While Roman struggles with his past, the FBI and CIA team up to thwart a terrorist attack.
Droll Autumn, Unmutual Lord begins with a familiar feeling.
Roman is laying on his side, clearly in anguish, his mind continually running through a single memory.
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Now the shows doing it again with Roman, and Im not yet convinced thats a particularly exciting direction.
In fact, after last weeks blistering return to the TV schedule, this weeksBlindspotfeels rather dull by comparison.
Theres genuine intrigue in that, so the case-of-the-week episodes often end up feeling flat.
It builds some mystery right off the bat.
Thus, the team assumes shes been paid to perhaps plant a bomb somewhere in the city.
When they bring Arlene in for questioning, its immediately clear shes no threat.
And only days after getting shot by her boyfriend, who was secretly a Sandstorm mole!
the team ambushes the vehicle before it can hit the BQE.
Keaton may be a heartless prick, but hes telling the truth.
At first, Roman is resistant.
Jane also believes such a procedure is unnecessary; she believes shes the only one who can help him.
But as it turns out, his troubles run much deeper than Janes.
Eventually, the doctor helps him recover another memory from the orphanage and its a gruesome one.
This is where theressomepotential interest inBlindspotrepeating its narrative beats.
Jane wants Roman to be just like her, to get a fresh start like she did.
But as Dr. Karen points out, Roman isnt the same.
Hes been conditioned since birth to be cold, ruthless, and lacking in empathy.
Something tells me Jane isnt going to accept that suggestion.
Keaton doesnt want to tell Stepulov the truth, but Weller and Jane do it anyway.
So, its up to Patterson to once again work her magic.
She cracks Stepulovs phone and traces a call he made to an industrial area populated with many warehouses.
Eventually, the team shows up and a typicalBlindspotthrowdown takes place.
Zapata and Reade find the bombs and have Patterson block cell signals to stop them from detonating.
Everyone ends up safe after Weller and Jane take down the terrorist holding Keatons daughter hostage.
Is this the start of something more between Jane and the CIA?
Perhaps, but for now, shes fine with throwing Keatons own words back in his face.
Come on, Zapata, since when are you so passive?
Get in there and snag your man!
The mystery is Roman.
Furthermore, she determines the leopard tattoo left off of Janes body contains its own Mancala pattern.
So, how does this all fit in with Sandstorm?
Nobodys sure, but Patterson finds a photo of Kat making some sort of handoff.
And who just so happens to be by her side?
It keeps coming back to Roman.
