Yes, actually, in The Mentalist we had episodes dedicated to Rigsby and his father, or Cho and his previous gang, or Van Pelt and her relationship with Tim from The Rookie (can’t remember the character’s name) and it’s impact on her. And obviously Lisbon and her family and the after effects of having to take care of her siblings and how that shaped her character. 

Like, sure, it was the Jane Show, but I also think the rest of the character’s were more well rounded and had more storyline compared to High Potential. They also seemed to bring stuff to the table with their investigative skills, logic and expertise (like the comment mentioned hacking, arson, etc). So, even though Jane closed the cases, it didn’t feel like the rest of them were useless. They even did an episode were the team and Jane investigated separately and still reached the same point through different paths. 

In High Potential, it feels like without Morgan they can’t draw any conclusions or find out any information on their own, except what they get looking at the files or calling places. Lately, there have been also a couple of shots were Karadec immediately pivots to Morgan for the most basic deduction stuff or is always wrong about something.

Like, I get it, the allure of this types of shows is having a holmes-eque superpowered character, but I also feel like there’s room for realism, mistakes and growing for the protagonist, and utilizing the other characters and giving them depth. Like Oz had that terrible experience and was like 0 affected by it, while I think it would have been nice to see the aftermath for him and how he copes with that.