S01.E03: Episode 3

[AnimeMania]

Spade searches for answers regarding the mysterious young boy that everyone seems to be looking for. Samir takes him into hiding, but no one knows what to make of his incessant writing. Spade gets a call from the elusive Philippe.

Premiere Date: January 28, 2024      Acorn TV/AMC+/AMC at 9pm   

[Snazzy Daisy]

Nothing much to further the plot until that dramatic home invasion.

At this point, the Algerian boy (Zayd) arc still doesn’t pique my interest. The scribbles are intriguing but the plot lacks suspense and urgency. It feels like the show is intentionally delaying the moment of Sam finding him.

Same goes to Philippe’s character. Making him shady and mysterious doesn’t make him interesting. He’s always in the flashbacks, not in the present.

What’s with Marguerite and the mysterious visitor with a message from a dying man?

Helena should’ve locked Gabrielle’s room. Teresa has no respect for other people’s belongings. Gosh, ungrateful TV teens are so annoying. 😣

Henri, a grown man expressing his lust for a 15yo, then proceeds to give her a back rub. WTF? And his grandma is OK with it? Don’t tell me it’s a French thing.

George and his “mom” are professional spies? Nahhh, I don’t buy it. Someone must have hired them to plant the bug. Are they working for Philippe or the Vatican’s secret society?

The person responsible for the attack at Sam’s house must have wanted to take Teresa as leverage. Sam will have to find Zayd for an exchange.

Zayd has a French military gun with him. Who has access to that kind of gun? Jean-Pierre, Henri and maybe Philippe. The Imam is right when he says that Zayd is already saying a lot with his scribbles. Nobody listens to him, but maybe Sam will. 

[Daff]

They have left us in the dark with the plot and story progression so much and then move everything along at rapid pace toward the end of each episode to keep us coming back. It really annoys that the translation captions of two line lengths disappear before you can read and absorb them, but then you’re left to think about the innuendo as well. @Snazzy Daisy has pretty much identified all the questions, but the entire presentation has been too scattered and random.

[Milburn Stone]

I thought the first episode was so good, and then have been let down since.

[Daff]

13 hours ago, Milburn Stone said:

I thought the first episode was so good, and then have been let down since.

Positively NOT rewatch fodder, with very few sympathetic or even likable characters. Often found myself not really giving a hoot enough to even keep them straight.

[Raja]

On 1/29/2024 at 9:54 AM, Snazzy Daisy said:

George and his “mom” are professional spies? Nahhh, I don’t buy it. Someone must have hired them to plant the bug. Are they working for Philippe or the Vatican’s secret society?

If the American priest is also CIA and judging by the "son" ready to jump into the fight when he heard the kidnap on the wire only for mom to order no intervention I would go with MI6.

The thread dates does make it look like a weekly release schedule.  With all the flashbacks it really didn't call for going over the show with friends and there is no reason to binge on Netflix now.  The gunshot to close the episode just as the heroes were about to lose was the first thing that got me looking forward to the next episode.