Episode
High Potential: Grounded
Overview
The team investigates the midair murder of an Air Force veteran, and Morgan works to crack the case despite being sidelined to mandatory detective training. Elsewhere, Wagner and Soto's leadership conflict comes to a head.
Details
- Series
- High Potential
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 2026-01-20
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Grounded is Episode 10 in Season 2 of High Potential. It aired on 2026-01-20. The runtime is 43 min.
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