(To whom was she born?
Throughout the entirety of Thursdays episode I kept finding myself scream-thinking, PLAY THE GAME, LIZZIE!
Shes relying solely on impulse and emotion to guide her.
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Because at least it was her choice.
At least there was some forethought.
PLAY THE GAME, LIZZIE.
DR. ADRIAN SHAW, NO.
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Because our boy Red, oh he is playing.
Like, for real, he is straightplayingthe FBI left and right.
As he dies, she instructs her assistant to get the bone saw.
Say it with me now: MA-NIP-U-LA-TOR.
He kidnapped your baby for her blood… sitting clueless in that Magneto box ismorethan he deserves.
(Plant those seeds, brother game respects game.)
When push comes to shove, your impulse will be to save him.
Other than that road block, however, these two are downright chummy tonight.
Ladies and gentlemen, FBI employee of the year, Lizzie Keen!
That is, until Aram unearths her new identity teaching Latin at a private school in Brooklyn Heights.
Because before she can even get started explaining her cover at the Coroner meetup, guess who shows up?
When her partner committed suicide shortly after they filed for a patent, Sonia knew shed be next.
Thats when the Coroner turned her into Adrian Shaw.
As Red explains, I dont know what the two of you are so indignant about.
I understand that the Post Office could stand for a little more transparency, but also what a line.
So,ishis blood relative willing to throw a few stem cells Kirks way?
Well, thats a little more complicated.
Uh huh, but hes herdad.
And Toms all,Yeah, totally.
Remember that time you were pretending to be dead in Cuba?
Well I met my mom then; we had a super weird chemistry together (sound familiar?
), and then I was like, Peace out, lady, not interested.
But inside the office of Dr. Rayburn, the new partner of Dr. Shaw, its all business.
Dozens of sickly humans laid out on cots begging to be saved.
Is Red sick, she asks.
You have no idea.
Speaking of no idea: Lizzie!
He continues, But in the end, the only way to do that is by dying.
To which of course Lizzie says:Not so fast!
Liz worries, Hes gonna die because a bus accident delayed some lab work.
And all the answers Im looking for are going to die with him.
Poetic, Tommyboy, but Liz aint having it.
He asks if she saved his life.
I tried to, she says.
But she wasnt a match.
Kirk tells her that she did the best she could, not every father and daughter are a match.
But the test results showed Lizzie something else entirely: Im not your daughter.
Youre going to save me, Masha!
As this happens, Red tells Lizzie, Men are coming, Elizabeth.
Men who kill every living thing thats in their way.
Those men then radio to Odette that theyre in place: On your ready.
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