Last weeks episode ofBlindspotis one of the best in the entire series run.
It was fun and action-packed and super smart when it comes to storytelling.
In some ways, Sous-Vide looks to replicate the feel and success of that episode.
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Its also fairly self-contained, with last weeks subway attack traded out for a chemical attack on the FBI.
It also features Rich and Patterson is significant roles.
Things begin in Amsterdam, where Zapata is sprinting down the street while a man chases her.
She steps into an alley and manages to evade him.
Later, we learn this was all part of an operation gone wrong.
She was supposed to steal some files for Madeline Burke, but complications arose.
Thats a subplot thats really only a small part of this weeks episode.
At least not yet.
That means Claudias enhanced interrogation plan is back in play, so they lie in wait.
The reason Reades computer is bricked is because the FBI is in full lockdown mode.
It all starts when Rich solves another one of the clues from the Tokyo cache.
asks Richand Jane, Weller, and Reade put on their gear and go exploring.
Dont split up, or dare each other to spend the night!
quips Rich, who might legitimately be worried that the place is haunted.
The team fires back, killing the man inside.
Their beady black eyes stare soullessly at Weller, Jane, and Reade.
What did we just find?
Laurel is, to put it lightly, a bit much.
Shes so over the top with her weirdness that it destroys any potential tension in the story.
Laurel does serve some necessary function, though.
Rich shuts down and doesnt answer the question, but hes not harsh about it.
Like he says, hes used to pulling uncomfortable truths out of people, not the other way around.
Rich is maybe the only true highlight of this otherwise frustrating episode.
The worst offender here is Jane/Remi.
It takes the whole Fake Jane thing too far.
