‘Blindspot’ Review: The Fall’s First Must-Watch Show

Out slowly emerges a woman (Jaimie Alexander, “Thor”), dazed and nude. There was not a auto in the street, and there was not a person walking around. Jane behaves like a Girl Scout, but has she simply forgotten that she’s the lethal tool of some nefarious organization? Weller is a character we’ve seen plenty of times before. I had to learn how to submerge myself underwater and hold my breath, how to move without creating waves and how to be stealthy. If the people surrounding her were anything beyond a stock assemblage of types (the gung-ho agent who can’t be bothered with niceties, the sympathetic female assistant, some barely-there FBI toughs), this wouldn’t be as big of a problem. That seems to be the default. But, this is based in reality. The act of firing the gunshot triggers flashes of memories in Jane – she remembers an outdoor shooting range where a bearded man is instructing her on fighting skills.

Why not? I feel like we’ve been disappointed too many times.

While Tinsley Studio does all manner of makeup and special effects work for television and film productions, the company has also made a name for itself over the years as the place to go for temporary tattoos, inking up actors including Vin Diesel for XXX, Wentworth Miller for Prison Break, and Gary Oldman for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Though lacking nipple shots, how can you look away? The said-tattooed woman, Jane Doe, waking up in Times Square is the opening sequence of the pilot In context, it’s just as weird and intriguing as it was in a 30-second promo. “I would love to!” I didn’t really think much of it, but I love him and I love to work with him. I was like, “Yeah, I can do it!” When we first meet Alexander she has no idea who she is, or why she is covered in tattoos. But when you put it all together, it’s like lightning in a bottle.

Alexander’s role is physically demanding as it turns out Jane’s background involves some combat training. I’m five feet nine inches and 130 pounds, so I’m not going to knock someone out.

Jane Doe (Jaimie Alexander) soon finds herself in federal holding, with agent Weller (Sullivan Stapleton) brought in from the field to spearhead the case of the unknown woman. They did the amnesia of it all really, really well. “We listen to Beatles on Pandora”.

No matter; you-know-who comes to the rescue. I guess the ones that were honed well enough survived somewhere deep down in her brain. Once she’s got both guys down on the ground, Jane Doe is called back upstairs to translate a video on Chao’s computer. It’s all about the gut primal instinct that she has that guides her through these fights because she does shock herself. When she’s feeling insecure about something, it’s going to be very present. That is the only guideline I’ve given myself for Jane. Obviously she has a huge blind spot where her memory used to be; she has no idea who she is. She was also covered in tattoos.

Why watch a show this silly? The show has given its first stroke with the electrifying pilot episode.

Greg, what’s your involvement like on Blindspot, since you also have so many other shows on the air? We’re going to need a boat.

Having a plan is great, but you still have to be open to discovering things, right? Alexander was name-dropped in Deadline this spring as a performer who was being highly sought after for television pilots, and whether or not that’s true, certainly in “Blindspot” she is earning her reputation.

Are there any specific shows that guided you when you were working that out? It’s a lesson in saving the big scenes for your show.

I don’t know if Dick would recognize this story, or if fans of the 2002 Tom Cruise movie will flock to this Cruise-less sequel, which isn’t bad, just ordinary.