When does “High Potential” season 2 come back? What to expect after that midseason cliffhanger
- - When does “High Potential” season 2 come back? What to expect after that midseason cliffhanger
Randall ColburnOctober 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Aiden Turner as Rhys and Kaitlin Olson as Morgan in the 'High Potential' season 2 midseason finaleKey Points -
High Potential season 2 will return in January 2026.
The midseason finale centers on an art heist, with Morgan realizing she may have cozied up to the perpetrator.
The episode also teases major developments in the storyline involving Morgan's ex, whom she long thought dead.
Season 2 of ABC's High Potential kicked off with Kaitlin Olson's hyper-perceptive crime consultant Morgan staring down a serial killer. The Game Maker has since been bested (for now), but the midseason finale finds our hero once again in the midst of a potential murderer.
You'll have to wait to see how Morgan wiggles out of this one, as High Potential won't return until next year. But when is it back on air? And what can we expect from the back half of season 2? Read on for the answers.
What happened in the High Potential season 2 midseason finale?
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Aiden Turner as Rhys in the 'High Potential' season 2 midseason finale
High Potential's season 2 midseason finale centers on the theft of a $20 million Rembrandt painting. The thief, enigmatically dubbed "Jean-Baptiste," is a prolific one, having been linked to 19 art heists across the globe. Morgan and Karadec (Daniel Sunjata) are assisted by Rhys Eastman (Aiden Turner), an "art recovery expert" with a sharp wardrobe, a posh English accent, and an eye for Morgan.
The Major Crimes team finds itself yanked in several directions, with ransom notes and arguments over the true owners of the painting clouding the investigation. By the episode's end, Morgan absconds to Rhys' apartment for an illicit tryst, only to see a scar on his shoulder that makes her believe that he could be the thief. (Jean-Baptiste was shot in the shoulder during one heist, and Rhys' scar sure looks bullet-shaped.)
Morgan, already spiraling, takes a call from Karadec, who informs her that a dead body linked to the theft has been found, meaning that Rhys, if he is Jean-Baptiste, is guilty of more than just theft.
"Our case just got blown wide open," he says.
Who is the bearded man in Arthur's car?
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Kaitlin Olson as Morgan and Amirah J as Ava in the 'High Potential' season 2 midseason finale
Elsewhere in the episode, the mystery of Roman, Morgan's ex and the father of her daughter Ava (Amirah J), continues to unfold. Morgan had thought Roman was dead, but learned that he was an FBI informant and could still be alive.
Earlier in season 2, Morgan met Arthur (Mekhi Phifer), an associate of Roman's. He confirms that Roman is still kicking and hired him to keep an eye on them. Arthur also hands over Roman's backpack, which Major Crimes investigates. While the bag's contents are still something of a mystery, we do see Soto (Judy Reyes) puzzling over a picture of a bearded man.
The midseason finale ends with that very same bearded man hiding in the backseat of Arthur's car. "Where is it?" he asks. "I want that backpack."
So, who is he?
"He's someone that knows a lot about the who, the when and the what of what happened all those years ago," showrunner Todd Harthan told TVLine. "But there are just some people that walk this planet that, you know, good luck getting information out of them! So when it comes to filling in some of the blanks, he's going to be very challenging. We're going to lean into that in the back half."
Harthan went on to reveal that the back half of the season will feature an episode that "deals with that particular character, who he is and and what he knows."
This character and others wrapped up in the Roman storyline will "illuminate things that Morgan, Ava, Soto and everybody else wants to know," said Harthan.
When does High Potential season 2 come back?
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Kaitlin Olson as Morgan and Daniel Sunjata as Karadec in the 'High Potential' season 2 midseason finale
High Potential season 2 is currently slated to return on Tuesday, Jan. 6 at 9 p.m. ET.
Where can I watch High Potential?
High Potential airs on ABC and streams on Hulu.
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