s02e02 — Checkmate

High Potential — s02e02 — Checkmate

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Danman
Danman
24 Sep 2025, 06:33 #
Damn, I'd like to see more of the Grimm (well, I'm not dead, there's still hope
cabaret_boy
cabaret_boy
24 Sep 2025, 16:31 #
@Danman: it would be interesting, but unlikely... Alternatively, this gun on the wall can be used in the future, but not earlier than in the 4th season...
vk728323
vk728323
27 Sep 2025, 02:24 #
@Danman:

Well, he's not dead, there's still hope.

As the kinimograph law says
Until the death of the character is shown in the frame, it means that he is alive - he will live
And this means that most likely we will be able to see it.

It will be shown as in the animated series The Devil
He's been following for a couple of years and will be released ahead of time for good behavior there, like he'll make friends with guards and maybe some kind of cancer will also delete his data that he was sitting there or even his existence in this world and that's it and will return in a couple of seasons as the place of the main character

vin
vin
19 Oct 2025, 18:29 #
@vk728323: >>>it will be released ahead of schedule
With that kind of evidence, they'll put him in jail...
Sen13
Sen13
PRO
24 Sep 2025, 10:22 #
Gintoli was caught too quickly, although the falling scene is cool, Morgan outplayed him even in this. I really hope for an escape and at least one more round between Grimm and Morgan.
ChandlerLi
ChandlerLi
24 Sep 2025, 13:59 #
I wonder how the situation with Roman will turn around here. Obviously, they will leave the original plot.
g1308462
g1308462
24 Sep 2025, 14:43 #
@ChandlerLi: And thank God! Because in the original, the denouement of this branch is very banal.
ChandlerLi
ChandlerLi
24 Sep 2025, 15:00 #
@g1308462: Well, I wouldn't say it's corny.
vika_199929
vika_199929
27 Sep 2025, 13:21 #
@ChandlerLi: what was it like in the original?
aaksandriyaa
aaksandriyaa
11 Jan 23:12 #
@vika_199929: you can just Google it so as not to spoil the possible outcome both here and in the original for those who are going to watch it (like me, for example).
tinacassie
tinacassie
24 Sep 2025, 14:18 #
I just realized that this is an actor from Grimm 🤦🏼♀️ All the time I was thinking, well, what is so beautiful and familiar 😍
lady_kana
lady_kana
24 Sep 2025, 17:16 #
@tinacassie: we've been discussing it since the end of last season))
tinacassie
tinacassie
24 Sep 2025, 17:31 #
@lady_kana: I don't know where I was looking.
vk728323
vk728323
27 Sep 2025, 02:29 #
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emergenevolve
emergenevolve
04 Oct 2025, 09:43 #
@tinacassie: It wasn't until the release of the second season that I realized that the main character is a Bird)
When I started reviewing fili)
n_boldareva
n_boldareva
24 Sep 2025, 16:02 #
How she outplayed him with the trampoline!! Well , pretty girl 😳✨
lady_kana
lady_kana
24 Sep 2025, 17:15 #
Checkmate you, Matthew! Morgan 👏💪
mari_zem
mari_zem
24 Sep 2025, 22:10 #
Seriously?! Was it leaked so quickly?! I thought at least until the middle of the season there would be these cats and mice!!
But the plot of the Novel is being talked about and talked about....

Bring back an interesting opponent
Itecontest
Itecontest
24 Sep 2025, 22:20 #
@mari_zem: No, you can't eat dessert in buckets, you'll get bored. Let him appear periodically, as in Castle or The Mentalist or all other such series.
cameron_rifkin
cameron_rifkin
29 Sep 2025, 21:25 #
@Itecontest: as in the mentalist, don't. there, the intrigue was escalated all seasons, and then the main villain was just as stupidly merged in a couple of episodes.
DFG39
DFG39
24 Sep 2025, 23:23 #
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Voider
Voider
30 Sep 2025, 08:57 #
@mari_zem: I don't agree at all... The scriptwriters are great. They made an interesting opponent, showed them in two series, and moved on. So there are more ideas.
It really pisses me off when the series starts as a procedural, and then starts some kind of global confrontation and pushes it into a mortar all season, filling the timing with personal drama and flashbacks...
mari_zem
mari_zem
30 Sep 2025, 09:33 #
@Voider: to each his own. I don't see any point in making it clear that he's so dangerous, that he's a genius, and he's blown away in 2 episodes. Morgan's not that much of an opponent, then. 🤔
zvezdokoshka
zvezdokoshka
30 Oct 2025, 22:47 #
@Voider: I'm also very glad that they didn't waste time and stretch it out for the whole season! I hate it when procedurals are ruined by diving into one storyline.
g1308462
g1308462
24 Sep 2025, 22:45 #
I thought it was going to be a confrontation, too, Sherlock./Moriarty.A long standoff. I liked the episode, but I hope that Matthew will make himself felt again.
vk728323
vk728323
27 Sep 2025, 02:31 #
@g1308462:

I thought it was going to be a confrontation, too, Sherlock./Moriarty.A long standoff.

I also thought that for the season, this second season at least, he would be the main villain, so to speak.

And I couldn't believe my eyes, so to speak, when Moriarty of this series was so quickly and stupidly leaked.

g1308462
g1308462
27 Sep 2025, 08:06 #
@vk728323: why is the Novel's line being pulled for the second season and will probably be pulled until the end of the season. But a fairly promising villain was leaked in the very first episode.
DFG39
DFG39
24 Sep 2025, 23:26 #
All the proof is that he stole the blood, the hand, the face. Where is the hospital's statement and internal investigation.
A dumber one would be "you're under arrest for not confessing."
cameron_rifkin
cameron_rifkin
27 Sep 2025, 21:45 #
@DFG39: I understood that there was no evidence, she just wanted to bring him to confession.
DFG39
DFG39
28 Sep 2025, 18:21 #
@cameron_rifkin: but it looks ridiculous. The antagonist, who is no dumber than Morgan, takes and merges. It would be much more interesting without these jumps, Morgan for some reason (a note, a call, saw him at his son's concert) comes to his apartment, and there is a sterile clean and a note "I won, see you again" and all records about him disappear in the police database.
cameron_rifkin
cameron_rifkin
28 Sep 2025, 18:50 #
@DFG39: I'm not arguing, I'm generally upset that an interesting character was taken out of action so quickly.
DFG39
DFG39
29 Sep 2025, 18:40 #
@cameron_rifkin: most of the audience too. Let's hope that the filers' ratings will break through the bottom and it will be returned.
Barvik
Barvik
07 Oct 2025, 19:09 #
@cameron_rifkin: Did he admit to anything?
MilanaFox25
MilanaFox25
PRO
25 Sep 2025, 07:53 #
When Morgana recalled all the details of the case, for a second it seemed that she and Matthew were relatives (that she was the same sister).
vk728323
vk728323
27 Sep 2025, 02:32 #
@MilanaFox25:

That she is the sister.

When they showed a childhood moment when he and his girlfriend, as I understood, if I understood correctly, it was his girlfriend and he rode with her as a child on bicycles at each other, I thought it was her and they were childhood friends

cameron_rifkin
cameron_rifkin
27 Sep 2025, 21:46 #
@vk728323: This is just an illustration of their confrontation, nothing more.
belphe
belphe
25 Sep 2025, 16:57 #
And this most attentive person in the world with a mega brain did not notice a huge white trampoline on black asphalt.
G - logic
Danman
Danman
25 Sep 2025, 17:44 #
@belphe: I think I noticed it while it was spinning in the air. But yes, he was looking at Morgan so intently, sadly. I don't think she was physically dangerous to him in this situation, in order to literally keep an eye on her. I think they wanted to emphasize how he doesn't notice his surroundings when his emotions got the better of him when talking about his mother. Lost focus, so to speak. It's a little silly, but it happens.
elnino500
elnino500
PRO
25 Sep 2025, 18:45 #
Three private bodyguards of course protected the dude well))
EthanHardi
EthanHardi
25 Sep 2025, 20:36 #
There was a lot of hysteria, but there were few interesting moments. It's a mess.
Doctor_13
Doctor_13
25 Sep 2025, 22:50 #
Her legs, of course, are excellent.
Somehow, the villain was quickly leaked. He also wanted to merge so ridiculously
niayzovazyra
niayzovazyra
26 Sep 2025, 04:59 #
I didn't like the series at all) good girl, season 4 somehow opened up a new breath or something, it was very interesting to watch both the cases and the characters, and then season 2 just went down somehow((
Miss_MNatalie
Miss_MNatalie
26 Sep 2025, 15:45 #
I'm glad we didn't stretch the line with the supervillain for the whole new season))
Yala
Yala
26 Sep 2025, 21:20 #
It's even a pity that David's character was brought out so quickly. He's too good, I'd love to see their cat and mouse with Morgan.
Hidji
Hidji
26 Sep 2025, 21:42 #
"Law-abiding citizen" ended very quickly). I thought it would be stretched over two or three episodes.
Hamali666
Hamali666
27 Sep 2025, 20:31 #
@Hidji: they stretched it out by two) but as for me, Matthew has very little screen time) but there is a plus, this is the finale, they threw up information about her husband, and most importantly, he is running from the cops.
Hidji
Hidji
27 Sep 2025, 20:35 #
@Hamali666: technically for one, he gave up at the very end of the first one. Their direct interaction was only in this series, before it was a completely different movie).
iris1279
iris1279
26 Sep 2025, 23:26 #
It's a pity that the Grimm was brought out quickly, hopefully not completely... There is no branch with Roman at all yet
hey_seattle
hey_seattle
26 Sep 2025, 23:42 #
Oh, Pratt from the Ambulance!
booksnightangel
booksnightangel
27 Sep 2025, 02:38 #
The first season was very interesting, surpassing even the original. And in the second series there are few and they are kind of bland, they lack dynamics.
User of MyShows
User of MyShows
28 Sep 2025, 19:40 #
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MariaDemidova
MariaDemidova
28 Sep 2025, 19:42 #
@booksnightangel: in general, the super claim is "there are few episodes" at the beginning of the season
keira_factor
keira_factor
27 Sep 2025, 11:11 #
it was lazily bad.
Kizim99
Kizim99
29 Sep 2025, 12:53 #
I thought that the story of this dude was with us for a little longer (at least for half a season), but then they somehow quickly removed him. Maybe he'll show up in some other way, like in The Rookie Rosalind.🤔
Vera_21
Vera_21
30 Sep 2025, 09:03 #
Yeah... a banal series with a quick and easy ending and denouement. You know, there's no intrigue or confusion, everything is easy for her, she's too smart. It's not a bad idea, but the script is lame.
Mrs_Banana
Mrs_Banana
PRO
01 Oct 2025, 01:18 #
Matthew calculates Morgan by five steps ahead
- Matthew's games make it so that one mistake and you're wrong (someone died)
- Morgan is so shocked by his actions that she hides at home.
- Matthew chooses a victim incredibly similar to Morgan
- Matthew thinks through his steps so well that he knows where Morgan will go, where she will look, talks to her in the interrogation room through the mirror.
- Matthew disguises himself perfectly and chooses who to frame.

but!!

- Matthew shoots his real name right away
- Matthew gives an obvious hint to the monkey, what he will do during the arrest
- Matthew is just a kick-ass in the hospital (even if Morgan lied, it's still too stupid)
- Matthew STOPS THE GAME, even though Morgan is obviously cheating on him
- Matthew doesn't hold back his face at all when Morgan visits him for the last time.

I didn't understand what happened to the script, were they trying to merge the villain on purpose? The motivation to play is still so weak, there is no normal explanation at all (imagine a profiler who would be looking for a villain, he would definitely be sitting with a face at the end)

I really wanted to ship this couple after the first episode, but now I just don't
Itecontest
Itecontest
01 Oct 2025, 21:45 #
@Mrs_Banana: Morgan hadn't lied to Matthew about giving up. She figured out about the hospital later.

Most maniacs know subconsciously that they are wrong and must stop. But they can't stop themselves. Therefore, their subconscious adjusts so that someone else stops them. The only exception is people with extremely high levels of ASRL.

Matthew knew deep down that he had wronged people, and that his mother would never forgive him for that. So he projected his mother onto Morgan so that "mom" would punish him.
pinta_vodki
pinta_vodki
01 Oct 2025, 02:25 #
But I liked it. Counting the finale of last season, it turned out to be a great three-part series with one villain. And the season ended on cliffhanger, and the new one had the opportunity to start driving, and even for two episodes. A cool structure came out.

Apparently, I still watch such series not for the sake of the notorious Moriarty, but for individual cases. To whom what.

(The only thing is that it's not clear who he is at all. Just a lefty dude from the street who suddenly found out that the police have such a brilliant consultant and wanted to play with her? Just like that because you're a psychopath?)
Itecontest
Itecontest
01 Oct 2025, 21:49 #
@pinta_vodki: After a year of work, the rumors about Morgan must have spread. And Matthew studied the work of the police very carefully to prepare for the main case. His goal was to punish everyone who had hurt him-the rich, the police, and subconsciously his own mother for "abandoning" him. That's why he has such a hyper-fixation on Morgan- he projected his mother onto her. He punished the "mother" with his games.
TimelordRu
TimelordRu
02 Oct 2025, 11:32 #
Is it just me, or has the actress' face changed a little?
Itecontest
Itecontest
02 Oct 2025, 12:47 #
@TimelordRu: Everyone's makeup has changed this season. Perhaps new cameras and a new lighting structure, and therefore a new approach. I like it a lot more now.
TimelordRu
TimelordRu
02 Oct 2025, 13:16 #
@Itecontest: Oh, I wouldn't be capable of that with a magnifying glass))
lybanja79
lybanja79
02 Oct 2025, 21:57 #
Please explain how Morgan knew which apartment Maya was in. Exactly on the third floor, exactly in that apartment? Maya's mouth was taped shut, she wasn't screaming. Maybe I overlooked it?
Itecontest
Itecontest
02 Oct 2025, 22:28 #
@lybanja79: As she walked down the stairs, she heard the music Matthew had hinted at earlier. He did not plan to kill the girl, he initially hoped that she would be found and released, or he would have let her go. All he had to do was hold her until he reached his goal of killing that rich man.
kasate
kasate
06 Oct 2025, 21:24 #
Honey for the ears when Nick Wexler (Jason) says: "Revenge"))
posredstveno
posredstveno
11 Oct 2025, 23:34 #
Don't blink or you'll lose.
The key moment of the series
fb1313417
fb1313417
14 Oct 2025, 01:49 #
And I'm the only one who likes Gintoli from Grimm, how charming, charismatic and cute he is.🤤🤤🤤🤤 I would like to have more scenes together between Morgan and Gintoli.😍😍😍

And I wonder if they'll figure out what's going on with Morgan 's ex-husband , bit by bit they'll give clues.🥱
christinapirs
christinapirs
14 Oct 2025, 02:21 #
The affair is already starting to infuriate us, because they pickle us so well, and in the end they won't give us a break for such pickling.
But on the other hand, the assumption that the Master of Games is a Novel has disappeared.
But what destroyed the series was SALTUKH during the time he was planning to die, even a double somersault is practically something we haven't seen yet, of course, pahaha))))
forestfog
forestfog
14 Oct 2025, 22:08 #
Wow! It feels like I'm watching the season finale, not the beginning) Good interchange, powerful. And the soundtrack is perfect. It was especially nice to see how Morgan outplayed her opponent. We are waiting for the denouement with Roman..
yana-44
yana-44
17 Oct 2025, 15:41 #
Somehow, stupidly, he got burned with this donated blood in the hospital. I do not believe. They made him look so smart and calculating to catch him on such nonsense?
HeartISbroken
HeartISbroken
18 Oct 2025, 16:39 #
I sincerely don't understand comments like "it's a pity that the villain was leaked so quickly, I wish it was as long as in *any procedural*"
Aren't you really tired of these classic masterminds stretching for 15 seasons?
Let them drag on with the Novel as long as they want, as long as it doesn't have the same ending as in the original.
Monomir
Monomir
26 Oct 2025, 12:23 #
@HeartISbroken: a well-developed antagonist spurs interest, you watch the struggle of two minds. Classic.
But on the other hand, yes, Morgan can be intellectually "fucked" by various villains, from whom she will win and reveal them in each episode. 🤷‍♂️
Monomir
Monomir
26 Oct 2025, 12:27 #
I thought there was a main villain who would chase the moth until the end of the season, but apparently the scriptwriters decided not to bother and switch to the option of one villain — one episode.
It's not surprising, judging by the fact that they have only degenerates in the police who can't put 2+2 together.
vaydrin
vaydrin
27 Oct 2025, 00:37 #
It's not interesting to follow the plot at all, lean X.
knrtmn
knrtmn
07 Nov 2025, 08:34 #
It was beautiful with the trampoline, I didn't expect it 😎
analemma
analemma
10 Nov 2025, 01:56 #
In the middle of this episode, I went to see how much this actor would be in the season. I didn't like this mess with the games at all. It's annoying when smart players play by the rules and constantly meet the expectations of the other side, instead of finding workarounds and not succumbing to manipulation. For example, she stood in front of him in the mirror - well, it's obvious that he was waiting for this, and she did exactly what he was waiting for, instead of avoiding the impact.
Coming to him with a loss is just an unconventional decision, because he does not want her to die. Although it's risky, because it's unclear whether he's completely crazy or not. If you're crazy, you might be offended by your unwillingness to play.

In short, I'm glad that this line was curtailed, I want to watch every episode on new investigations.
_chanandler_bong
_chanandler_bong
09 Dec 2025, 02:12 #
the "main villain" is very poorly spelled out, his motives are generally unclear, why he was targeting Morgan, if he needed to kill a specific person, it would have to be done clearly in a different way, he merged too simply and incomprehensibly, he did not even hide
muntykooshps
muntykooshps
13 Dec 2025, 14:21 #
I just didn't understand why they switched to the story of his mother in the new season, if at the beginning he had a completely different ENT (that his sister died in a car accident, and he and his family no longer played board games)
@muntykooshps: because once again we are carefully watching the last 2 minutes of the 13th episode))
And I immediately realized that he would jump, and there would be a trampoline below. But I thought it was his plan. There was also a saltukha) And then he lands, and his face tells me he's upset. Dude, how come you didn't see him then?? And what was the point of this jump then? You have one charge of stealing blood (say you're a vampire) and that's kidnapping
nastya_777
nastya_777
01 Mar 14:52 #
Well, I don't think Matthew will be locked up for long. There is no evidence linking him to the 4 kidnappings. Only the theft of donated blood. But then he can say that he sold it to raise some money. During this period, it is likely to be much less. In general, it's strange, he thought of a lot of things, didn't leave a single clue anywhere, and then he burned himself on the cameras. Some kind of silly character drain.
Roman was dragged out a lot, it's not even interesting what happened to him. In 15 years, I could have contacted Morgan and told him that everything was fine with him. As it is, he disappeared, and now, through an intermediary, he's also making claims that Morgan contacted the cops.
But what I liked was Ludo's reaction at the moment of Elliot's performance. It is clear that he himself got high from such a performance. Just the father of the year (in a good way)😂
Tg-Moraine
Tg-Moraine
14 Mar 10:16 #
Ah, the goosebumps from the moment he fell, and the moment with the trampoline really surprised me. 😳
Everything secret becomes clear, even on such small things you can slip up, so he's not such a brilliant villain, but it still turned out very well. 🙌🏻

What an awesome musical accompaniment! Can someone please tell me the name of the track at the beginning, with the chase?🥺🙏🏻
Tg-Moraine
Tg-Moraine
14 Mar 10:21 #
@Tg-Moraine: трек: Los Ageless - St. Vincent
XYAB
XYAB
13 Apr 02:11 #
You can see the trampoline from the balcony, and you can climb over the railing... It's a salty mess... it would be better to bang his heels against each other under the sound of sirens with a free run)
g1821826
g1821826
30 Apr 18:57 #
The moment with Elliot at the talent show was the perfect contrast to the grim investigation.
Lady_Rain
Lady_Rain
PRO
06 May 21:19 #
David, it was so nice to see you, well played, gorgeous...It's a pity that everything ended so little and quickly.😔
IHP
IHP
09 Jun 12:05 #
Yeah.
Private security, which is aware of the danger, could not protect a person from a random guy with a gun.
The criminal genius, climbing over the balcony railing, did not notice the police cars and the trampoline under his window.
I hope it gets better, otherwise it's a drop.
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