LOS ANGELES — Kaitlin Olson had to make some critical changes when her eccentric "High Potential" character, Morgan Gillory, finally creates her own police case board in Season 2 of the hit ABC crime dramedy. The visual map detailing suspects, victims and essential photographs was way too organized for Morgan's chaotically brilliant, 160-IQ mind.
"I remember shooting that day because everything on Morgan's crime board was very uniform. I said, 'No, no, no!'" Olson says. "Everything has to be slapped up there, with photos dangling and pieces of tape everywhere. There's a lot going on with that board. But Morgan knows where everything is."
In the first teaser trailer for Season 2 (premiering Sept. 16, 10 ET/PT, and streaming on Hulu), Morgan's Los Angeles Police Department partner, Det. Adam Karadec (Daniel Sunjata) asks, "Is this what the inside of your head looks like?"
"Oh buddy, not even close," Morgan replies.
Yet this infectious look into the masterful brain of the single mom and former police department cleaning woman — who earned her job as an LAPD crime consultant — propelled the freshman series into one of broadcast TV's few bright spots. Centered on the irresistibly watchable Olson, 49, the longtime "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" star, "High Potential" is ABC's highest-rated new show among adults in seven years.
