Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.When the LAPD hired Morgan Gillory to clean up its mess, the assumption was she’d focus on the floors and surfaces, not the evidence board. But after noticing a suspect has been wrongly identified while doing her rounds as the night-shift janitor, Morgan leaves her corrections for the detectives to find the next morning. And when her theories are proven right, the cops’ grumbling gives way to gratitude — and leads to a new consultancy job for the forty-something with a 160 IQ, three kids and no relevant experience or expertise beyond “watching a lot of documentaries”.So begins High Potential, a case-of-the-week procedural (based on the French-Belgian series Haut Potentiel Intellectuel) that freshens up a familiar formula by swapping a grizzled cynic for an affably shambolic crime-solver. She is played by Kaitlin Olson, best known for her role in the long-running sitcom It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia as the unsavoury Sweet Dee: a character more likely to be implicated in a nefarious scheme than busting one.After 20 years in the part, Olson perhaps can’t help but bring some of Dee’s irreverence to Morgan, whose blasé genius riles her smug supervisor (Daniel Sunjata). But she also imbues the rookie with a natural charm that carries the show through some laboriously plotted episodes.Sure it’s fun to see Morgan scythe through cases with her sharp eye and brilliant brain — stuffed with facts on everything from medieval architecture to Madagascan tailoring — and pick holes in suspects’ stories or colleagues’ theories. But after a couple of episodes things start to get repetitive, especially since the cases themselves provide little intrigue or jeopardy.Attempts to add dramatic heft are well intentioned but uninspired. We don’t need a trite speech to work out that Morgan’s obsessive, hyper-focused mind prevents her from leading a stable, structured life. And while subplots about Morgan’s search for a missing partner or her fraught relationship with a mopey teen daughter introduce personal stakes, they don’t really cohere with breezy-humoured scenes that are more reminiscent of workplace sitcoms.Still, a show can do a lot worse than get by on the strength of its star. And after two decades as perhaps the most underexposed member of the Sunny ensemble, it’s nice to see Olson realise her potential as a series lead. ★★★☆☆Episodes 1&2 on Disney+ from January 23. New episodes released weekly. Streaming on Hulu in the US
