Hey Hivers and Movie fans,
It is nice to have a new TV show to talk about today. Recently, I have adopted the act of watching new TV shows as a means of putting my mind to rest after a long day or to start my weekend.
One genre of TV shows I have enjoyed over and over in the past is murder mystery. Mindfully, not the deep dark murder mystery or documentaries like the Jeffrey Dahmer, or American Murder Mystery documentaries and the rest of that kind, rather I'm talking about the kind of murder mystery that comes with a feel of comedy or comic relief.
I think that murder mysteries can be all serious, but at the same time, there should be a form of comedy relief, as that is what will keep a person like me glued to the show or movie. Life is quite serious already, so let's cope with some comedy.
In this mindset, I have watched the Mentalist, which happens to be my favourite on the list of murder mysteries. The back-and-forth tussle between Patrick Jane and Red John. Although some may argue that the Mentalist is not a murder mystery that comes with comic relief. But in that defense, it does.
Have you ever taken your time to watch how Patrick Jane plays with every given case, undermining the seriousness that comes with murder while making it obvious that nothing can be hidden from him. Or is it how he likes to act like a psychic that can read your mind and even speak to the dead, which are all lies since they are all clever psychological tricks he has mastered and implemented over and over again.
Mr Patrick Jane - The Mentalist
With this, it was a no-brainer when I decided to watch High Potential. Although I have to confess I was not so enthusiastic about the movie at first because I felt the glamorous use of an attractive Kaitlin Olson and Daniel Sunjata as the lead characters kind of undersold the murder mystery to me.
I thought these good-looking actors should just make this show another too-hot-to-handle or desperate housewives saga. Well, what did they say about judging a book by its cover? You end up losing the knowledge or missing out on something good.
Kaitlin Olson and Daniel Sunjata
So this was my case until I said to myself yesterday, what do I have to lose? Frankly nothing. Since all I am looking for is something to keep my mind busy and possibly sleep off as well on it, if it helps.
Lo and behold, it keeps getting good. Kaitlin Olson, who plays Morgan, a cleaner at the LAPD with a high IQ, keeps finding new information in an ongoing investigation that proves the police have it all wrong most times.
Her detailed attention to every single piece of information and spotting the missing piece is what I find quite intriguing. She is that kind of person who can spot a grammatical error in an expression where a period was used instead of a question mark, while at the same time reading the content at top speed.
The micro bits of information are how she gets to solve the murder case for each episode, even something as minor as the weather condition of last night, or what direction the wind was blowing from last night.
This is what got me thinking. Are there people like Morgan from the ABC TV show High Potential, who have an insanely high IQ and the ability to consume a large amount of information at top speed while understanding every bit of it? I think these kinds of things can only be found in movies, although I stand to be proven wrong or, better still, corrected.
I am currently on episode 5, where she is finally working full time for the LAPD consultant for murder investigation, and at the same time, trying to uncover what happened or led to the disappearance of her ex-husband. So far, it gets better as Morgan has become the female version of Patrick Jane from The Mentalist. If you enjoyed The Mentalist, I recommend you check High Potential.
I am @samostically, I love to talk and write about chess because I benefited a lot from playing chess, and I love writing about chess.
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