Blindspot Review: Resolves Eleven Myths (Season 2 Episode 7)
It’s impossible not to love an episode of Blindspot where Rich Dotcom appears. Season 2 Episode 7 features the sweet-talking bisexual “villain” of sorts doing what he does best: getting under the FBI’s skin.
If you don’t remember, the last time we saw Rich Dotcom was in Season 1 Episode 18, “One Begets Technique.” The episode ended with Rich Dotcom jumping off a building, presumably to commit suicide, only to have a parachute open.
So you have to love a man who escapes FBI custody and decides to insert himself back into FBI custody to escape an assassin.
Of course, this is Rich Dotcom, so he can’t just walk into the FBI and surrender; he has to go about it in the most outlandish way possible. In this case, breaking into Weller’s apartment, drinking his Pennsylvanian beer, and eating his Hot Pockets.
In a universe with so much looming over our character’s heads, it’s nice to have a break in the season to experience a brief moment of levity, and an episode with Rich Dotcom does just that!
When Rich Dotcom enters the picture, the show shifts its focus away from tattoos, but that’s okay. While I would mind a shift from tattoos for a new character who isn’t as entertaining, Rich makes me laugh. Even the choice of wardrobe, a shirt that reads ‘Literal Garbage,’ is both ironic and entertaining.
From the second he is introduced he is cracking jokes. Although it is clear that FBI doesn’t appreciate his humor, it’s really hard, as an audience, not to appreciate it. Face it, this is probably the only character within Blindspot who ships Kurt and Jane as much as the audience, so having him come in and say exactly what we’re thinking puts a smile on our face.
Part of why Rich Dotcom works is because, even though he cracks jokes and makes us laugh, his plots end up being really smart and I never see the twist coming.
Just like how I didn’t expect the parachute in “One Begets Technique,” I didn’t expect Patterson to pull an ace out of her sleeve and uncover the plot.
Clearly, Patterson is the only person who has ever read the Harry Potter books or seen the movies, because she is on it from the minute Rich Dotcom lays out his story. Really, look at her eyes as Rich talks. It’s easy to think it’s skepticism because of all the tricks he’s pulled in the past, but she recognizes something.
As a Harry Potter fan myself the story definitely seems off, from the second Rich Dotcom starts talking about the chandelier and the beach. What really got me was Crabbe’s discontent about being made into “The House Elf.”
Come on Crabbe, at least Dobby was a free elf!
Regardless Crabbe does have a point. Rich Dotcom chose a fandom with a lot of deaths that some fans have just never gotten over. It’s quite a boneheaded move on his part. Particularly for a character death that hurts so much.
Still, watching Rich Dotcom poach the death of a beloved Harry Potter character was worth it to see Patterson come out swinging after that explosion. Her cheer at busting Rich Dotcom’s escape plan was so perfect; especially given the way Crabbe dissed her last season.
Look who’s putting the cuffs on you now Crabbe–and your little mastermind boyfriend too!
Stray Thoughts:
- Jane’s dream at the beginning is trippy. I could write another review analyzing that through a psychological lens, but watching her go on a date with Oliver and have her realize that she really can’t have a normal relationship is heartbreaking. Jane deserves some happiness. (And if it happens to be with Weller and her brother in her life, I’m okay with that.)
- Not a fan of Nas and Weller. I’m not sure Rich Dotcom would be either. Is anyone even wondering where Allie is? Did she come in for the sole purpose of stirring things up by announcing her pregnancy, getting shot, and then ending up on a desk? Really? Did we spend a whole episode on that reveal just to have it swept to the side?
- Badass woman of the week goes to Zapata who saves herself after being drugged with a neurotoxin. The way that sequence is filmed with the hazy vignette around the sides of the screen when we see Tasha’s perspective is perfect. I’m surprised she was cogent enough to glance at the vials and find the one with a different sticker and communicate it via morse code. Badass, simply badass.
- I am starting to think Nas is the Sandstorm mole. She’s resistant to bringing Roman in, why would she be if Roman could help? Unless she sees this as a way to monitor Jane’s loyalty? Plus, she is the only one out of the FBI between the page Roman receives and Roman getting the note. Unless the mole is higher up in the FBI food chain. I personally refuse to believe that Kurt is part of Sandstorm.
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Blindspot airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on NBC.
Lauren Busser
Lauren Busser is an Associate Editor at Tell-Tale TV. She is a writer of fiction and nonfiction whose work has appeared in Bitch Media, Popshot Quarterly, Brain Mill Press Voices, and The Hartford Courant.