What could this be? We flash to a lab somewhere, as twoMr. Robotactors (Gloria Reubens and Michael Drayer) fill us in on the details. Credit: David Giesbrecht/NBC/Warner Bros Why dont we give him a demonstration? says Bob Drabkin, Averys adoptive father who turned out to be a menacing man involved with Crawford. The demonstration goes off flawlessly. The pilots in the Generals plane collapse and the windows all blow out....
While an elusive bomber plans another attack, more secrets are revealed about the FBI team. Rather, the episode puts us in 1994. Three kids are hanging out on the street playing Pogs, because its 1994, guys! Credit: Eric Liebowitz/NBC A mysterious way to begin the episode. So, she tells Weller that Roman called her the night before. Weller agrees, but only in theory, because hes still hiding something. That card remains hidden, for Roman to play at a particularly devastating time....
Thats just plain cruel, but also wonderfully manipulative. Instead, we begin with one ofBlindspots signature cold opens. A masked man records himself breaking into some sort of warehouse. Credit: Barbara Nitke/NBC/Warner Bros The midseason finale ended with a betrayal, and Hot Burning Flames begins with one. Blakes father and, as we know, the man who was ordering Hirst to do everything she did. He has ties to a number of the tattoo cases, but the evidence is tenuous at best....
At the heart ofBlindspotright now is two very dysfunctional families. The other family is the one that includes Roman, Jane, Avery, and Weller. Fates a funny thing that way. Credit: Virginia Sherwood/NBC Everybody here is just trying to find a way to move forward with all this dysfunction. Theyre trying to move past betrayals, lies, and the violence that seems to follow all of them. By the end of Mums the Word, hes maybe found that place, but at what cost?...
Its 13 years ago and we see two men chiseling away at some giant sculpting project. Weller might not be getting warm greetings at home, but his return to the FBI is a triumph. The man, the myth, the stubble! Credit: David Giesbrecht/NBC shouts Rich as Weller returns to the action, finally cleared after being shot months ago. Yes, you read that right. Its part of the ones taken from the Tokyo cache, which is why theyre only noticing now....
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. Credit: Peter Kramer/NBC 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....
A naked man runs through the streets of New York, all while onlookers laugh and take pictures. Eventually the man stops, out of breath, and shouts I did what you said! Now leave me alone! Credit: Barbara Nitke/NBC Its a fun, promising start to the episode. It immediately goes downhill after that. Clem is clearly hoping Jane is coming back to him, but hes not pushing her. Its especially a problem this season....
So, yes, we found out that Jane has a kid. How many secrets can the show handle before it starts to buckle under the weight of everything? Well get to that in a moment, but first we have some Russians to deal with. Credit: David Giesbrecht/NBC Specifically, a woman and a young man are in what seems to be a gas station bathroom. The young man is cutting his hair, and the woman is frantically destroying his phone....
Despite her anger, she does give them something. She says that while shes been searching for Jane, it was never really part of her plan. Rather, shes been looking for the man that ruined her fathers life and pushed him towards killing himself. Credit: David Giesbrecht/NBC When Averys adoptive mother died of cancer, all her adoptive father had was his work. Before long though he was pushed out of that job and then he threw himself off a bridge....
You know the ones. What looks like ironclad evidence quickly evaporates when Loewes lawyer shows up. She says that her client has been the focus of cyber attacks for months now. Credit: Jeff Neumann/NBC Good hacks means taking down corrupt politicians and giving money back to people exploited by them. Surely that cant be good. The good intentions are there, but what they did was still illegal. Hirst orders her to be brought in, and requests that Rich and Patterson do the questioning with her....
The thieves dont want the whole stash, though theyre looking for one thing in particular. One of them checks the serial numbers against their instructions, then takes off with a single box. Whatever that one thing is, it must be dangerous. Credit: Virginia Sherwood/NBC Im both impressed and horrified, says Jane. She asks Jane if she feels okay going through the stuff. That turns out to not be true. When Jane takes stock of the random assortment of things in the room, shes flooded with memories....
The FBI team has been through a lot this season onBlindspot. He doesnt fully trust her, and he feels betrayed, so hes using his authority to chastise her. Jane notices a strange pattern in part of the puzzle Pattersons working to decode, but thats about it. Credit: Barbara Nitke/NBC Those bombings were enacted by Lilly Terrace, whos still in prison, so this must be a copycat. Whats the motivation for bombing the exact same places?...
Shes hired some guys to rig up the building where Zapata and Boston a.k.a. the Fake Del Toro will be doing the hacking. Shes truly one of the most sinister villains this show has seen. Credit: Barbara Nitke/NBC So, they come up with a different plan and set up a meeting with Madeline. Its a plan that works, but it doesnt come without its consequences. Madeline has to pivot. Either way shes a liar....
