High Potential, Episode 1
NZ release: 16 September 2025
Violence and content that may disturb Rated on: 26 September 2025
What’s it about?
While single mom Morgan is pulled into a dangerous psychological game by a criminal known as the “Game Maker”, she tries to protect her family, uncover her ex-husbands secrets, and maintain her stance in the shifting LAPD team.
The facts
- Created by Drew Goddard (The Good Place, The Martian)
- Starring Kaitlin Oslon, Daniel Sunjata, and Javicia Leslie
- 42 minutes
Why did it get this rating?
This series was self-rated by Disney+. You can find out more about self-rating by streaming providers here.
Violence
This series covers violent crimes, including murder. Though crime and murder is central to the show, the tone remains light, and the show rarely depicts graphic violence.
There are verbal references to struggles and dragging characters across the ground, as well as deaths and killings.
Clothes of a missing victim are found next to a sword, covered in blood.
Content that may disturb
The opening scene depicts a drunk woman who walks past a white van and disappears, implying she was kidnapped. Later we see a flashback where she is abducted by a man using chloroform.
When content stays with you:
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