, I tongue tied there.
Sorry.
Must watch.
It is definitely a must watch.
It's one of our favorite shows.
I love it and it definitelyhelps me escape from reality for
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an hour, you know.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So it works.
Yep, it works.
It works.
So one more thing before youall go.
You have any words of wisdom?
Diane, you want to share anything?
Nope.
Just again our hearts go outto Southern California and everybody
affected and the firstresponders and the firefighters.
(23:30):
Oh my goodness.
I.
I can't even imagine what thefirefighters have been going through.
So we are thinking of you andthoughts and prayers go out.
Not that how much that helps,but we are thinking of you.
I think those are amazingwords of wisdom.
I concur.
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