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The instantly addictive adaptation of the French TV hit\u00a0Haut Potentiel Intellectuel<\/em> starring the fabulous Kaitlin Olson<\/a> as Morgan Gillory, a single mom of three with a genius IQ who joins LAPD\u2019s Major Crimes Unit as a consultant, consistently brought in big numbers, both on broadcast and streaming. In fact, the season finale, which saw Morgan receiving an ominous threat after bumping into a stranger she believes to be the maniacal Game Maker (David Giuntoli<\/a>) behind a series of kidnappings, scored series-best ratings with more than 13 million viewers.<\/p>\n And things are just getting started. \u201cWe\u2019re doing a pretty exciting launch for our premiere,\u201d says\u00a0High Potential<\/em><\/a> showrunner Todd Harthan<\/a>, pointing out that in addition to the Game Maker twist, the first season delivered an emotional shock when Morgan\u2019s partner, Det. Adam Karadec (Daniel Sunjata<\/a>), called her with a lead on the whereabouts of her teen daughter Ava\u2019s long-MIA father, Roman.<\/p>\n \u201cWe had a couple of major story threads that were building throughout the season,\u201d continues Harthan. \u201cThe last thing I was going to do was give you a double cliffhanger and not deliver on the promise of [them]. So the episodes that are coming right out of the gate are going to hopefully take the audience on a really wild, emotional, and at times creepy ride that hopefully checks all the boxes.\u201d<\/p>\n Picking up a few days after realizing that the Game Maker had targeted her and her kids \u2014 Ava (Amirah J.), son Elliot (Matthew Lamb<\/a>) and baby Chloe \u2014 Harthan says that Morgan has \u201cgone into mama-bear mode\u201d to keep everyone safe, including Ludo (Taran Killam<\/a>), her ex and the dad of her two youngest. \u201cThey\u2019ve essentially told the children that they\u2019re going to spend some family time and stay in\u2026they\u2019re kind of hiding the truth from them [they\u2019re] confident we\u2019re going to catch this guy.\u201d<\/p>\n