Daniel Sunjata and Kaitlin Olson. Disney/Mitch Hasseth
Excessive Potential will reply some burning questions — however not all — throughout its upcoming season finale.
Throughout an unique interview with Us Weekly, Daniel Sunjata, who performs Karadec, teased how the hit ABC sequence wrapped up season 1.
“There might be some questions which are answered. There might be some itches that do get scratched for the viewers,” he famous. “[But like] all good tv, you at all times depart the viewers wanting slightly bit extra in order that they’ve one thing to come back again to.”
Excessive Potential will make sure that viewers “have a motive to anticipate” season 2. Regardless of not being renewed (but), Excessive Potential turned ABC’s most-watched sequence in six years after premiering in September.
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The procedural follows a high-potential mental named Morgan (Kaitlin Olson) who groups up with the LAPD to assist resolve murders. She will get paired up with Karadec, who’s initially skeptical about how Morgan can help the Main Crimes unit however in the end begins to depend on her.
“The key sauce is Kaitlin Olson. The explanation why this isn’t your father’s procedural is due to that mild comedic ingredient that’s sprinkled all through each episode. Morgan and Kaitlin’s efficiency has so very a lot to do with it,” Sunjata, 52, gushed to Us. “It’s a critical cop present and a critical procedural however there’s this lightheartedness and quirkiness that Kaitlin brings to Morgan. That’s the factor that makes this present stand out from different procedurals that I’ve ever seen.”
Season 1 received Us invested not solely in Morgan’s journey however Karadec’s as properly. In line with Sunjata, a attainable second season of Excessive Potential would construct upon that by specializing in Karadec extra outdoors of the police precinct.
“I believe we’ll see extra of that most likely in — fingers crossed — season 2. We’ll dig extra into that. There might be a peek behind the scenes when it comes to Karadec outdoors of the office,” the actor shared. “What his life is like outdoors of the precinct. They’ll most likely get extra into that in season 2.”
Whereas Karadec received’t be “that a lot totally different” on the finish of the primary season, there’s nonetheless an onscreen shift.
“He has been modified when it comes to [how] there’s multiple technique to come to the precise reply. It doesn’t essentially need to be shade by numbers. Instinct can play a component,” he stated about how Karadec will come round to Morgan’s perception. “It’s not simply the truth that Morgan can memorize a bunch of details. She has this awe-inspiring capability to contextualize them and to glean which means from these apparently disparate details, which is one thing that the detectives are missing.”
Sunjata continued: “On the finish of this primary season, Karadec might be much more open-minded when it comes to go about fixing instances. One factor that Karadec and Morgan undoubtedly have in widespread is that they each deeply care about justice. They each deeply care about defending individuals who can’t defend themselves and writing what has been wronged. Karadec is extra keen on the finish of season 1 to make use of totally different options to issues than he was in the beginning. That will be attributable to Morgan’s affect for positive.”
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Attending to star on Excessive Potential has been a nice change for Sunjata.
“[With] procedural tv, I have a look at it like a sandbox. A sandbox has borders and there’s a spot the place the sand exists, after which there’s a spot the place you might be outdoors of the sandbox. However inside that, you may construct infinite sandcastles,” he defined to Us. “Discovering freedom throughout the type of the style is one thing that has been difficult for me. However for me as an actor, it’s the one technique to preserve it attention-grabbing for myself. To maintain it alive is to continually be looking for new methods to [film scenes in the same space]. … Looking for freedom throughout the type of the style is one thing that has saved me on my toes and it retains me excited coming to work each single day.”
Excessive Potential is at the moment streaming in Hulu.