Ok, so, did I already say that I'm a Zapatterson shipper? One or two times? Maybe? Haha. The thing is there is this other ship from Blindspot I began by belittling, but then it grow up in me and now is like my second favorite one, and in the multiverse it is possible so... I'm talking about the polyamorous relationship between Patterson, Rich, and Boston.
I didn't see how that could work at first, but then I read a few fics about it and it has so much potential! I mean it. I always loved their dynamic, being the three of them "the smart ones" with big egos that kept them fighting to demonstrate their intelligence and wisdom to the others. So I can see how that can evolve into a relationship and I really like the idea now.
But the thing is that I rewatched the last episode a few days ago, and I noticed their interactions during the last scene.
I mean... Patterson's hand interlaced with Boston's as he kisses Rich.
Also, there is this photo from the set, with the three of them holding their hands and showing their rings like... what? Do they get married? idk
I suppose that if this is part of Jane's hallucination, and so is the one about Zapatterson's wedding, I guess that Jane wanted to Patterson be happy, with love in her life, no matter who that love came from.
In my mind, Jane is a Zapatterson shipper, but now I kinda have too many ideas for this polyamorous ship. I'm not sure if I'm up to writing about them yet, but I can't stop thinking about it, headcanons are appearing nonstop.
The last one came to my mind a little weird and terrible theory - and please do not shout at me.
What if it was not Bill who killed Taylor? - Maybe it was Kurt, accidentally of course.
Bill hid the truth to protect his son and allowed him to be considered a murderer for all these years. For Kurt it was so traumatic - that he diverted it from memory - just like Read the case with the coach.
Shepard obviously knew the truth and decided to use it. Maybe she is blackmailing Bill, threatening to reveal the truth about Kurt and destroy him if Bill declines in any way "Taylor" after her appearance and deny that she is.
Bill agreed to it - he had no choice.
At the same time he saw hove many Jane / Taylor means for Kurt. Maybe he wanted to give them a chance to solve all the mysteries and to bring them “the blank card”.
It was a very sharp cut, but it gave hope. That's why Bill on his deathbed confessed to killing Taylor.
As for Kurt's mother, I think she was not the most ... I do not know what to call her, but she was not the mother any child would like to have.
Actually, I judge her on the basis of one scene, one sentence, this one when Kurt learned that Ally was pregnant and was afraid he would not be a good father.
Anyway, maybe Kurt's mother left not because they all believed Bill was a murderer, but because she knew Kurt was guilty.
This may be the secret that Weller has.
We do not know how Taylor died - I do not think she was shot, for example. Maybe during the fun she fell from the stairs?
Kurt believed in his father's fault, because he had to somehow explain Taylor's disappearance. Maybe he subconsciously blamed his father for not telling the truth that he would not allow him to be punished, to do penance.
Bill sacrificed himself for his son and this puts him in a totally different light - right? He was not a monster, he was the father who wanted to protect his baby at all costs, he cries over the dead one , but his son lived and no punishment would not restore Taylor's life.
Can we talk about how thoughtful this was, and also how this needed to happen more often? I mean about the coffee.
Because one thing that happened from time to time was that they would ask Patty for things, favors apart from her work, sometimes they would even demand things and snap at her, as if she was just the tech tool, a means to an end, and not a person working with them.
And I think it's because they took her for granted, because they knew she cared so much about them, so even when she could get mad, it was okay, because she'll forgive them. She would even spend her nights working on it, while they went home to sleep through the night, and then in the morning, they would even get mad at her if she didn't have answers. It didn't happen all the time, of course, but when it did, they were very inconsiderate.
So Kurt spending the night working side by side with her, even when he wouldn't do much, and bringing her some coffee was a nice way to be grateful with more than just words.
This is a recap of the first three episodes of Blindspot Season 4 because I've fallen behind on the rewatch.
It will contain spoilers (just in case).
Madeline's character introduction is marvelous. Since the first minute is telling us: You are watching the next main villain, the one that will make everyone who came before her and after Shepard look like amateurs. Her starting point is strong, she begins killing all her associates without any regret. When she tells Tasha to put her gun down, she does it calmly and totally unconcerned, showing us how sure of herself she is and how she knows she's in charge. And her quote while toasting: "a woman who knows exactly what she wants". Perfect. I loved it.
As if this hasn't been enough, in the second episode she tells us with a wide smile, how she poisoned her husband the same way and how she enjoyed it. Like, this woman doesn't bluff, she's all in. But she does manipulate her image to the rest of the world.
I like how well Remi learned to act like Jane, but I love even more how every now and then she fails to act like her.
I can't explain how much I love that Rich keeps calling Zapata "What's her name?". I mean, they worked together long enough for him to know her name, and he does but arbitrarily decides to continue "pretending" not to know her name.
There are three things I can not be objective about in this show, and Boston is one of those. Patterson and Rich are the other two things, to no one's surprise. My point here is that every time those three meet, it is a great episode. I love Boston's passive-aggressive comments and Patterson's comebacks. I love his humor and the constant "egos fight" with Patty when we all know that deep down they love each other. I mean, she called him to work on Wizarville. And I love that he calls her Pat-Pat.
I complained before about how bad the camera movements and focus were, and at least in these three episodes, I can see an improvement. The movements are smoother, and there are almost no out-of-focus. I don't know if they practiced more before shooting or if they changed the cameraman, but it works better. I mean, look at the scene with Remi and Boris in the second episode. The camera circled around them and the focus never went out. It seems a little dumb to be happy about it, but compared to the other seasons, it makes a difference.
About the whole situation of Reade and Tasha, here's when I dissociate the most. I mean, I like how everyone is looking out for Reade because they know what it means for him that Tasha left the way she did and I like the way they try to support him too. But my mind is Zapatterson 100%, so every time Patty talks about Tasha in these episodes, my mind works in the background imagining the same situation but with Zapatterson being canon. I can't help it or even control it, it just happens.
But I do like Patty trying to have some dates or casual encounters, but like always, she is never lucky enough. Not even when she's trying to have a one-night encounter. And she's so clumsy about it, almost adorable, and a little embarrassing, how badly she lies to try to hide it from Rich and Weitz.
About Weitz... I previously said I liked the one from seasons 1 and 2, but being honest and rewatching these episodes, I think it was just because of the green power ranger syndrome, that I already talked about. But honestly, he's a great character. He is now here to hinder the investigations, making sure nothing makes him look bad, politically speaking, even if it messed up the cases. But at some point, it became hilarious and likable. Like his enthusiasm in the third episode with the Quantico recruits and his proposal to bring the field to them, it's almost adorable.
And I love how Patty finally confronts him, the whole conversation between them at that tense moment was perfect. Like, she told him what needed to be said.
But the whole third episode is a great one, and I could be talking about it for hours, so I'd better finish this post here 😅
How long did it take you all to realize that in this episode the key to solving the tattoo is pi because it is episode 3.14? For me, it was longer than I'd like to admit 😅
If you did notice that, have you ever noticed that in Patterson's coffee cup it is written "Peterson"?
I love too many things about this episode:
Afreen has so much protagonism in this ep! (at least compared to others eps) I already said this, but she's a so underrated character.
I love the idea that Patterson learned from all the experience with Stuart, that this time she's trying to do it better, and she congrats Afreen in front of the team for her work, and Afreen is so proud and happy to hear those words from her boss.
Of course the first thing Patty thought of the loop was The Matrix.
The breakfast club scene was epic, not only was it hilarious, it was made with so much care, doing an outstanding tribute that made me think it was an actual recreation of some shots from the movie. But, except for some glances, they weren't.
Aside from being a bizarre version, they perfectly captured the vibe of each character and I loved that.
But in general, each version of the loop was fun, to see Jeller being each other was epic. And Roman in the elevator... uff, I can't even put in words all the reasons I loved that.
I also love that this was the closure Patty needed with David. He will always be there in her memory, in a deep lovely place in her heart, but it was about time for her to move on.
But one thing was that cringe that made me laugh:
All the medical scenes.
I know this isn't Grey's Anatomy, nor a medical show, but come on! They could have done better work.
There is so much I could say about this scene...
– I know that Jeller were living a hell of situation, and they were in a bad mood, but taking it out on Patty was not the answer, but I'll talk more about it in my next post about 3x11.
– This gives me many Zapatterson vibes! I mean, they aren't the main focus on this scene, but the way Tasha intervenes between Patty and Weller is like she knows he is mistreating her and it's not ok with that, but at the same time, she knows where all that comes from, so she just tries to get it all over as soon as possible.
– Tasha knows that eventually she'll be in the same position as Kurt, when the whole Borden thing comes to light, and is already suffering internally because of it.
– Meanwhile, Jane is like "okay, give me this intel already so I can leave and get away from Weller".
Something that always caught my attention about this show was that they have shots like this one
with a beautiful and fierce movement, with great composition and use of the space. And then, in the next second, they have shots like this one
that seems like they shot this during an earthquake. I mean, I know that a shoulder-held camera it's a much less expensive option because video stabilizers aren't cheap to buy or even rent, also is something esthetic used to transmit something with the resultant image, but this is not that, this is just a bad shot they used anyway and it wouldn't be something that bad if they hadn't use next to the other one.
Something similar happens with blurs. You can use it to point to a specific object or person in the shot, and you can change it in the middle of the shot to add drama, but this kind of stuff
it's just the person in charge of the focus saying "hey! I wasn't ready, but ok" and they are a lot of this one in the whole show.
So at this point, I have to say that I love Hirst's character development. I mean, she was introduced at the end of season 2, when everything was chaos. But far from being that new boss who thinks that knows best, she listened to the team, she followed Patterson's ideas and plans, she gave Jane the possibility to choose what she wanted to do, and she let them be. Thus, she gained the team's trust and appreciation as well as the viewers.
Two years later, she's still working there, Reade is the new assistant director and they welcome the team again to resolve the new tattoos.
Then we start to notice a strange look here, a comment there, she begins to look suspicious and then Tasha and Patty start to investigate her. At this point, we all think "okay, maybe she wasn't that clear" but the new tattoos are there to expose those things from all the team, and none of them are completely clear. We never imagined what she was capable of until we learned that she was the one who killed Stuart. Now we know it wasn't just a little corruption thing like accepting bribes.
But in this episode, we see her doing frantic last-ditch efforts to avoid being captured. She incriminates Patterson, and with her, everyone that tries to help her. She rushes and pushes Rich too hard for him to give Patterson up, which is curious that he was tempted by the offer until Hirts mentions Boston, then it was personal for him. As the old saying states, for the mouth dies the fish, (I'm not sure that is the right translation, but I couldn't find a better one) and because she was talking too much about how dangerous Patterson was, they had no other choice to evacuate when the bomb threat reach. From here we can only see how desperate she is for all of this to end and as she was so sure to win, got confident and lost it all.
A really nice character development.
Also, here we confirm that she was working for Crawford, who abandoned her as fast as he could, showing us a little bit of that character too.
