BLINDSPOT Review: “The Mask is the Message”

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This week’s episode wasn’t as revealing of Jane’s past as previous episodes, but is clearly setting us all up for drama and anxiety as it really focused on the fracturing of the relationships of our main characters. In the past couple of episodes, we’ve really been seeing the tension growing between Patterson and Mayfair, and it was much more evident tonight as Patterson went to Weller with her concerns. While Weller didn’t pay much heed to Patterson, the seed of doubt was planted, and it can only grow as we continue. Weller also found himself to be losing ground in his relationship with Jane, even though it was mostly of his own doing. While Mayfair is the one who told him to pull back, he did so, and to the point it had Jane pulling back as well. These two work best when together, and now that boundaries are being set, we might start seeing some tension that wasn’t there before. Finally, we’re seeing the increasingly strained relationship of Reade and Zapata. To this point, I’ve always seen Reade as a character only there to push the storylines of the other characters, and while he held this role again in this episode, it was easy to see his growing unease of Zapata. He knows something is going on with her, and while he doesn’t know the extent of her gambling habit, and how indebted she is now to Carter, he knows something is off, and this is only going to cause trouble.

On the more lighthearted side of things, we were introduced to new characters this episode. Ana Montes, played by Aimee Carrero was the top talk of Twitter during the episode, and everyone was enjoying her banter with Ashley Johnson’s, Patterson. The two could make quite the dynamic duo, and I really hope we get to see more of her in upcoming episodes. Ana is also a great parallel character to Jane, and I think someone Jane really needs to help her continue to grow as a character as the season wears on. The second character introduced, really wasn’t introduced, but we all know he’s going to be a big part of upcoming episodes. So, who is this mystery man with the tree tattoo on his arm? In Jane’s dream, she seemed to be very comfortable with him, so was/is he her boyfriend? Does he have some part in her being tattooed? Because if so, her dream could be interpreted as a flashback, which makes a lot of sense as there were no flashbacks at all in this episode.

Finally, similar to last week, this episode ended with the Weller family. When Sarah explained to her father that Taylor was alive, he broke down sobbing, which makes me believe even more he had something to do with Taylor’s kidnapping. He might not have been the actual kidnapper, but I believe he was framed to be a part of it. Hopefully we’ll find out more next week about Weller’s father and his connection to Jane.

Blindspot continues Mondays on NBC.