Blindspot Roundtable: Awl In

Blindspot aired a new episode this week titled “Awl In” which focused on the following:

In an effort to stop Madeline from shipping two planes full of ZIP to the US, the the team splits up into a high-stakes undercover mission where they intercept Madeline’s son. Meanwhile, Madeline interrogates an old ally to get information on Kurt and the team.

BLINDSPOT — “Awl In” Episode 507 — Pictured: (l-r) Sullivan Stapleton as Kurt Weller, Jaimie Alexander as Jane Doe

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 hate that Madeline keeps doing more and more stupid things without consequences. She’s done so many evil things and so many people know, yet we have no more movement on stopping her.

Rueben: Where do they get those ridiculous wigs for Jane and now Weller? The are/were hideous. And, when is the madness with Zip going to stop? Now, Burke used it on her own son. That is just so wrong in so many ways.

Lisa:  I’m over it. I’m over Madeline, I’m over zip. Just when you think she can’t get more evil, she does something else disgusting. She has to go.

Cay: Agree with Roz – how have Madeline’s plans all worked out nearly perfectly?? It defies logic even more than a woman waking up with no memory and tattoos all over her body which point to future crimes.

AWESOME

Roz: I’m so so curious about what Keaton has planned with that mission Allison said was still a go! Who else is working with the team that we don’t know about? What are they planning and can it hurry up and get started?

Rueben: The only “good” thing to happen in the episode was that Zapata seemed to get through Burke’s son, and that he went to his mother to judge for himself. The outcome of that decision to “confront” his mother may have been good in his mind, but I think we all knew that she was going to do something in retaliation. I sure wasn’t expecting Burke to use Zip on her own son.

Cay: Weller’s disguise was so awful that it was awesome. He always seems to end up in mullets for a lot of this undercover work…I like the introduction of Madeline’s son and the fact that he’s not evil, as for what his role will be, see my thoughts below. It was nice to finally get a bit of info about who has been helping the team!

Lisa: Lol Cay. Weller’s wig was so bad I welcomed the comedy looking at it. He and Jane both looked like a hot mess! I like that we got glimpse into who is helping the team. I’m with Roz, who else is helping them that we don’t know about? Let’s get this show on the road!

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SO SO

Roz: I want to love how well Zapata got through to Burke’s son, but I hate that all that work was made moot so soon. He said he believed Zapata and then had his memory wiped with nothing else coming of it.

Rueben: I knew the little hand gesture that Allie made during her TV announcement was a signal to Weller. Did they (the writers) really think we wouldn’t figure that out before Weller made a comment about it.

Lisa: The hand gesture was pretty obvious but I was relieved when I saw it and Weller confirmed it was a sign to move forward. I really hate that Burke’s son didn’t get to help the team more. It was refreshing to see that he wasn’t evil like his mother, but to have her wipe his memory right away was a huge let down. Another dead end so quickly.

Cay: I’m intrigued that Allie might be more involved than we were led to believe and that there may be a group of people trying to help the team, although I’m tired of the good ol’ “kidnap someone that the team cares about and use them to lure them out” plot.

YOUR THOUGHTS

Roz: I love that Keaton’s back, but what the heck for? Who is he working with besides Allison? Why haven’t we seen more of this group when we’re maybe four episodes from the series being over. (I can’t tell at all if the season is 11 episodes or longer.)

Rueben: I want them to start resolving the issues, bringing Burke down and getting each of them back to their lives. And now we’ve got Keaton back in the mix, but is he working with Burke or with the mystery person is getting intel to the team? This is the final season…we need answers and resolutions.

Cay: I don’t think they brought Madeline’s son into all of this just to erase him that fast. I wonder if that wasn’t really ZIP or perhaps it was the denatured ZIP? Keaton (and Allie) have to be working against Madeline as it makes no sense to bring them in if they are working with her. Although, that being said, they seem to be doing a pretty crappy job of it so far!

Lisa: I’m with Rueben. I’m ready to see the team take that evil woman down! Cay you might have a point there. I was thinking it would be awesome if Burke’s was just pretending that he didn’t know who she was because he knew what she was trying to do. It’s a little far fetched, but it would be awesome if true. We will have to see how it all unfolds next week!

Photo Credit: Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/Warner Brothers/NBC

The next new episode of Blindspot will air on NBC on Thursday, July 2 at 9/8c.