Blindspot Review: Ca-Ca-Candidate for Cr-Cr-Crime (Season 4 Episode 6)

China and crooked politicians are at the center of Blindspot Season 4 Episode 6, “Ca-Ca-Candidate for Cr-Cr-Crime.”  On this episode of Blindspot, Weitz’s political past comes front and center as a lobbying group turns out to be a part of a blackmailing scheme.

Weitz has never been the most likable character, but this episode does a lot to change our perspective on him. Not only is he the one who solves this case, but his sense of humor meshes with the team. His whole Lebron sports metaphor was a great moment for him if only for the fun debate it caused between the members of Team Weller. 

It feels like it was only a matter of time before Weitz became the center of a case on Blindspot. As Rich Dotcom says, the role of FBI Direction is a lot like a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts. You don’t last more than a season and your end could involve death or incapacitation.

Knowing that it’s hard to come away from “Ca-Ca-Candidate for Cr-Cr-Crime” without feeling like this episode serves as an inoculation for Weitz, meant to throw off further suspicion of a larger plan.

Sitting with this episode, I can’t help but think about Mayfair from Blindspot Season 1, who was involved with Project Daylight and was later killed by Oscar. Knowing that history, it’s a fallacy to assume that Weitz is safe just because he’s been cleared from suspicion once.

Doubly so after he fires Reade and then tells him that was just on paper.

On a larger scale, Jane and Kurt’s relationship grows a little more tenuous, eventually leading to a confrontation. It builds off the energy from Blindspot Season 4 Episode 5, “Naughty Monkey Kicks at Tree,” and escalates the situation in such a way that it’s intriguing to watch.

Remi’s return this season has put a lot of strain on Jane and Kurt’s relationship, but I maintain that this is the kind of shift that the series needed.

Thinking back to the foundation of the show, Blindspot has always been about identity. In some ways, the scenes playing out here are similar to in Season 1 when he was trying to puzzle out who Jane was and why she was sent to him. 

Now, with three seasons under their belt, Kurt is invested in his relationship with Jane and her suspicious behavior worries him on a deeper level.

That investment leads to great performances from Sullivan Stapleton and Jaime Alexander as they both attempt to conceal what their characters know in their scenes. A great example is the scene in Justin’s apartment. There are a lot of really close cuts to both Jane and Kurt’s face that allow the viewer to focus on their microexpressions. 

KURT: The worst part isn’t getting caught; it’s waiting to get caught. We’re just looking into him because he was lying, so whatever secrets he’s hiding, make him a suspect. 

JANE: Well, he’s allowed to have secrets. People don’t have to tell everything to everyone.

KURT: No, but when they don’t, we know something’s wrong. It’s kind of hard to imagine the worst. He should have trusted us. Told us the truth.

It’s going to be very interesting to see how Jane gets out of this one. It probably won’t be as easy as lying about a syringe full of poison that she’s holding behind her back or just saying that she’s looking for an illegal cure.

Stay Thoughts:

• Patterson is so Lebron! Pretty sure this task force would be dead by now without her.
• So we’re not going to see Crawford’s “one world army” ideal anymore? Makes sense with boy Crawford and Blake out of the picture, but now, aside from watching Luke Mitchell, Blindspot Season 3 feels like a wash.
• The Book of Secrets is going to come back into play soon? Right?
• Rich Dotcom and Patterson and their “work wife” relationship continues to provide some of the most enjoyable back and forth in this series.
• There are some interesting parallels here between Jane and Kurt and Reade and Zapata, and I wonder how much of the Reade and Zapata storyline will foreshadow what might happen with Kurt and Jane later in the season.
• I gotta know what this “joke” plan is to get Sheppard out of prison!
• The scenes where Remi and Violet are running different scenarios to see which will get her into Sheppard’s cell while also not getting her killed are great, but they give us the slightest glimpse into Remi’s plan. As an audience, we can really see her desperation come through.

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Blindspot airs Fridays at 8/7c on NBC.

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