Last week’s Blindspot ended with Weller once again confronting Jane about her propensity for lying. This time though it seemed like something might actually come of it. At the top of this week’s episode, Jane is still trying to lie her way out of the confrontation. Weller’s having none of it though. He knows Jane isn’t being truthful, and he wants to know why. They don’t get very far into that conversation before there’s a knock on the door. Weller points his gun at Jane and orders her to answer the door. She opens it, and a young woman pleads with them to be let in to use the phone. She says she’s the babysitter for a woman down the hall — she mentions a name they both recognize — and that she’s locked herself out of the apartment and needs to call her sister to get back in.
They put their fight on hold and let the babysitter in, which turns out to be a bad idea. When she goes to leave, a bunch of men storm through the front door and take down Jane and Weller. The babysitter pulls out two guns, revealing the whole thing as a ruse. But what’s this all about? Well, a woman named Eve, dressed impeccably I might add, walks into the apartment and says she’s come for her money. She’s the owner of the underground criminal bank that the FBI busted a few episodes back, and she’s not pleased. She knows a lot of the money is gone, but she’s come for something more specific: the money Jane stole.
That comes as a surprise to Weller. Well, maybe not that much of a surprise considering he’s been baffled by her behavior for some time now. This just confirms that Jane isn’t herself, and that sends him into a long bout of exposition where he lays out how he’s done some reading on the Zip poisoning, and he knows that in some cases people revert back to a previous version of themselves — it’s so Blindspot to just be like “I read an article that explains exactly the crazy thing that’s happening to you” — which means he knows this isn’t his wife. “You’re not Jane anymore. You’re Remi.” Finally! I don’t even care that we got to this point with Weller literally explaining his entire thought process. We’re finally at the point where these two can be honest about what’s happening! No more boring cat-and-mouse game, let’s get to the conflict.
While Jane and Weller are held hostage at their apartment, Rich and Patterson are at the FBI headquarters digging into another clue about one of Roman’s hidden data caches. Patterson’s tipped off to the clue during a movie Rich has put together about the Book of Secrets. I’m seriously bummed we didn’t get to see more of that movie, because it was epic. I guess the data cache is more important though. Anyway, Patterson figures out that the clue leads them to an old software called Logo where you could use a cursor shaped as a turtle to draw pictures based on input lines of code. Certain sports logos in the clue translate to lines of code, and that in turn draws a picture that Patterson compares to the Star of Life. “I’m a big fan of your brain,” says Rich as Patterson figures it all out, once again confirming that Blindspot‘s smartest choice was making Rich a permanent character and pairing him with Patterson. The chemistry and banter are off the charts.
Rich and Patterson determine that Roman wants them to search the FBI offices using the symbol and directions, but they can’t figure out where he’s pointing them. Rich even goes so far as to dig under the floor looking for the data cache; of course, he comes up empty. That’s when Patterson figures out that the location must be pointing to a person, not a place. She checks the office layout from when Roman was with the FBI, and sure enough a data analyst named Derek Wimble sat in the exact location the clue points to. They bring him in for casual questioning, and after Rich gets way too into the role of interrogator, they find the data cache hidden inside Wimble’s ID badge. On that cache? A whole lot of medical information that just might get them closer to finding a cure for Jane’s poisoning. (Recap continues on next page)
