Excessive Potential simply confirmed Mekhi Phifer isn't Morgan's ex, Roman — so who does he really play?
Throughout the Tuesday, September 22, episode of the hit ABC sequence, Morgan (Kaitlin Olson) thinks Daphne (Javicia Leslie) and Oz (Deniz Akdeniz) discovered Roman after a lead brings them to Nevada. Whereas there, they tail a person (Phifer), solely to find — after sending a photograph to Morgan — that he's not, the truth is, Roman.
The person gained't inform Daphne and Oz who he's, however he does monitor down Morgan. Arthur introduces himself as a pal of Roman's, who was requested to examine in on Morgan and Ava (Amirah J). Based mostly on Arthur's enterprise card, he works for a landscaping enterprise and someway crossed paths with Roman, who continues to be in hiding from the police.
In reality, Roman requested Arthur to learn the way Morgan ended up working for the individuals her ex is now eluding. The final data the Los Angeles Police Division was capable of dig up for Morgan was that Roman was an FBI informant, however she hasn't discovered any further data relating to what led to his eventual disappearance.
The episode additionally wrapped up the continuing story line involving the Recreation Maker (David Giuntoli). After the suspect — who revealed himself to be a person named Matthew — walked into the precinct, he confronted off with Morgan. Matthew was clearly the particular person Morgan and the remainder of Main Crimes was on the lookout for in connection to a number of kidnappings, however he was capable of keep away from being immediately related to every case.
Morgan is ready to monitor down the latest lacking particular person, cease a potential homicide and implicate Matthew. He tries to leap off a balcony to keep away from jail time, however Morgan sees it coming and Matthew's efforts are thwarted.
Whereas Tuesday's episode didn't result in the actual Roman, govt producer and showrunner Todd Harthan beforehand spoke to Us Weekly in regards to the stability that got here with making a procedural that has an overarching thriller.
“The primary factor that we attempt to construct within the writers' room is a compelling case that may also be actually fantastic to observe Morgan's sophisticated mind take you thru,” he shared with Us in February. “That then is complimented by these fantastic detectives which are surrounding her. We all know the viewers — and we because the writers — have a giant urge for food for that serialized thriller. However the problem is you don't need that serialized element to overhaul these fantastic circumstances that the viewers seems to be ahead to each week.”
He added: “Discovering that stability is hard and that's why you may have a employees of people who are available and maintain you sincere. They inform me, ‘If we reveal that then it actually overtakes the subsequent episode and upsets the stability.' So it's difficult and it is likely one of the tougher elements of constructing every episode of the present.”
Excessive Potential airs on ABC Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET earlier than streaming the subsequent day on Hulu.
