This is exactly the kind of behind-the-scenes insight fans love. đ Amirah J revealed that Kaitlin Olson goes beyond just playing Morgan in High Potential â she actively checks in to make sure the mother-daughter dynamic feels real, even asking what would sound authentic for a teenager in those scenes. And it shows. The chemistry between Morgan and Ava has become one of the most convincing parts of the series, especially as the stakes keep rising. Sometimes, itâs not the case that hits hardest â itâs the relationship behind it. WATCH BELOW đđđ
Spoilers below for anyone who hasnât yet caught up with HIgh Potential Season 2 on ABC or via Hulu subscription, so be warned!
- Kaitlin Olson Went To The Itâs Always Sunny Set Dressed As Her High Potential Character, And Now I Need A Crossover
- High Potentialâs Latest Case Ends On A Truly Hilarious Note For Kaitlin Olsonâs Morgan, At Least If You Love Itâs Always Sunny Like I Do
- Hold Up, Is Kaitlin Olsonâs High Potential About To Lose Another Co-Star To A New TV Show?
It feels like just yesterday when Kaitlin Olsonâs Morgan Gillory returned to the 2025 TV schedule to make me (and plenty of LAPD criminals) feel foolish with her photographic memory and all-around brilliance. Yet the midseason finale is already just around the corner, and weâve yet to follow up on learning what was in Romanâs backpack. Thankfully, Morgan and Ava are back on good terms, even if that doesnât guarantee the teen will stick to her vows in the future.
I love High Potentialâs parent-child relationships for being so realistic and relatable to how my own experiences have gone, both as a child and as a parent, as opposed to the super-heightened or super-passive stereotypes that have plague TV shows for ages. So when co-star Amirah J talked to CinemaBlend ahead of the Season 2 break, I asked how much she enjoyed the on-screen mother-daughter relationship, and she told me that the already experience is made even better by Olsonâs attention to details.
She just makes everything so easy on-screen. I mean, she asked for my input a lot with different scenes that weâll have. Sheâs like, âWould you actually say this? Would a teenage girl actually say this? Can we change it?â Sheâs like, âWhat would you say in this situation, or what do you think Ava would say in this situation?â That kind of thing, and making it as natural as possible so it actually seems like a mother-daughter relationship.
Blessed be Kaitlin Olson for doing something that should have long ago been a norm in an industry where head writers have traditionally been far beyond their teen years. She isnât the first actor/producer to do this kind of thing, donât get me wrong, but Ava and Morgan both sound like real people at the same time as sounding like a TV mom and her TV teen. (My own mom never dropped the kind of encyclopedic knowledge that Morgan likely dispenses on a daily basis, so I recognize there are limits to the relatability there.)
Amirah J was all smiles talking about Olson, and when I asked whether her real-life family compared to that of her High Potential character, the actress amusedly pointed to the high-risk situations as a difference, saying:
I donât know that it compares to my real life, just because I feel like Ava and Morgan have a lot going on in their world that me and my mom donât have. But Kaitlin off-screen is just incredible, because she is a mother in her real life, and she has two kids, so I feel like that just carries into being on set with her.
As a producer on High Potential, Kaitlin Olson does carry some of the weight of making sure things are going smoothly on the set. This obviously doesnât incorporate the entirety of that job, but it sounds like she goes the extra mile with her younger co-stars. Amirah J shared an adorable example of it, saying:
Even when weâre not filming, sheâs very motherly and nurturing, just asking about whatâs going on in my real life. When I was doing prom a few months ago, she was like, âSend me all your prom pictures and all your stuff,â and just, you know, super mom vibes.
I know theyâre just actors, and I know itâs just a TV show, but Ava and Morgan looked so happy to hug each other again after talking out their issues. As it should be.
As comforting as it is to know how warm and welcoming things are behind the scenes, fans now get to worry about whatâs coming in the midseason finale. My money is on Ava and Morgan surviving it all, since this would be a depressing show otherwise, but Iâve been wrong beforeâŚ.
Find out when High Potential Season 2âs midseason finale hits ABC on Tuesday, October 28, at 10:00 p.m. ET.