High Potential S2E11: Gamer's murder yields a chimerism twist as Karadec's ex returns

Collider reports that Season 2, Episode 11 of High Potential centers on the murder of former pro gamer Declan Harper and the return of Karadec's ex-fiancée, Lucia, a setup that creates a potential love triangle. The episode opens with Declan chased by a monster only he sees before he runs into traffic and dies; investigators later determine he was poisoned and that his missing laptop tied him to the game Battle Dynasty.

Declan had been repeatedly killing the same player in-game, possessed $100,000 in crypto, and received a real-world death threat involving puffer fish poison, which led the Major Crimes team to a sushi chef and his teenage sons, Jin and Ryo. DNA at the scene was a 90% match to one son, and Jin initially appears to be the killer until a shocking twist: doctors conclude a case of chimerism in which one fetus absorbed the other, meaning Ryo carried both twins' DNA.

The chef had presented Ryo as twins with a fake photo album, and Ryo is revealed to be the murderer; he and his father apologize as Ryo is taken in, and Declan's ex Aditi holds a funeral for him in the game. Karadec's subplot sees him bump into Lucia before work and rekindle sparks; Morgan and Selena urge him to try again, but Karadec wrestles with past mistakes and unresolved feelings for Morgan.