A lot of television to cover this Tuesday.
Let's get to the Touchbase
High Potential returned for it's very much anticipated 2nd season. Picking up from the last episode of season 1, the first two episodes of the new season continue the ongoing struggles of Morgan Gillory and the LAPD Major Crimes Unit to rescue the victims of the Game Maker.
The Game Maker makes Morgan and the MCU confront a series of elaborate puzzles to play his games in order to find his kidnapped victims before they die.
Morgan is particularly stressed out by the Game Maker's machinations, communicating to her he knows where she live and can get to her children. And his games are challenging her enhanced intelligence and awareness in a way she's never experienced before, leaving her very anxious about solving the Game Maker's games before his victims die.
The MCU squad is keenly aware Morgan isn't trained for this line of work but over the past year, have come to realize her value to the squad and are concerned for her well being. Even hard edged Adam Karadec who definitely did not want Morgan around at the start of last season sees Morgan in a different light.
Finally, Morgan solves the problem of the Game Maker. He tries to commit suicide to avoid being arrested but Morgan has her groove back and anticipated his final step. The Game Maker is not dead which means he could be a problem in the future.
As much as I enjoyed the challenges Morgan experienced in this trilogy of episodes, I am looking forward to a return for High Potential to the "crime of the week" for awhile. I prefer to see Morgan ahead of everyone, not scrambling to catch up.
Brilliant Minds returned for it's 2nd season. I was really surprised that NBC renewed this show for another season.
The season opener begins with Dr. Oliver Wolf attempting to escape from a mental hospital. The who is what where when now?
A graphic tells us "Six months ago..." and we're at Bronx General where Dr. Wolf is still head of neurology but he's still gobsmacked by the revelation his father who has believed for 30 years now to be dead is in fact not dead. Oliver's issues with his dad have caused him to back burner his relationship with Dr. Josh Nichols. (There's still gay stuff with Dr. Dana Dang still hot and heavy with paramedic Katie.)
New to the cast this season is Dr. Charlie Porter, a 2nd-year resident transferring from Cornell. Porter is cocky and arrogant, lacking any of the compassion that is essential to how Oliver Wolf approaches his patients. We've made up our minds early: we hate Porter.
Brilliant Minds is standard medical show fare but Zachary Quinto as Oliver Wolf helps to keep it interesting.
Andrea and I finished up Wednesday. The 2nd season ends as the first season did with a major calamity striking Nevermore Academy, another dead principal and the kids getting sent home early.
The evil machinations of Isaac Night nearly destroy the Addams Family. We learn the origin of Thing; he used to be Isaac's hand. (THING is an anagram of NIGHT).
Isaac places Wednesday in mortal peril by burying her alive. Enid can only dig her out in time by assuming her wolf form. But she had been told that the next time she becomes a wolf, she will remain a wolf forever.
Once extricated from her grave misfortune, Wednesday has a 3 word comment: "I enjoyed that."
Enid as the wolf scampers off into the woods. With Nevermore Academy closed, Wednesday opts not to return home with her family but joins Uncle Fester for a road trip to find and save Enid.
(For all the Wednesday/Enid shippers out there, the show's producers say their relationship is NOT heading in that direction.)
Wednesday has been renewed for a 3rd season. Geez, I hope we're not made to wait another 2 years to get it.
I need to say a quick word about Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Getting caught in the crosshairs of Trump and his sycophantic FCC chairman seems to have been a good thing.
After being pulled from the air by Disney/ABC for a week, the show returned with some of the biggest ratings in the show's history and his first monologue back from exile garnered over 10 million views on You Tube.
Jimmy Kimmel is as funnily acerbic as ever in his relentless barbs against Li'l Donnie. Whatever cost ABC and Disney might have feared if they did not capitulate to Trump was outweighed by the cost of giving in to him. Disney+ cancellations and the falling price of Disney stock quickly took their toll.
Also it was the fucking right thing to do to stand up to a wannabe dictator who can't take a goddam joke.
Viva the First Amendment and viva Jimmy Kimmel Live!
OK, that is that for this week's Tuesday TV Touchbase.
Until next time, remember to be good to one another and try to keep it down in there, would ya? I'm trying to watch TV over here.
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