High Potential Star Weighs In On Midseason Finale Cliffhanger And Whether We’ll See Mekhi Phifer’s Arthur Again
High Potential Star Weighs In On Midseason Finale Cliffhanger And Whether We’ll See Mekhi Phifer’s Arthur Again
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Spoilers below for anyone who isn’t yet all caught up with High Potential‘s midseason finale airing on ABC or streaming via Hulu subscription.
To be expected, High Potential wrapped the first part of Season 2 with a head-scratching mystery, a cryptic death, a potentially dangerous cliffhanger, and Morgan jumping up on a dude and making out with him against a wall. Wait, hold on, that last part was NOT expected, but I do like that she was free to get horned up outside of the office and away from any potential workplace love triangles, if only temporarily.
Outside of all that, the show’s remaining overarching “Where is Roman?” mystery continued, with Ava still not believing her mom is doing everything in her power to learn more. So instead of being a trustworthy daughter who only JUST made nice again with Morgan after her diner trip caused much friction on the homefront, Ava went behind her back and personally reached out to Mekhi Phifer’s Arthur. How dare!
Luckily, Arthur genuinely seems like a good guy, which makes the end of the episode all the more worrisome, with him being held at gunpoint inside his car by the dude the LAPD was looking for. When I talked to co-star Amirah J ahead of the finale, I hoped she would offer some comfort regarding Arthur’s situation. When I asked if we could expect to see Ava and Arthur sharing the screen again, she was as hopeful as I was, saying:
Hopefully, a lot! We are not done filming Season 2, so we still have, I think, six episodes to film. So hopefully more is uncovered in those episodes. I would love to have more scenes with Mekhi. I think that’d be fun. But I also feel like they have to have some more scenes happening, just storyline-wise.
To that, I voiced that the producers wouldn’t have brought in a talent like Mekhi Phifer just to have some random baddie take him out without any fanfare. That’s ideally not how this show works. And to that, the actress agreed, saying:
Yeah. You don’t just… [Laughs.] I think we can expect more scenes for Ava and Arthur. That’ll be fun.
In the scheme of things, Arthur really hasn’t shared that much with Morgan and Ava about his relationship with Roman, and hasn’t given the best reasons why he isn’t able to say more. I get that eyes might be watching from anywhere, and that Arthur is maintaining a normal private life that he doesn’t want to get upended by whatever threatening entities are out there. But just tell us what we want to know, Mekhi! Er, I mean, Arthur!
Amirah J obviously couldn’t share too much about what’s to come after the 2025 TV schedule is over, and High Potential returns from its winter break, especially if the bulk of it hasn’t been filmed yet. So we’ll just have to keep our fingers crossed that showrunner Todd Harthan knows the best move here.
