‘High Potential’ Spotlights Dottie in Character-Driven Episode

The latest episode of High Potential lifts the veil on a larger mystery while centering on a fan-favorite. The man who has been following Arthur is revealed to be Eric Hayworth, a former Special Forces operative hired to abduct Roman by a woman named Willa Quinn.

That revelation frames a week that otherwise turns inward, focusing on an attempt on Dottie’s life and the team’s effort to find who wanted her dead. Daphne and Morgan are assigned to Dottie’s case after the attack, and Daphne finally gets a solo storyline that ties directly to her past.

Dottie, who trained Daphne at the academy, had encouraged her to take the sergeant’s exam; Daphne resisted after seeing the discrimination Selena and Dottie endured. The pair’s unresolved fight is put to the test as the investigation takes them from the spa where the attack occurred to Dottie’s classroom, where an officer named Hoff is caught breaking in but is not the shooter.

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