Episode
High Potential: Pawns
Overview
While working tirelessly to shield her family from the Game Maker's threats, another crime drags Morgan back into his game and the LAPD must decide whether to trust her instincts before the next move turns fatal.
Details
- Series
- High Potential
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2025-09-16
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Pawns is Episode 1 in Season 2 of High Potential. It aired on 2025-09-16. The runtime is 44 min.
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