paigow January 30, 2015 Share January 30, 2015 Charlie and Lucas help the FBI search for a terrorist who escaped custody in West Virginia Link to comment
ottoDbusdriver February 3, 2015 Share February 3, 2015 (edited) Wow -- the US Marshall service in this show is almost as completely useless as the FBI on The Blacklist or The Following. Seriously, during a prison transfer of these incredibly high-risk prisoners they were put in plain old every day handcuffs that weren't even tightened on their wrists -- and while all the prisoners were breaking their thumbs the chucklehead watching them on the bus noticed NOTHING. Man, that is the worst. They should have been in straight-jackets or Hannibal Lecter style contraptions -- PLUS -- there should have been more than one guard watching -- PLUS -- the driver should have been caged off from the inmates -- and they should have been locked to their seats. Did they rent this bus from Greyhound ? Did the two guys in the chase car just stand there and watch while Kenneth Travers bashed his head through the bus window and ran off ? Did they not even bother to go down and look for survivors ? And from that bus impact, they should have all been dead since none of them were belted in. Yet, miraculously, one prisoner survives the crash and cheeses it into the West Virginia woods. About that bus crash, there were 9 bodies wrapped in yellow at the crash site -- 6 prisoners, the guard, the driver --- and a mystery person. Who was the 9th body -- yet another horribly unobservant guard ? Charleston Chew was looking very stylish in her meeting with POTUS (drink !). Hold on -- after his rescue from Panama they are sending Jack Dawkins back into the field so soon to off Sheikh Hakam in the Phillipines. I seriously doubt that. POTUS/Chief of Staff shenanigans ...... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. No one cares. It's just so boring. Could Alfre Woodard be any stiffer in her role as POTUS (drink) ? Nick Vera and his quest for Col. Kurtz .... I mean Sheikh Hakam continues. Kenneth Travers running through the woods looks a lot like Abigail Savage's character from 'Orange is a New Black' -- complete with brown prison jumpsuit. Now this show is ripping off 'The Fugitive', how lovely. Bus crash -- check. Escaped prisoner -- check. Escape prisoner has a stomach injury -- check. I'm surprised Charleston Chew wasn't out there asking for a hard target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area. Checkpoints go up at fifteen miles. But isn't it great that Charleston Chew is now doing manhunts in the woods -- is there anything she doesn't do ? Charleston Chew jumps to the conclusion -- and its a hell of a jump -- that Kenneth will try and reconnect with his favorite foster parents in Ohio. Because his foster parents would be completely unaware that he is wanted terrorist -- sure they would help. Would there not be the equivalent of a terrorist amber alert for this guy in the West Virginia/Ohio area ? The PDB team figures a bomb is coming soon since the Al Rissalah chatter has quieted down to pre-Stacey Dover levels -- or maybe Twitter and Facebook are down, who knows for sure. The FBI guy says that the prisoners overpowered the driver, but no mention of the dimwitted large guard with the gun. And it seemed like a really lackluster response to finding a high-value target -- I'm just doing my FBI job as ordered, but if Charelston and Lucas find anything let me know. Sid and the Krieg guy don't agree on their Krieg's long term plans -- it would be nice to know what those plans are at some point instead of dragging it out. And Sid is ONLY working for them to protect Charleston Chew ? Because why exactly ? Hold on a moment -- the attack that killed POTUS' son in Kabul occurred "mere months" before she was elected. Why would a Presidential candidate have been touring Afghanistan some time between the convention and election day ? That makes absolutely no sense at all. Even if it was before she became the nominee and was just Senator Peyton, they wouldn't let a Presidential frontrunner anywhere near Kabul ? Did she pull a John McCain and suspend her campaign to go visit Kabul ? The First Husband had a 2-year affair with Kyle Green -- it wasn't just a one-night stand ? Yikes. So why was Kyle Green so pissed at POTUS (drink) -- because she wasn't successful in stealing POTUS' husband even though she dropped her husband to do so ? That just seems like so much bullshit from the writer's room. Charleston Chew finds Kenneth Travers in the first hunting blind they check -- come on, that is so stupid and unbelievable (either that or the computer records of the Sutton family's favorite hunting blinds are impeccable). Kenneth bum rushes them with a knife (Why exactly ? Did he really not think they would be armed ?) and Charleston Chew shoots him in the shoulder, and then delivers the "do you want to give meaning to your life before you die" speech while crushing his gunshot wound with her foot and withholding an ambulance. Oooooh, she's such a hardass. But she gets Professor Amati's name from Kenneth, the same Professor Amati who received the personal apology from the President last episode (ooooh, that won't look good politically). None of Fatah's men are at least curious why Nick has a satellite phone in his hand ? No one ? Seriously ? Lucas got back to D.C. awfully quickly -- just in time to raid Amati's office and watch Amati kill himself, and discover the empty secret room that held all the bomb vests. So there are numerous bombs in play. Fatah is one bad-ass crazy mofo-- carving himself up to save Nick from being killed after Nick killed that guy. I think he just wants Sheikh Hakam's job. After Kenneth Travers little biography of Sheikh Hakam, why isn't the Sheikh targeting the Russians ? He should be lowing up Putin's shit as well. Kurt takes the longest lunch ever to bang the hottie from Krieg (he's the new Charleston Screw as once again Charleston Chew somehow manages not to bang any random strangers this episode). Of course this is somehow part of Krieg's plan to pry info out of Kurt. Kurt's not married, so who are they going to blackmail him about his sexy shenanigans ? His mother ? Edited February 3, 2015 by ottoDbusdriver 4 Link to comment
paigow February 3, 2015 Author Share February 3, 2015 Reed Diamond should have used his ageless Nazi persona from AoS. That would have made the barber shop scene more fun. Seemed to me that a drone strike was the solution, not another team. 1 Link to comment
ottoDbusdriver February 3, 2015 Share February 3, 2015 Seemed to me that a drone strike was the solution, not another team. Or they could go full-on Ripley from Aliens: "I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure." Link to comment
Kromm February 3, 2015 Share February 3, 2015 (edited) OH GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK! The "break your own thumbs to escape from cuffs" thing is such a trope/cliche. But here we have it adding to this unbelievable story where a whole big group of malcontents instantly have spy-super-powers and are able to carry stuff like this off with apparently a few months spent in Pakistan, or whatever. Edited February 3, 2015 by Kromm Link to comment
Netfoot February 3, 2015 Share February 3, 2015 If I were the CoS, I'd be a little pissed that P(d) agreed to the bare-all TV interview without even informing me. ...the same Professor Amati who received the personal apology from the President last episode (ooooh, that won't look good politically). I just took it for granted that the recovery of P(d)'s little note was Priority One with the entry team. Link to comment
CooperTV February 3, 2015 Share February 3, 2015 The "Lets send the US President briefer and the Secretary of the CIA director in the field together" thing was so weird! But I liked their bonding, at least. Nick, you'd better not to end up dead. I know POTUS wants to blow you up from the orbit but you must resist! Er, Al Fatah is one crazy (and loyal) individual. Link to comment
Dowel Jones February 3, 2015 Share February 3, 2015 Who was the 9th body? Maybe the continuity director? I was really hopeful that, after Kenneth's long buildup of the Sheikh Hakam legend, that Kevin Spacey would materialize out of the mist on that boat. Oh well. ...so who are they going to blackmail him about his sexy shenanigans ? The three hour lunch without a receipt. How was it that Amati knew the team was there in time for him to have a handgun ready? Students, enter at your peril! Oh, and, continuity person, since you ate it in the bus crash, I will handwave the fact that if blood appears on the window behind the skull, that indicates an exit wound. Which implies a bullet going through said window after exiting said skull. 1 Link to comment
Texasmom1970 February 3, 2015 Share February 3, 2015 This show is being cancelled, right, hop so? I was rolling my eyes so much at all the ridiculousness of this episode think I hurt myself. Can't take much more of the plot holes and WTF moments. Not to mention I am drunk off my ass from them saying POTUS every two minutes. It's like they have an obligation to say it a certain number of times each week. 1 Link to comment
Julie23 February 9, 2015 Share February 9, 2015 So many questions about this episode? Why would a CIA analyst/POTUS briefer be tromping through the woods looking for an escaped convict? Why weren't there many guards and support vehicles for the bus of terrorists? Why did no one in the Sheik's group even look cross-eyed at the American in their midst? Even with all the plot holes, why is this show still more watchable than Scandal? 1 Link to comment
willow2tree February 10, 2015 Share February 10, 2015 You forgot one question, Julie23. Why is this show still on the air? Link to comment
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