‘High Potential’ Fans React to Karadec’s Former Flame Lucia: Will They Reignite Their Romance?

[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for High Potential Season 2 Episode 11, “NPC.”]

High Potential delivered a potential plot twist in its latest episode, “NPC,” as the show welcomed This Is Us vet Susan Kelechi Watson as Lucia, Karadec’s (Daniel Sunjata) ex.

For fans who have been pining after the idea of a Karadec-Morgan (Kaitlin Olson) romance, this development certainly throws a wrench in that slow burn, but Morgan appeared to be pro-Lucia alongside Soto (Judy Reyes), who encouraged Karadec to pursue rekindling something with his former flame. Bumping into each other on the street while on his way to work, Karadec accepted Lucia’s invite to join her for coffee, and by the end of the episode, they were engaging in dinner date plans.

But how do fans feel about the update? “OK, I know it’s literally just the first scene of Karadec and Lucia in S2EP11… but are we seriously not going to talk about this?? Because right now it feels like the show is pulling in two completely different directions. On one hand, we’ve got Morgan and Karadec with all the slow-burn buildup, emotional trust, and very intentional moments between them. On the other hand… Lucia is suddenly back in the picture, and the framing already feels a little too loaded to ignore,” one fan posited on Reddit. “Am I spiralling, or is this setting up something big?” they questioned.