So, instead of doing my homework like I'm supposed to, I've been thinking about In The Belly of the Beast.
Does it reek of a giant ass setup to anyone else?
Like, ok, so, Elena attempts to commit suicide and gets hospitalized for her troubles. Yet, we never know how she attempted it and when they went to go see her, I saw no police guard.
To jump forward by like a lot, the ending. When Elena comes to save Kate, she doesn't look like a woman that almost tried to kill herself or even like a woman that wanted out of what she had gotten herself into. She looked like a killer, because at the heart of her, that's what she really is.
So I think, that this was all a giant ass setup to clear Bracken of his debt to Beckett so that he could go into his candidacy for President without that on him. Which also clears the way for him to try to get rid of Beckett permanently, and as President, he would be in a prime position to do that. So that means, that everyone from Elena to the narcotics cop, minus the 12th of course, HAD to be involved. Because to be completely honest, Elena and Beckett don't look all that alike and I find it hard to believe that Beckett is the ONLY cop in the NYPD that speaks fluent Russian.
Also, why else would they let Beckett as Elena meet "Lazarus" unless they were putting her in a position where she would need to be saved?
So yeah, this was a giant freaking setup and I refuse to believe otherwise.