Blindspot Review: Let It Go (Season 3 Episode 20)
Things are finally starting to come together with this episode of Blindspot. Season 3 is only three only has two more episodes until the finale and this episode is packed with so many character moments.
Blindspot Season 3 Episode 20 “Let It Go” is driven by the characters and those have always been the episodes of Blindspot that I like the most.
Sure, we still don’t know what’s going to replace that sonic weapon, but Team Weller may be one step closer to finding Crawford. And, if not, at least their relationships all underwent fundamental changes in this episode.
First, there’s Jane and Avery. Since we found out that Avery didn’t die in Berlin, there’s been a rocky path of trying to navigate their newfound mother-daughter relationship. There’s an authenticity to how this relationship is handled that I really like.
Now that Avery has moved in with Jane and Kurt, they’re in closer quarters which gives them less space to breathe and confront their issues. The moment when Jane tries to check on Avery and finds that she isn’t in the apartment is a relatable moment for parents, but it also elevates their conflict.
Fortunately, Avery and Jane’s relationship comes to a head as her father’s murder, previously thought to be a suicide comes to light. As Avery finds out about the life insurance policy, Jane is able to support her. When it turns out that Avery’s godmother is working for Crawford, it shows Avery who she can trust.
The turning point really comes when they’re stuck in the panic room. With Jane shot in the arm, Avery panics thinking she’s going to lose Jane too. At the top of the episode, Avery was convinced that Jane and Kurt were just keeping her locked up in the same cell with different wallpaper. Now they’re finding they make a pretty good team, and this is approaching a relationship that resembles a mother-daughter bond.
Plus, all the little moments between Jamie Alexander and Kristina Reyes are charming, and I think we need to see more of this relationship.
But Jane and Avery aren’t the only relationships put into play on this episode, Bill Nye guest stars on this episode as Patterson’s dad. Bill Nye, does appear as Bill Nye, The Science Guy, and there is a lot of geeking out from the team.
Kurt specifically fanboys over Bill Nye, and when Jane asks who he is Kurt casually mentions that Jane has a memory issue. Who wants to bet that Kurt introduced Jane to classic Bill Nye episodes when they got home?
With Bill Nye’s appearance, we also got a bit of a look at her parents’ lives. Her dad and her mother are having a fight, and it turns out it’s because Patterson’s mother is publishing a paper with Rodney McKay. McKay is a character from Stargate: Atlantis, another show Blindspot creator Martin Gero worked on, and on which Bill Nye appeared.
While the easter egg is a nice little bonus for fans, the real takeaway from meeting Patterson’s dad is the insight he provides to her friendship with Tasha. Tasha and Patterson have been on the rocks since it was revealed that Tasha kept the fact that Borden was alive a secret.
Patterson’s dad is able to paint the scenario in the same way Patterson talked about her mom publishing the paper with Rodney McKay: Tasha was doing her job. The talk led them to get on firmer ground and they start working together again, which is a relationship that I’ve missed and I am happy to see back.
Then there is Reade and Meg’s relationship. Meg has been gone for three weeks but has come back eager to plan a wedding. Then she runs into Tasha who confesses that she can’t come to their wedding because she’s in love with Reade.
Understandably, Meg is upset, and while Reade tries to salvage their relationship, it seems like there is only one way this storyline was going to end. Meg and Reade break up by the end of the episode, and it’s both a relief and kind of sad.
I am very glad that Meg wasn’t disposable. She got a few great storylines through the tattoos, and for a moment I was worried one case would end in her death. As they started planning the wedding though, Reade didn’t seem interested, and I got the feeling it was going to end on a not-so-happy note.
However, I am also not entirely sure that this is the last we’ll see of Meg. She’s made the decision to come out as undocumented in the newspaper, which will make her position precarious at best. I wouldn’t be surprised if that factors into the final cases somehow.
One of the last things I want to address is Roman’s relationship with Remy. Seeing people that aren’t there is never good, but the fact that we get to see Roman parse out the problem with “Remy” is really interesting.
I like when Blindspot goes back and showed us glimpses of Jane’s past as Remy. Blindspot Season 3 doesn’t allow for many organic flashbacks, but this is an interesting way to see how Roman and Remy related to each other.
The only thing about Roman conversing with his phantoms is that it’s a technique we’ve seen before, and we don’t have an explanation for what’s wrong. I am really hoping the final episodes of the season give us an explanation.
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Blindspot airs Fridays at 8/7c on NBC.
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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.