A gala-turned-secret birthday party goes haywire in this week’s episode.
Warning: Full spoilers for the episode follow.
This week’s Blindspot changed things up a bit, as Jane and Weller posed as assassins to make a deal with criminal playboy “Rich Dot Com” (Ennis Esmer). As a result, this episode felt a bit lighter than most, which was good considering its eye-rolling romantic elements and ineffective final few minutes.
To start, the introduction of Weller’s ex-girlfriend Allison Knight (Trieste Kelly Dunn) ended up being pretty pointless aside from confirming (again) what we’ve known for weeks: Jane and Weller have a thing for each other. But in case we still didn’t get the memo, there were plenty of awkward glances and territorial moments between the two throughout this episode. Because nothing says “chemistry” like two people seeing each other in formalwear, right?
Beyond that, though, this storyline was actually fairly strong. Granted, I was a little disappointed that the promised gala was moved to a kitschy McMansion, but the execution here was still good. I particularly enjoyed Dot Com playing off of Jane and Weller’s stony expressions and even noting at one point, “You guys are about as funny as I thought you’d be.” It was also pretty slick how, after taking out the other buyer, Weller kept his and Jane’s cover by calling him a fed to Dot Com. This at least prolonged the inevitable and gave the two another chance to turn the tables on their enemy.
Ack! — and we were so close to not having another episode end in a paint-by-numbers shootout, but of course, eventually, this one did. Not to sound like a broken record, but there has got to be a better way to deliver an exciting climax without resorting to trading shots and ducking behind cover.
Lastly, Guerrero and David’s deaths at the end of this episode also didn’t leave much of an impact. First of all, I’m beginning to think that Carter is an idiot. Mayfair’s plan to create a false paper trail seemed way more intelligent than Carter hiring three bozos to kill Guerrero in an abandoned hallway. At least Zapata had the good sense to ditch Carter’s bug for Jane. I’ll be curious to see how that affects Zapata in the future.
Meanwhile, I wasn’t as bummed about David as I thought I’d be. I guess since we only got to know him for one or two episodes, his death didn’t really hit very hard. Fitting then that his offscreen death was so unceremonious. But now I’m worried that Patterson (the series’ only comic relief) will turn into a gloomy Debbie Downer like the rest of the characters — which is the last thing this show needs. What little levity Blindspot had is now most certainly dead, at least for awhile.
That was a pretty cool cover of “Where Is My Mind” though.
This week’s Blindspot gave us a fun and slightly different mission for Jane and Weller, who pretended to be assassins in order to recover intel on the sly. This episode also featured a charismatic villain in Rich Dot Com, who shared some fun interplay with Jane and Weller. That said, the romantic tension here, as well as the surprise deaths at the end, felt contrived and lacked impact.
