Morgan Faces Consequences After Midair Murder in High Potential S2E10

Collider reports that Season 2, Episode 10 of High Potential, titled "Grounded," centers on the Major Crimes team investigating the midair killing of a skydiving instructor and forces detective Morgan to confront consequences for repeatedly breaking protocol. The victim is identified as Captain Alonso Padilla, a part-time skydiving instructor and Air Force therapist who was found dead midair with a threatening note in his jumpsuit; the Medical Examiner cited a lack of oxygen.

Morgan is reprimanded for rushing the ME report and sent to detective training by Solomon from Internal Affairs, yet she continues helping the case. Investigators focus on Ethan, an aerospace engineer at Flagstone Defense Systems, after tensions over his brother Silas’s death; Padilla had been probing a shared condition among patients that was not PTSD and had compiled files on a plane prototype with an oxygen issue.

The team zeroes in on lead engineer Randy Pike, and Morgan obtains Padilla’s flash drive and determines Pike killed Padilla by swapping in a faulty skydiving mask that froze at altitude. Solomon initially fires Morgan despite Dottie Reynolds praising her instincts and recommending training and supervision; Selena later blackmails Solomon with photos to get Morgan rehired without telling Morgan how she did it.

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Culture, High Potential, Morgan, Alonso Padilla, Flagstone Defense Systems, Randy Pike