Blindspot Roundtable: Series Finale (and 100th Episode) “Iunne Ennui”

On Thursday night, Blindspot aired its series finale entitled “Innue Ennui,” which was also the show’s 100th episode.

Join the Nice Girls Cay, Rueben, Roz, and Lisa as they discuss the episode using our feature SASSY: S(tupid), A(wesome), S(o) S(o) and Y(our Thoughts):

*warning spoilers ahead*

STUPID

Roz:  I think Ivy being taken down that easily after the road on this season seemed too soon. Sure, she got the bomb into a location, but then it took barely any effort to kill/stop her from setting off that bomb.

Cay: Yeah, her death was anti-climatic, just like Madeline’s.

What bothered me is that after that long on the run, did the team really each have enough personal items to fill a box at the FBI field office at the end? This part just seemed cliche and dumb to me.

Rueben: I agree that Zapata taking down Ivy so easily was anti-climatic. The only thing I’ll say to defend that scene was that Ivy was on her own, had no back-up or any other hinchmen to sacrifice, but that still doesn’t negate that it should’ve been harder to take her down, and maybe they should’ve had given a little more time to a bigger knockdown fight to get her under control.

Lisa: You guys hit the nail on the head about Ivy. It really felt like they had 15 minutes left of series and thought, we still gotta get Ivy so let’s just have Zapata see her in a crowded times square and jump on her. That should work. No! That did not work. It should have been a better take down for sure.

AWESOME

Roz:  I found the last act to be a great one – I love “Dear Prudence” – and I think having a Thanksgiving dinner intercut with any other possible ending for Jane and Kurt at the Times Square a good way to make us think about which story is the truth. Is the team ready for something so domestic as we saw in the Thanksgiving scene or is Jane doomed to die after so many near deaths?

Also, great job on all those little cameos!

Cay: Yeah, that scene was really nice, but it was too warm and fuzzy for the show, which makes me think that Jane actually died. Which I’m surprisingly okay with, as it seems very Jane-like. In this case, that scene could be her idea of heaven, which fits with the lighting and tone.

I thought the new intro was cool and then having Jane in almost the same situation she was in at the beginning of the show but not having to wait too long to see if she had lost her memory again. Also, the fight scene in the church was pretty awesome! It had everything – fire, water, and Jane taking down multiple guys larger then her. And what battle in a church isn’t complete without someone being thrown out a stained glass window?

Rueben: Seeing all those faces come back was quite a trip – although they did tease some of them in the clips for the series finale so we weren’t completely surprised. I did miss them not having Mayfair, though [see the article below as to why Marianne Jean-Baptiste didn’t appear]. I agree with Cay that fight scene was something out of the pages of Arrow (on The CW) using every possible move and circumstance they could throw into it. Quite an impressive scene, that’s for sure!

As for the twisty ending: For me, I want to see it as Jane having a moment to look back at what could have happened at Times Square. After all, Weller told her things could have been different if one circumstance had been altered. And even as unlikely as it seems that they would all be around a big table like that – almost Norman Rockwell-esque – Weller also told Jane that it was time for them “to make new memories, happy ones,” and I think they did. I want to believe that Jane survived, she and Weller were fostering kids, Patterson and Rich were on their crazy search for that Issac Newton machine, Rich and Boston were a couple, Zapata was working as a PI and being a single mom – and that they were all happy. Especially after all the ups and downs, highs and lows, lose of memory, on the run, secrets and lies, all the crazy bomb cases they had to solve at the last second (etc.) – they all deserved a happy ending even if it is very un-Blindspot-like. I even liked that the new director, as our team was leaving with their boxes, was walking away with the new team – that included pseudo-look-alikes of each of our beloved team members.

Lisa: I loved the cameos! My goodness it was a trip down memory lane and I wish we could have seen Mayfair too. I think this was a great way to end the series and the episode was visually stunning! The last scene at the table really gave us the sense how life moves on. I loved that Boston and Rich were together and Patterson and Rich were working together (spinoff for Patterson & Rich please!). I love that the end for Jane is how the viewer sees it. Some of us will think she had the happy ending and some will think she ended in the black bag in times square the same way the series started. That is very Blindspot like and I loved it. Keeps you guessing to the very end and beyond.

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SO SO

Roz:  Traci Thom’s new FBI director seemed a good fit for this next step, but I wish she had done a little more to work with the team in solving where that bomb was. Also, should we complain that we ended on a bomb plot once again or forgive them?

Cay: I get Rich’s nostalgia, but it was actively inhibiting him from helping Patterson as well as distracting her. It was amusing at first, but then got a bit annoying.

Roz, I think we always knew it had to end with a bomb in Times Square, right?! In the pilot, that was the first concern when they first saw the bag that Jane was in.

Rueben: Once again, I agree with Cay. Rich yelling out that this is their “last” time doing this, doing that was funny at first, but then it got to be too much, and then it was just dangerous and then plain annoying. I was indifferent with Nas coming back (I honestly didn’t remember that she was still alive, my bad!) even though it was clear they would be bringing back LOTS of people from the past 5 years. I also missed not seeing Afreen in the finale, as she really helped them out throughout this last season.

Lisa: I agree Rich yelling out it was the last time for every little thing got to be annoying.

YOUR THOUGHTS

Roz:  I think this finale felt appropriate given all the big big disasters that the team has dealt with before. To see Jane’s mind work through the ZIP with the “help” of all our bigger badder folks was a good nod to the twists and turns of the show all five seasons and how those people all worked to help get the team into Time Square when they needed them to be.

Cay: I didn’t love it, I didn’t hate it. The cameos were cool, but also seemed to be reaching a bit/cliche for a series finale. I liked the “open to interpretation” ending. I would totally watch a spin off with Patterson and Rich playing “Indiana Jones” all over the world.

Rueben: Yes, Cay! I love the idea of Rich and Patterson on a grand adventure like that. It would be VERY fun to see a spin-off focusing on them finding that device, and then going on even more adventures i.e., crazy Indiana Jones type escapades. I liked the finale – even with the unlikely, twisty ending that is almost a little like Schrödinger’s cat, wouldn’t you say?

Lisa: I’ve said all along that Rich & Patterson need their own show and now they have given us a platform for it. We should start a petition! I think the finale was very well done. Leaving Jane’s fate as open ended is a fitting end to great series that always kept us on our toes. Thank you for 100 episodes and a kick-ass series.

[Photo Credit: Barbara Nitke/NBC/Warner Brothers]

Make sure to check out this article from TV Line with show creator Martin Gero – who wrote and directed the series finale – to get a little insight into the unexpected, twisty series finale.

You can also watch cast members Jaimie Alexander, Sullivan Stapleton, Ashley Johnson, Audrey Esparza and Rob Brown along with Martin Gero reunite to talk about working on the show for 5 seasons, the series finale and so much more, all thanks to the folks at Entertainment Weekly: