‘Blindspot’ Gets Full-Season Order from NBC

This review contains spoilers for S1E04 of Blindspot. That would be good news under any circumstances, but particularly after last week’s episode. Such a great way to open an episode that involves stolen vials of samples of infectious diseases.

Jane may not be Taylor Shaw.

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Luckily for us though, another one of them is being decoded by Patterson (Ashely Johnson).

The banter between Reade and Zapata.

Jane is no longer Jane, having been identified as Taylor Shaw a childhood friend of lead agent Kurt Weller who went missing when they were in grade school.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, series creator Martin Gero revealed that they designed season one’s story for a 22-episode run even before “Blindspot” premiered.

Jane has a vague memory of Taylor’s kidnapping.

In this exclusive sneak peek at Monday night’s episode, Patterson figures out that one of Jane’s (or do we start calling her Taylor Shaw now?) tattoos has a very familiar symbol on it.

Edgar, usually the only reasonable person in the room, still isn’t insane about Jane’s presence on the team and urges Weller to leave her behind. This wasn’t a surprising reveal but at least confirms Brown has nothing against Jane. “It’s too unsafe.” When the young woman presses, Mayfair presses back since she knows Patterson snuck Jane’s case file out of the building. And then he’s back to gruff, unfeeling Federal Bureau of Investigation agent.

However, before reaching this point, fans should first wait and see what Jane’s tattoos mean in every episode. Actually, the most notable action scene here was just two dudes in hazmat suits fumbling over each other at the airport, and Jane running in at the last minute to beat up the CDC agent – because I guess she also figured out that he was a traitor? If Zapata was somehow connected to Jane Doe and the Federal Bureau of Investigation doesn’t know about it, then that would be something to pique interest, but a personal gambling problem is so out of left field. This interesting bit of information is revealed when we find out that she owes $40,000 to her bookie.

The DNA results contradict the isotope test. But after weeks of chastising her for refusing to stay in the vehicle when instructed, Weller is finally ready to welcome Jane as an equity partner on his team. One of the tests has to be wrong, but which one?

Jane’s therapy sessions don’t actually seem helpful. It’s a good moment that really establishes the foundation of this show. There’s not a whole lot of emotion to them, and they don’t serve to do much beyond catch us up on the events of previous episodes.

Here comes the manifesto: the doctor talks about how the planet is overpopulated and he has to “save the human race” by sacrificing a bunch of people. They couldn’t just be in it to wreak havoc like so many other global criminals? Those leaves happen to be oak and maple leaves, the same street names where the Center for Disease Control has its headquarters.

Add these two to the five from last week, and we’ve got seven of Jane’s tattoos unpuzzled.