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Case Profile for Eli Matchett
Red and Liz turn the ship around, literally and head back to the US in order to pay a visit to the birthplace of Captain James T Kirk, IOWA. Why they are there isn’t clear until we discover that Eli Matchett is not just about getting back at the company that stole his farm, but actually to help that company destroy the entire world’s food supply through a little project called “Genesis”. Why would anyone what to do that? To make money of course! The CTO of Verdiant industries not only has a way to solve a global food crisis but also has a way to make a bunch of money doing so that goes in the coffers of, you guessed it, the Cabal. Will Red find the info he needs to build a case against the Cabal? Will Ressler and Samar find out about Verdiant’s plans? Will Glenn from the DMV come to Dembe’s rescue? All this and more on this week’s podcast.
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Eli Matchett In Pictures
Here are a just a few of our favorite scenes from this week.
Red’s Rhetoric
Was there any doubt that Red Home would be the clear winner this week! This week our first clip on Red’s Rhetoric comes when Red talks to Liz about Mugs the art thief. The second clip comes at the end of the episode when Red is face to face with the CTO of Verdiant. Let us know which was your favorite by sending us a tweet, posting your vote in the facebook group, or clip your favorite on clammr, share it with the world and add the hashtag #RedMugs if you always trust your gut, or #RedProgress if you are always on the edge of calamity.
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Doc H – Black-Lister #106 reports,
This was a weird episode for me. Not in a bad or strange way… it just seemed like the production values changed substantially. Normally they have about three or four venues they stick to and cram with extras and subplots where they take all of the master shots, and then all of the primary and secondary actors get their two-shots, head-shots, gunslinger-shots, etc…. This episode was well away from normal production standards. We had Liz/Red, and then Ressler/Samar in their car conversation scenes – with fake background footage during the drive – not standard for TBL! We had Harold and Ressler in the cliché law dog scene… sipping quality hooch in the office at the end of a hard day. All of this said, I did like the episode and am not being critical of the effort – – it was just ‘different’.
One notable thing is the advancement of Liz’s relationship with Raymond. She seems to have fully accepted her Bonnie to his Clyde. Although – – I still believe his provenance as a Military Intel Officer is his master cover as the penultimate good guy.
Another note. I was totally waiting for Samar to grant Red his “get-out-of-jail free” card on about three occasions where he was certain to be cornered. I guess we will see that later in the year.
I think the Dembe saga will last around for another 5-6 episodes. November Ratings Sweeps is three weeks away, and undoubtedly, that plot will have to take the foreground… at least during Week 1 of Sweeps. I am not normally a sympathetic or empathetic guy, but damn – I feel for Dembe. I can’t wait to see what heck is going to rain down when he gets free and gets his feet under him.
Probably the best angle this week was that E V E R Y T H I N G pointed back to The Cabal. I am certain that all of Season Three will be Cabal-oriented… unabashedly Raymond Reddington’s Target Numero Uno as we go. The trick will be to lure Team Ressler into casting their bait into that corner of the criminal pond to help with Cabal attrition.
Cheers
Great episode about the Kabaul