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Monday 14 September 2015

Eye Candy 1.2 'BRB' Review

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Lindy (Victoria Justice) speeds up the process of finding out who killed Ben, as we're subjected to yet another murder from the killer's point of view.  This time it's another blonde at a spa who has bad skin.  She's always had imperfections.  Uh-oh, as the killer seeks to perfect that by pouring industrial strength paint stripper on her face.  Claiming another Vic.  Hey looking at Lindy, she's not that perfect, she was out on her left side and has not so perfect teeth, but who's looking, right?

Tommy (Casey Jon Deidrick) wants to stop her from putting herself in danger after she meets Reese (at the club, date number 2 she met last ep and he slips her a pill, as they dance and kiss, which she throws away.  She's watched by Sophia (Kiersey Clemons) and Connor Jon Garet Stoker) and she tells him Lindy's out to catch a killer.  Tommy tells her it's not her fault since he saw his mother at Ben's funeral and she looked at him with regret.  Lindy says she got blame.  Cos he was on her roof and with her before when she sent him back to her apartment for Sophia.  She cools it with Reese who wants to 'date' her, and wanting to get hot and heavy, as Tommy calls her and she says it's her mother.

Next day she moves on to the Aussie, date number 1, Jake (Ryan Cooper) and sits in the coffee shop watching him.  The woman asks her if she's drinking coffee, but she replies it's Bolivian.  She tells Lindy she's been staring at that apartment across the road for two weeks and she knows all about Jake.  He's got a record for sexual assault but the charges were dropped, obviously cos he's a lawyer (sleazy?)  We have yet to decide.  I did have my eye on him, no pun, in terms of a suspect and nothing more!  Like his Aussie accent though.  But with this show just when you think you have a suspect, they add more twists into the mix.  Knew it wasn't Reese since he was too obvious.  He's just broken up with his girlfriend and he really only wants fun.  Said woman is Sgt Catherine Shaw (Melanie Nicholls-King) and she hires Lindy to work for them since they could use her at the Cyber Crimes Unit (very CSI:Cyber, maybe that's why Eye Candy didn't catch on.  Would've rotted the brain with two such shows on the air.)  Though have to admit after watching ep 2, Eye Candy does have a certain futuristic vibe to it.  She also hints that working for the police, Lindy can use their resources to find her sister, whom she's sorry about.

Jake comes to her apartment, but she was meant to meet him at a restaurant and asks him how he found her address.  Which he neglects to answer, well he's a lawyer isn't he.  He's brought groceries and wants to cook for her.  She watches him cook and how he's adept with the knife.  She says it's the first time the kitchen's been used for cooking and he thinks living in New York is why.  She just replies she can't cook, but he's very delicate. He asks if she means he's delicate.  Why, is that such a crime?  Ha.  Sophia and Connor arrive and they haven't eaten either.  Cue Lindy and Sophia in the bathroom where Lindy lets on about how he turned up.  Connor arrives and calls him "beautiful" and warns not to eat the food, which may be poisoned.  They drink more than they eat and Sophia recalls how she met Lindy in the bar and looked across at her, knowing there was something about her, so   she just had to invite her to live with her.  It was like having a past life.  But Connor is day to day.

Jake leaves after a call and they survive the night.  Lindy doesn't believe he's the killer and still goes with Reese.  Outside Reese spots them and wants to know what that is when she kisses him goodnight, only on the cheek.  Lindy asks George (Harvey Reyes) to hack the cameras on the street and notices that Reese could've skipped into the spa. She knows his car now and she takes it to the others. Tommy is angry Lindy's here cos she'll put herself in danger some more.  Lindy thinks they can hack into his car as it'll contain all the info on where he's been, thereby blowing his alibi.   Catherine warns Tommy not to question her motives for having Lindy work for them since she'll remove him from the case.  They agree to surveil Lindy as she goes on a date with Reese.  As she sits at the desk, belonging to Ben, she finds where he wrote her number on the desk and has a flashback to calling him.

On her date with Reese, he scuppers the restaurant plans and heads away knowing he's being followed, well she wasn't so subtle in looking over her shoulder when she was in the car.  But he didn't peg her wearing a wire.  He drives to a junkyard and talks cars and how people do so much in them and have so many memories and then they just trash them.  He tries to get it on with Lindy, but she's not biting and so he gives her the car keys, going for a pee was he, after drinking beer beforehand.  Tommy's found the car but couldn't jimmy it open, before he's conked out.  Lindy arrives and gets locked in, the car being automatically driven away James Bond style.  She hacks into the computer with her phone and Tommy manages to tell her he's in the back, as the car heads for lampost.  Lindy manage to stop it in time and they suspect Reese is guilty.

Sophia and Connor have to stay at the station cos they're involved with this and the suspect's been taking pics of Lindy and following her.  So how come we didn't see any pics with Tommy on that dummy left in the car?  She gets a call from Reese, turns out he's a Vic.

Okay, suspects: there's something about Tommy that is a bit strange, can't put my finger on it yet, aside from finding Lindy beautiful, we know he coveted his partner's girl, so his feelings weren't so pure.  But later he tells Connor that he's into blondes, when he questions Connor about whether he's flirting with him.  Connor is anaother one who's hard to pin down, taking the CS photos on his phone. Does he want to steal them for a story, put them online, just collect them, or would he be a suspect.  I also got the feeling about there being something about Ben, he just didn't seem dead to me, but guess that can't be faked, cos the killer's voice sounded a little like Ben to me.  Anyway we shall know when we get to the end, for those of us who haven't seen it yet, but it's good to speculate and lay suspicions onto others.

BRB meaning 'Be Right Back' of course.

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