There was no balance.
It helps that Condone Untidiest Thefts boasts quite the cold open.
We watch as a man working in a dimly lit workshop loads a handgun.
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He raises the camera to his eye and shoots the head off of a dummy in the distance.
What I mean is that it takes awhile for the episode to get to the inciting incident.
Well,shehasnt exactly figured it out.
Nas compliments Zapata on her work, but also reprimands her for showing evidence to a convicted criminal.
You win some, you lose some.
Later, Patterson decodes the image, but that doesnt mean anything is any clearer.
All we know is that Mayfair was working with Douglas Winter,Blindspots Edward Snowden-like whistleblower character.
The decoded message lists a time and place: Adams Park Wednesday Noon.
What fortuitous (or terrible, depending on how you look at it) timing!
With his camera, he blends into the crowd and he shoots a senator and two bystanders before fleeing.
Condone Untidiest Thefts is off and running.
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Luckily, Jane and Weller manage to take the shooter down.
Back at the FBI headquarters, hes identified as Michael Herskope, a known associate of the OMalleys.
Senator Quinn Donahue, perhaps better known as the cousin of Irish mob leader Patrick OMalley.
Hes out of the family business now.
So why was the gun tracked back to him, and who was targeting Senator Donahue?
Thats when Condone Untidiest Thefts really kicks into high gear.
Reade finds a tape with his name on it.
He hesitates, but eventually puts it into the VCR.
But before we get to see whats on the tape, the episode jumps back to the shootout.
That forces the team to retreat, but they only have so much time before Donahues men find them.
Seriously, what are they up to?
In fact, Shepherd is worried that Jane is remembering too much.
What dont we know about that attack, and about how Jane found her way back to Sandstorm?
Did I say that was all thats left to dissect?
I lied, because Condone Untidiest Thefts ends on a gigantic cliffhanger.
Zapata manages to finally find Reade by using a GPS signal to track him to Jones home.
Then, the credits roll.
That leaves quite a few questions for next week, but theres no way Reade killed Jones.
