Lie To Me - 2.5: "Grievous Bodily Harm" Review

An old face from Cal's past arrives looking for help, as we get snippets into Cal's secret criminal past. The rest of the team look into death threats filmed in a video for school.

The scene opens with Cal (Tim Roth) telling a man he's lying and Cal is shot.  
28 hours earlier:  Gillian (Kelli Williams) informs Cal that he has a Sally Robinson waiting for him in his office.   Sally is actually Terry (Lennie James) an old friend of Cal's.  At a bar they both agree to leave their past behind and Terry wants Cal to play Texas Hold 'Em as he owes money.   Ben (Mekhi Phifer) tells Gillian that Terry is on the Scotland Yard watchlist and so he's on the FBI watchlist now.   In which case why was Terry even allowed to enter the US, especially since he's got a criminal record and spent time in prison? Since when did the US allow prisoners into the country?

Cal calls one of the players at the table and wins.   Terry asks for a break and Cal elicits he actually owes $95,000.   Cal headslaps Terry (hey that's Gibbs' (Mark Harmon) specialty in NCIS.)  Gillian and Ria (Monica Raymund) watch a video which appears to be a threat to kill.   The headmaster, Anders (Spencer Garrett) closed the school for a day but refuses to shut it down completely.   Ria shows the video to some pupils at school and gages their reactions.   Cal pays back Terry's debt and then some and calls them even.

Next day Cal watches the video and points out how some of the pupils are looking at each other and the teacher is looking at one in particular.   Cal finds Terry in his office with broken fingers and he's been beaten.   Lance McClellan (James Frain) the man at the poker table, wants to meet Cal or he's threatened to kill Terry.   Cal questions the pupil after getting them to stand and asks who made the video.   Stacey (BK Cannon) is about to say something but Jared (Alex Stamm) confesses.   Gillian doesn't believe he's telling the truth.   Eli (Brendan Hines) watches the tape and notices the expression of relief on Stacey's face when he confesses.

Terry wears one of Cal's shirts and he uses pressure on his broken fingers to make him admit what's really happening.   Terry sold a fake home to a man as part of a scam and he has connections.   They meet Lance in a hotel room, with Ben as back up after Cal tells Ben what's going on, but wants Gillian kept in the dark.   Lance wants Cal to pick out the informant from three men but he knows Lance is lying.

Stacey confesses she made the video but didn't want to kill anyone.   She's being bullied by the popular girl, Jasmine (Brittany 'Nieko' Mann) and others.   She hates PE and she's told the teacher.   Ria and Eli find Fitzgerald (JR Cacia).  The PE teacher knew what was happening and ignored it.   Cal used to run scams with Terry and Cal tells Lance to cancel his meeting as Terry has an FBI agent on his tail, pointing out Ben's car.   Jasmine is sorry for what was happening.  Is that only cos she's been found out but Fitzgerald wouldn't let them stop?   Ria and Eli find Stacey in the toilet after taking an overdose and Gillian was wrong.   It wasn't homicidal intent Stacey was exhibiting, but suicidal intent and she missed it.   What was wrong with Gillian this episode - worrying about Cal?  Or her date?

Cal must inform Lance if one of the men who brought the money is confident in its quality.   Cal is really stalling and that's obvious since he must know Ben is back up and if he read the man at the poker game, then he must also have read that Terry and Lance having planned all this from the outset.   He needs the counterfeiter here and the money to determine where he's lying or not and is sure the money is good.   Stacey accuses Fitzgerald of ignoring her pleas for help and actually encouraging the bullying, backed up by Jasmine.   Lance's bodyguard, Jimmy, (Jay R Ferguson) shoots Cal when he says that he's been stalling and he is shot by Ben.   Jimmy is actually FBI, that wasn't a surprise and again apparent Cal would have gathered what was going on.

Cal asks for Terry's freedom and punches him.   He doesn't want to see him anymore.   Gillian et al wait for Cal at the office to make Cal undergo an intervention.   Gillian says they're a team but he didn't come to them for help.   Cal fires them all, Ria protests she didn't want any part of it and he fires her for being gutless and Ria not being able to tell Cal was lying as she let her emotions get in the way, which she needs to work on.   Well he took over that intervention and turned it round.   Does Cal really not trust his team or did he just not want them involved in his past and his private life?   We know he has trust issues from the Control episode, spying on his employees but he still can't really not rely on them.

Eli tells them about a coach at his school who bullied a boy and made them all take part in it.   Eli: "It's always the popular ones who think they can get away with murder."  Does Eli have a dark past or something that's affected him deeply.   He always gets these little gems of dialogue and they never follow through on them.   Eli had something in common with Stacey but he puts it down to another boy being bullied.   Could this other boy have been Eli?   Still Stacey got away with making that video who's to say she wouldn't have gone through with it being a proper, little psychopath for real.   Seeing as she wouldn't have gotten away with it, she could have tried to kill herself, knowing she'd be found and saved.   Yes I am cynical.

Cal timed his dive when he was shot right down to the second, think maybe he knew that was coming, or was it just surprise on his part and then played along with it?   Think he knew since he asks Jimmy how he does that with his eyes.   Gillian getting into another misread case, though nothing serious happens when she does that.   This is her second misread.   Though last episode Ria berated herself for messing up and it wasn't her first time either.   Cal's remark that Eli isn't getting a raise cos they can't afford it. Is he being paid now?

Contrast Terry to Cal's university friend, Jeff, we get to meet the complete opposite in Terry; who Cal tells Gillian saved him and did time for him - losing three years of his life.   He knew Cal had a brain which he could use for good.   Unlike Jeff, Cal and Terry do share a stronger bond.   If Cal didn't care about him he wouldn't have seen it through to the end, cos he was onto what was happening from the outset.   Jeff left Cal after things didn't work out on the drugs case and Cal wired him without his knowledge; Jeff couldn't decide if he wanted to be friends with him still.   But Terry can't let go of Cal's friendship and vice versa.   There's a love/hate relationship here and they genuinely do care, thus Cal repays Terry's sacrifice for him by asking Ben to let him go in return for the help he provided with Lance.

CSI: Miami - 8.17: "Getting Axed" Review

A woman is killed at work and there are numerous suspects, the evidence pointing to one in particular, which makes it a work related murder after all.

A woman is found in the lift (elevator) shaft with an axe through her head after the lift crashes to a halt and blood drips onto the occupant inside.  Tripp (Rex Linn) asks the man, Jeffrey ( Matthew John Armstrong) when he last saw her alive.   Ryan (Jonathan Togo) can't do anything about the DB until ME Tom (Christian Clemenson) arrives.   He wonders how she could have been axed and no one saw it.  "It takes hard work to kill somebody."  Horatio (David Caruso) adds, "Harder than people think."  Ryan is anxious for the DB to be moved and determines her ankle caught in the pulley, causing the lift to freefall and dropped from the nineteenth floor.   Calleigh (Emily Procter) notices the axe is missing, which Horatio already said.   Jesse (Eddie Cibrian) notices the spatter pattern is obscured so he can't determine which print was last put on the button.   Calleigh mentions the dye gel pack on the fire alarm, which is spread by water, so they can see who pulled the fire alarm.   Jesse says they'll need a court order to test the employee's hands.

Walter (Omar Miller) is hoping the killer is still here.  Valerie (Kaylee Delfer) pulled the fire alarm as she had to pick up her boyfriend from the airport and wanted longer than the allotted lunchbreak and Renee (Bridget ann White) sees everything.   Walter: "I think I smell a lie."  No one liked her and Renee was getting people fired, that's a huge misconception there.   Ryan finds some ceramic piece with a picture of a boy and leaves ME Tom stranded without a ladder.  Kent (Bryan Callen) pretends the boy is his, which Walter finds out is a lie, he's a catalogue model.   There's another lie he smelled from before.   Renee figured it out and told him to own up.   Kent was tired with the parents getting all the privileges of leaving early, best holiday time etc.   Walter, getting all the funny lines, "We don't have to believe you, dad."

Horatio hears a noise in the ceiling above them and Teddy (Adam Wylie) crashes through the ceiling.   I Iove Jesse's purple tie!  Teddy lives up there and Horatio thinks he was spying on Renee.   Jesse bags everything from the space in the ceiling and they find bloody towels there too, which matches the Vic.   ME Tom questions whether Renee was smoker and then gets a brainwave, removing her nail polish he notices Mees lines on her nails, an indication she was being poisoned slowly overtime.   She was being given arsenic to make her sick.   Calleigh says Teddy was stealing Renee's food leftovers.   Horatio points out to him that he's being affected by the poison, shown by the white lines on his nails.   Valerie says Calleigh has poisonous fruit and she won't be able to be use it against her.   Calleigh comments that poisonous friut is exactly what she's looking for and so has probable cause to search Valerie.   Valerie wanted revenge on Renee and so was using a teensy-weensy amount of poison.   Adds Calleigh, that's a "teensy-weensy felony."

A note is found, which was sent to Renee telling her she'll pay for ruining someone's life.   Horatio refers to it as a death threat.   The date on the envelope was two years ago, bfore Renee worked here.   They check out her house and Ryan says he'd like a house like that, after Calleigh asks how a single woman could afford it.   Jesse says maybe she has a rich family.  Calleigh wonders what Renee was doing two years ago.   She had a business degree from the Wharton School and asks why she was working on the front desk as a receptionsit.   Renee was the former VP of an investment firm and she was making payments to a local cemetary.   Calleigh says the more they learn about Renee, the less she makes sense.  

Travers (Christopher Redman) tells Jesse that all motor oil has the same chemical structure and make-up.   Jesse noticed the narrow tyre treads outside Renee's house and so wants him to run the sample he found anyway and then asks if he's got a girlfriend yet.   What did that have to do with motor oil?  Anyhoo, the sample comes up with excessive amounts of phosphorus which hasn't been allowed in oil for years.   So it's from a classic car, which leads them to Mark (Daniel Roebuck).  

Horatio tells him he's got lemon peel in his tyres, proving he was at Renee's.   That was yesterday and he got a call from HR, meaning he was about to be fired.   He mowed down her lemon tree with his car.   She didn't know he was being fired and didn't report him bring in in his dog to work.   She told them it was for his epilepsy.   So Tripp says he "axed her in return."  She didn't want anyone in their department to suffer, she knew they were laying people off, but Renee was protecting them.   So no one knew what she was really doing for them, cos no one bothered to get to know her and just saw her as the office ogre.

Ryan discovers she had the same flowers delivered every month to the cemetary.   Luis (Daniel Zacapa) believes she and Paige were close.   She brought her purple hyacinths, cos Renee thought she was going to hell and was asking for forgiveness.   Dave (Wes Ramsey) looks up the police report on Paige's death.   She committed suicide and left a note, which matches the writing on the note sent to Renee.   Paige was fired from where Renee used to work and Calleigh determines that's why Renee chose to become a receptionist.   Paige was Jeffrey's fiancee, the man in the lift.   Walter notices that Jeffrey is leaving and so they'll need to find evidence against him quickly.

Jesse comments it's strange he killed her and the lift was working fine until he got into it.   Ryan thinks Renee could have been trying to avenge her own death.   Jesse says they're letting Renee down.  They examine Jeffrey's clothes from the hospital and the spatter on his shirt.   Ryan refers to as the "fried egg effect." Which would be consistent with blood clotting.   Jesse points to the drop of fresh blood which should be gravitational, but Ryan notices it's eliptical, consistent with horizontal spatter.   Horatio tells Jeffrey the blood evidence confirms he killed Renee.   He admits he took a job there to get close to Renee and he waited a year to throw her down the lift shaft.   Serves him right using the lift after a fire alarm to be caught with her blood on him.

Tripp gets into the lift and the others join him, but he decides to take the stairs instead; followed by Walter, Ryan and then Jesse leaves it too.   This was a final end funny scene, notice there weren't any women in there, fear, it's a guy thing!  Biut why did they leave the lift, it's not like MDPD has dead bodies floating around the place, might have some skeletons, but no DBs.   Who'd want to work in that office, CSI always comes up with extremes in characters and their motivations to act in the way they do.   we may have met some obnoxious and irritating people at work but they're completely looking out for themselves here, when they don't have a reason to be competetive, other than focussing on keeping their job.

Smallville - 10.18: "Booster" Review

Clark meets one of the Justice League members, Booster Gold from the future, who arrives in Metropolis to take over from The Blur. Booster's only interested in fame and money. Lois is promoted.

Clark (Tom Welling) tells Lois (Erica Durance) that his glasses are driving him crazy, so's the jacket, Er it's a raincoat/mac.   He thinks the Blur needs to show his face soon so that people continue to trust him.   Lois tells him there's nothing heroic or handsome about Clark Kent so he should stop being so great.   Clark was a klutz in Smallville.   Lois is vying for the promotion to City Desk.  A clumsy boy that Lois noticed earlier on, falls in front of a truck and is rescued by Booster Gold, (Eric Martsolf) before Clark can get to him.   Booster claims you have to "keep yourself open to the cameras."  A bug escapes from the vehicle in the boy's backpack.   Booster to Clark: "Nice glasses."

At the Daily Planet, Clark bumps into another man with glasses too, who asks Clark if he's forgotten how to walk.   This is ridiculous, as my earlier comments suggested that all of a sudden Clark wears glasses and he's clumsy and bumbling, whereas all his teen years and beyond that, he was fine.   Booster waits at Clark's desk, "The Gold Guardian of Metropolis."  Lois is meant to interview him and he knows about her promotion, her potential promotion that is.   Cue Cat Grant (Keri Lynn Pratt) ahh, not again.   Lois tells her Clark has assets, he's got nothing to hide.   Lois made Cat believe in heroes and she's also going for the promotion.   That'd get Lois frazzled.   Lois believes that Booster's "gold star will burn out faster than you can say, 'up, up and away'."   Another reference to Superman of course.

Lois appears to be watching how the clumsy boy, Jaime ( Jaren Brandt-Bartlett) reacts to those around him and he is teased by other teens.   Lois advises he should stand up for himself and it's okay to get mad; attempting to give him a pep talk, which backfires.   In a solitary alley, the bug enters Jaime's body.   Clark didn't send Lois roses but Booster did.   Clark finds he's appearing at every CS in the city and Lois thinks Clark is jealous.   Booster appears to be saving the Vics at the last minute for fame.   Ted Kord (Sebastian Spence) , whose company Lois calls, 'the Blackwater of the Midwest' has a device that went missing from the truck.   The device appears to be a missing superweapon.   Clark is now also doing Chloe's job on the research front on the computers at Watchtower.

Booster signs autographs for his fans and Cat wants, no demands, to interview him cos he doesn't have anything to hide, unlike the blur,  but he only wants to speak to Lois, who thinks he should "hit the skies" cos Metropolis is the Blur's territory.   Yet more sky references.  The people are excited by a hero they can see, "they wanna look up in the sky - they need to look up in the sky."  Booster replies.   Booster isn't here to be like the Blur, but to replace the Blur.   Or as I said, to replace the Blur's alter ego with his Superman name.   Lois doesn't agree, Booster will never replace the Blur.   However Booster wants to take Clark's place in history, clearly knowing that Clark is the Blur.

Cat claims to have seen Booster first and Lois washes her hands of him and Cat.   The Blur 'doesn't rescue for the money and real heroes don't stop to pose', Lois tells Cat.  Clark turns up to ask Kord questions about the missing weapon.   Have to say Clark's clumsy act was irritating, especially as we haven't seen him like that for over nine seasons and then suddenly, overnight, he becomes Mr Bungler.   Booster volunteers to help find the device and admits it's a weapon, but firstly he wants a deal: the key to the city, which was going to be given to the Blur.   Kord refers to the bug as a Scarab.   Booster's poster on the billboard is replaced with an 'S' one.   Jamie comes to see Booster but he doesn't have time for him, too busy rehearsing his acceptance of the Key to the city.   Cat dressed in wig, as if she won't be recognized, volunteers to present Booster with the Key to the City.   Jaime turns into the scarab.

Clark tells Lois this isn't a competition between them and they should be worried about the weapon.   He finds the weapon has extra terrestrial technology and bonded with the scientist who experimented with it and they became one, like a parasite.   He died when they attempted to remove the scarab.   Clark can't reveal himself yet.   Booster calls Clark for a meeting, calling him 'Blurboy.'  Booster seems to think the people need someone to look up to and that's him.   Clark, as always, has a stirring speech about real heroes needing to earn people's trust.   Booster shows him the Legion ring and calls them acquaintances of his.   The device Booster wears on his ear which gives him historical data  is a droid called Skeet.   Booster was a hero from the twenty sixth century and is worshipped by billions.   He believes whoever gets the Key to the City automatically gets Metropolis.   Clark can be a man of gold or steel.   Clark:  "a hero is made in the moment by the choices that he makes."  He hasn't seen the hero in Booster, who wants Clark to appear in front of the cameras.   Clark refuses.

Inside the scarab reeks havoc and Booster doesn't really do anything but duck for cover, leaving Cat in the line of fire.   Begging the question as to why Clark didn't hear the commotion inside sooner.   He rushes to change in the phonebox, cue another slo-mo scene, after he sees people running.   The Blur saves Cat and Booster zaps the scarab, but not for long.   Jaime tries to fight from inside and doesn't want to hurt anyone.   Booster finally tells Jaime that the suit doesn't make the hero, he must fight, it's his choice.   Clark watches from a distance as Booster talks Jaime round.

Booster tells Clark he thought he could take  Clark's place in history, "being the miracle people are hoping for."  Admitting he was a sportstar once, but he wasn't a hero.   He started betting on his games and then throwing them.   It was easier to lose than to win.   He stole the ring and the suit.   Clark believes Booster helped Jaime, when Booster believed in what he was saying and so did Jaime; who needs someone to watch over him and Kord needs someone to transport the scarab.   Booster tells Clark that the Blur sounds like a rollercoaster.   He needs "something strong starting with an 'S', something Super." Clark will think about it.   He gives Clark one of his shirts.   Jamie says he's unique and doesn't want the scarab removed,  wanting to learn to use its power.   Booster  thinks Jaime is a real hero.

Cat gives Lois cookies with an 'S' on them.   Clark sporting glasses, in clumsy mode, knocks over Cat's box.   She's his new partner, after Lois gets her promotion.   Poor Clarkie!  Cat: "Clark's nice but he's no Blur."  Lois believes Clark can make the glasses work.   He saw the way people looked at him, he's not perfect.   It doesn't matter to him what people say about him, this is about Lois.   She tells him  he can live down the expectations of Clark Kent when the Blur saves people.   He's worried about what people will say about Lois wanting to marry the new Clark Kent,  cos she's perfect and sexy.   Lois wants him to trust her, they can make this work.   Yeah, like he changed overnight, did he?  People are meant to look beyond the glasses.  

Another episode introducing another hero and yet it's been ages since anything's been said or done about Darkseid.   Looks like the intention is to wrap it up quickly in the space of an episode or two.   Since next episode it's back to the Phantom Zone for Clark and Oliver (Justin Hartley.)

How come Lois Lane ace reporter and newly promoted, isn't remotely interested in an interview with Booster.   She can pick and choose now.   Well okay she wasn't promoted yet, but would've thought she'd have jumped at the chance of getting the lowdown on the new 'hero' in town, intent on taking over the Blur's spot.   As he was fast becoming the peoples' new hero of Metropolis.   Of course comic aficionados will know the scarab is known as the 'Blue Beetle.'  Clark ripping his shirt open at the end is reminiscent of Superman.   Still hard to buy the bumbling act of Clark though.   It's a little too late isn't it and no one's noticed either, that suddenly he's changed.    

NCIS - 7.13: "Jet Lag" Review

Tony and Ziva are in Paris to protect and bring home a witness on board a plane. The usual 'did they', 'didn't they' ploy ensues of their time in Paris, when sharing the same hotel room.

A maid enters a hotel room and finds Parsons DB in the bathtub.   McGee (Sean Murray) is alone at his desk and there's no Tony (Michael Weatherly) around for Director Vance (Rocky Carroll) to talk to.  Tony and Ziva's (Cote de Pablo) flight has been delayed.   Vance: "Paris can be very hard to leave."  As well all know.   Including Gibbs (Mark Harmon) and Jenny (Lauren Holly) who have also been to Paris and seen plenty of action under the covers, as well as their job as agents.   McGee doesn't think Tony and Ziva will be enjoying themselves now, as they don't like doing much together.   More lines like this to keep fans guessing about the two.

Tony snaps shots of Ziva in Paris, artists love Paris cos of the light.   Ziva tells him this isn't a vacation.   Tony remarks it's a beautiful day, he slept well, didn't she?  She looked comfy enough.  OH stop it with the loaded questions!  Tony: "An arms dealer and his fetching daughter were all he had to go on in Paris."  Referring to Le Grenouille (Armand Assante) and Jeanne (Scottie Thompson) from season 4.   Well meaning, they were French and not that Tony has been to Paris.   He takes Ziva onto the back of his scooter.   Gibbs takes McGee on their own trip downtown.   McGee asks if it's just the two of them, well Gibbs, McGee and Ducky, plus a dead marine.

Ducky (David McCallum) comments that in Tony's absence, he should make an observation on the CS.   Viz, Janet Leigh and an inability to enter the shower, of course from the Alfred Hitchcock classic, Psycho (1960).   TOD was 36-48 hours.   Sodium silicate absorbs odour thus the absence of any smell from the DB.   He could have been here for days.   McGee notices there's no signs of any struggle.   McGee locates the safe.

Tony and Ziva at Charles de Gaulle airport, their whistleblower , Nora ( Lily Rains) has Tony to protect him.   Tony: "I'm nice."  It's like protecting Hayley Mills in Pollyanna (1960).  A Disney classic with a happy ending.   Ziva says Tony prefers Bambi, where the mother dies.   he's into his tear jerkers then, ha.  (And The Little Mermaid, Disney version, in Dark Angel  when he played Logan) .   Tony comments, "I'm not the nice one."  Ziva notices the air marshall, Neely (Kevin Symons) and Tony's ready for his hot towel in Business Class.   The flight attendant, Tiffany Chase (Victoria Pratt) isn't friendly towards him.   McGee finds watches, files and clippings from a murder in NYC and home invasion in the safe.   It appears to be a professional hit but McGee asks why the clippings were kept in a safe.   Parsons, the DB marine was a hitman and he had info on their witness, who is a new target.   Mark Parsons was a good marine but  a loner and was on leave in NY.

Abby (Pauley Perrette) finds a burn phone was used.   All of Nora's medical records etc are found and her fiance, Daniel (David de Latour) is here.   He tried to talk Nora out of testifying against Beringer (Ryan Cutrona).   They met in the Accounting Department.  Beringer was embezzling the Navy out of millions and Vance says the only evidence they have is Nora's memory.   Vance reassures Daniel that nothing will happen to her.   Beringer has no knowledge of the case against him, but their best agents are with Nora.    Tony looks at his photos, all consisting of geometric lines and spacings, he should be more creative with his life.   Nora calls them postcards and Ziva comments about CS photos.   She and Tony have had "enough together."  They shared the hotel room and the flight.   Tony adds there was only one hotel room available.   Rule number 12: never date a co-worker is mentioned.    Tony: "can't be done."
Ziva: "Should not be done." Ziva says they don't get along.   Tony: "Ever."  McGee calls Ziva about Nora.

Ducky talks about Gaston Laroux's idea for Phantom of the Opera came to him when a chandelier crashed to the floor.   Ducky: "...honourable marine was masquerading as a hitman."  Gibbs tells him it was the other way round.   I.e.  the hitman was masquerading as an honourable marine.   COD was a fractured C12 vertebrae.   His neck was broken by a deliberate single move.   A trained professional killed the hitman.   It's a long time since Ducky's been to an opera.   Gibbs: "Asking me on a date Duck?"

Abby found extra nothing, aside from one call on the phone from a Holly Snow (Dina Meyer).   McGee's heard of her by reputation, she's a DC Madam.   Gibbs; "when did love business turn into death business."  She hired him to kill Nora.   Holly's a matchmaker.   She connected them online.   Holly is an accessory to murder.   Gibbs says she's providing a service, she's responsible.   She can give him the account where the money was wired, but only in return for a deal.   "I don't give it away." Gibbs isn't offering a deal.   Gibbs: "Whoever gets the kill, gets the catch."

Ziva thinks something's going to happen on the plane.   Neely calls it a modern day Orient Express, any and everyone could be the suspect.   Ziva says all that's needed is a convenient weapon, like plastic cutlery; she killed someone with a credit card once.   Row 16, Steven Baker (Darren Keefe) he hasn't eaten nor drank anything but has been to the toilet lots of times.   Doesn't mean he's a killer.   Tony isn't comfortable and asks the male flight attendant, Stephan aka Mr Spock (Clark Koelsch) for the bottled water to be opened in front of him.   Tony comments about it raining in her sunny view, Mary Poppins.   Calling Nora 'Mary' this time.  Tony and Ziva look at each other.

Vance says the 'higher-ups' are afraid of a Madam.   McGee has been doing background checks on the passengers and Neely asked for an earlier departure, he was too obvious as a suspect.   Ziva searches his bag and Tony asks if she's found a book, he's finished reading Twilight saga book 4, Team Edward.   Another reading remark from Tony, well it's everyone else who keeps telling Tony he doesn't read and how he only looks through GSM.   Ziva picks Neely's pocket.   Abby can run his phone.   Nora comments she and Tony make a great team.   Tony thinks Ziva's much 'spark-ier,' Paris has changed her.

Daniel attacks Beringer, that was for show and blames him but Daniel was my suspect from the outset.   Gibbs mentions Nora to Beringer and he likes jokes.   Tony doesn't see any connection between Parsons and Beringer.   He finds Neely  DB in the toilet with a knitting needle.   Neely wanted to see his daughter in the school play.   Gibbs confirms the killer is on the plane.   Vance called SecNav.   Gibbs asks if he had something to drop.   Holly's plea deal has been approved.   Ziva absolutely denies she and Tony got together.  "Absolutely, definitely, no."  Ziva took the couch or he'd have moaned about his back the entire flight.   Tony undertakes a William Shatner impression from the Twilight Zone.   He uses the inflight wifi and Ducky is surprised Tony isn't a member of the mile high club.   Tony says he never said he wasn't.   It was a quick death and silent.   Ducky needs high resolution photos to determine his hypothesis, Tony can use his camera but it's out of memory.   Why didn't he just download the photos onto his computer, why didn't he use a memory card.   Tony: "like Sophie's Choice, can't choose."

There's a print on the needle.  Abby needs to enhance photos of the bloody partial before she can search for a match.   Abby wants to see Holly.   Holly asks if there's "no foreplay, no seduction" from Gibbs.   Gibbs says the deal is done.   Holly: "You like it rough don't you."  That's getting personal.   Gibbs tells her there's a time and place for eveything.   She's good at reading people and asks Gibbs to 'roleplay' which he refuses.   The deal ends if Nora dies and she'll be charged with murder.   He can read people too.   Hey Vance was listening to their conversation!  Steven was out of his seat in the plane, looking for his battery.   Nora goes into anaphylactic shock.   Call Ducky for help.   She needs epinephrine, which Steven gives them.   Hey they didn't ask if there was a doctor on board.  The epinephrine pen was missing from the first aid which is a clue to the killer's identity.   Nora didn't eat anything but Ziva tells Ducky her pillow smells of nuts.   Peanut dust was put on it.   See back to the medical files at the start of the episode, which mentioned Nora's medical condition.

Ziva asks who gave Nora the pillow.   It was Tiffany of course.   She was in DC when Parson's was killed.   McGee finds money is still in the off shore account and only Nora and Beringer have access to the off shore account.   Tony couldn't fight Tiffany, but luckily he's got Ziva on board.   Tony: "Talk about Snakes on Planes." (2006)  Tony wasn't there to mention Psycho, but he's mentioned plenty fo films to make up for that oversight.   Daniel disappears and runs Gibbs over when he pushes McGee out of the car's way.   McGee calls an ambulance, thought it was for Gibbs.   Gibbs didn't hit his shoulder, the car did.

Nora is still testifying, she liked happy endings.   Tony has to give her the bad news about Daniel.   Tony comments Bogie and Bergman will always have Paris (in Casablanca (1942)) and so will they.   Tony shows off his very best photo of Ziva, "very French new wave."  Gibbs mentions Rule number 12.   Tony says he took the couch and Ziva had the bed.  McGee calls it a tough break.  Ziva asks why Tony lied to McGee and he asks why Ziva lied to Nora? Ziva thinks her photo "would look better in black and white."

So much for Nora saying she and Daniel were compatible and so are Tony and Ziva.   So compatible that he ordered a hit on Nora.   Imagine Ziva and Tony in that kind of a position.   Ziva wouldn't need to pay for a hit, she'd do it herself - but I jest.  They're not compatible, they're so very different and no it wouldn't work out.   If they had any feelings towards one another it's probably just a fleeting attraction.   I like my Tony and Ziva just the way they are, without the romantic and messy complications!  Gibbs and Holly on the other hand, were engaging in foreplay of their own even with Vance around.  How brash was she telling him Gibbs likes it rough.

The number of films mentioned in this episode alone!  So the 'did they/didn't they' in Paris was meant to be a confirmation of season 3's Undercovers episode.   Where fans were meant to believe Ziva and Tony did get it on and the same question was posed here.   In my personal opinion, I say they didn't get together.   Not only would it change the dynamic of the characters; but it's not really something Tony would keep to himself (aside from not wanting Gibbs to know).   Well Tony says he doesn't kiss and tell (as he did in season 4) but he's quick to gossip about everyone else and he  wouldn't  keep it a secret with Ziva involved.   Besides Ziva knows him too well and knows he's a commitment phobe so what would come of it.   Tony's quick to bring up Rule number 12 when his personal life's up for discussion, he's very defensive.   Now Gibbs and Holly is another matter.   Could cut the attraction with a knife - but our Gibbs wouldn't get involved with someone of her reputation.  Even if she's a redhead.   Dina Meyer is great whatever she's in, but is always sadly under-used!

Tony gets talking about le Grenouille and Jeanne but not by name.   That he could mention her so casually shows he's over her, good for him and Ziva didn't comment on it either.   Kind of a love triangle going on in this episode; Nora and Daniel, Tony and Ziva and Gibbs and Holly.   Everyone's talking but no one's doing, no that didn't come out right.   Tony should've been suss about Tiffany cos she didn't fall for any of Tony's "come-ons," she was a cold-hearted one.

Tony refers to Bogie as in Humphrey Bogart and Bergman as in Ingrid Bergman from Casablanca, love stories as they should be!  Ziva's photo in black and white was rather Audrey Hepburn-esque.   The most romantic city in the world didn't do it for Tony and Ziva, which is just as well, personally I prefer Venice.

Merlin - 3.10: "Queen of Hearts" Review

Secrets out, Arthur confesses his love for Gwen before Uther, who banishes her and then thinks Arthur has been enchanted. All thanks to Morgana, but luckily, her plan falls through.

The episode opens with Arthur (Bradley James) crowning Gwen (Angel Coulby)  Queen of Camelot, but only in Morgana's (Katie McGrath) nightmare.  Good to see she's still having those and that her healing bracelet hasn't prevented all of her nightmares from disappearing, as she had hoped.   Morgana deserves some pain and comeuppance for her evil deception and playing everyone to her own tune.   Getting what she wants from them and then casting them aside.   As for her nightmare, we know it's not just a nightmare, but a predetermined outcome.

Morgause (Emilia Fox) calls out to her.   Morgana tells her of her dreams, but clearly they are nightmares, so why not call them that.   Even Morgause calls them dreams and that certain dreams will be too strong for her healing bracelet to prevent (as I said.)  She instead calls it a prophecy.   Prophecy, nightmare, dream, no matter what the label, it's the future  any way it's painted.

Morgause: "There are many futures sister and some are shrouded in mist..." Morgana is sure Uther (Anthony Head) will never permit the marriage to take place.   For someone who wants rid of Uther and can't stand the sight of him, she still wants/needs Uther to clear a path for her towards the throne.   Morgause tells her Gwen can never be queen and Morgana must destroy their relationship at all costs.   Morgana, taking her lead from Morgause again, questions Gwen about Arthur and the difficulties in keeping her feelings quiet.  Thought Gwen would have been more weary of  Morgana - she has the king's ear after all.   Not to mention Morgana's foray into dark magic, witnessed by Gwen not long ago.

At dinner, Morgana watches Arthur, watching Gwen, he's so clumsy when she's around.  He's so caught up in his feelings for Gwen that Morgana should be the last person he opens up to.   Morgana, to gain his trust, tells him she only knows of his feelings for Gwen because Gwen can't stop talking about him.   Again, it's meant to be a secret so why would Gwen have loose lips all of a sudden.  Especially when she has told Arthur so many times that their love cannot be.

Morgana tells Arthur to set his own rules and to follow his heart, since Uther "doesn't have to find out."  That was an obvious clue to what she has in store.   Casually suggesting Arthur should spend more time with Gwen.   Merlin (Colin Morgan) too is of this thought when he tells Gwen to 'risk' it.   She should forget Arthur is a "spoilt, arrogant brat."  Note the subtle loss in translation here, no one knows Morgana has set all this in motion, as Arthur doesn't tell anyone.   Merlin knows all that matters are their feelings, but he's always one to advocate in favour of emotions rather than common sense and reality.

Gwen pretends to be ill to gain time off from work, prompting more evil smirks from Morgana.   Gwen gets a new dress and Arthur is speechless at her appearance.   Morgana puts her plan into action further, by convincing Uther to ride with her.  Arthur feels he can be himself around Gwen, alone, and has dreams of becoming a farmer one day, Merlin could do all the hard labour.   But he fears he "will never leave Camelot." Surprise, surprise, Morgana leads Uther right to Arthur as they kiss.

Uther is highly amused and recalls his youth and knows the temptation of "mere serving girls."  Showing how very little regard Uther has for equality, unlike Arthur.   But he's had his fun and can't see her anymore.   It doesn't matter to Arthur that she's a servant, he loves her.   He defends her in every way possible, but Uther's having none of it.  The look Uther gives to Arthur when he touches him on his shoulder says it all.   It looks like one of contempt and not the way  a father would look at his son.

Arthur blames Merlin for this predicament, "You couldn't keep a secret if your life depended upon it."
Merlin: "You'd be surprised." Because he's been keeping many for ages.

What peeved me is that Merlin and Gwen know what Morgana is capable of but Gwen believed she could trust her completely - even when she didn't tell her she was meeting Arthur , but confided her feelings.   That they could be so careless and let their guard down around her was not entirely believable.   It was a good argument between Arthur and Merlin again pointing to their on-screen chemistry.

Another smirk from Morgana, this time directed at Merlin.  Arthur will leave with Gwen; relinquishing his right to the throne.   However, Gwen doesn't know where she'll go, as she has nothing and no one else.   Her brother has been forgotten very quickly and surely she could go to him, seeing as she risked everyone's life to rescue him.   Seems the writers have too, wasn't he running his own forge now.

Morgana, determined more than ever to have her way, tells Uther how Arthur never mentioned his feelings for Gwen to her before and they share everything (no, not really they don't.) Persuading Uther that Arthur has been enchanted by Gwen.  A poultice is found in Arthur's chamber.   (Sorry no shirtless scene!) which could be used to cast a spell on him.   Gwen doesn't see how someone like Uther could know what love is and he strikes her.   Morgana's good at pretending to be so innocent.  Uther believes she cast a spell on Arthur to seek vengeance for her father's execution.   Gaius (Richard Wilson) tries to defend her, as does Arthur, demanding a trial, but the poultice is irrefutable proof that magic is at work, also Arthur confessing his love for her didn't help.   She's to be burnt at the stake.

Oh finally Gwen uses her brains to figure out Morgana was behind it, she saw her evil smirk.   Also how could Gaius and Merlin ignore the fact it could only have been Morgana.   Just when we thought we wouldn't hear it again, we get Gaius' customary line of, "Uther will never believe it was Morgana." Quite frankly, Uther, you as a father, suck!  He doesn't believe his own son, falling for the old 'it has to be sorcery' ploy, yet he's at the mercy of Morgana, his daughter born out of wedlock, being big on legitimacy back then.   It's okay for him to be seduced and have an affair with a married woman because she was of noble blood, but perish the thought Arthur could love a servant girl.

To save her, the only way is to invent a sorcerer, that's Merlin's bright idea and he will get caught red-handed.   Gaius: "Do you know of a sorcerer stupid enough to get caught doing such a thing?!"
Merlin: "Me."  Enough said.

With the aid of an aging spell, he transforms into an old man.   Excellent seeing the future Merlin finally get to make an entrance, as we'll know him and for Merlin getting to see himself as he'll be.  He was still recognizable: he sounded like himself and also had his mannerisms, such as his voice and facial expressions.  "I can't believe one day I'll actually look like this."  Even Arthur feels he knows him, "have we met?...your eyes..." Merlin clobbers him.   Merlin's explanation before Uther for his enchanting Arthur is due to Uther's blindness towards magic and his treatment of those who used it.   Then gets to throw in how badly Arthur treats his servants.  Strike 1 Morgana.   Gaius tells Arthur, Merlin's at the tavern.   Couldn't he have just said he's on an errand.   Merlin can't reverse the spell and change back so Gaius needs to concoct a remedy, in the meantime, Merlin must stall.   He tells Arthur he has to confess more crimes, Arthur in reply tells him he's only going to be burned once!  Much needed humour here.   You almost feel Arthur thinks he really is talking to Merlin, but only for a brief instance.

Finally drinking the potion, Merlin reverts back to his 'old self,' ha.  Morgana lies and tells Gwen she did everything she could to save her.   Arthur and Gwen still meet, in secret.   Arthur: "My place is with you...things will change" and they will be together...

Loved how Morgana was left dumbfounded, or maybe just confounded, as Arthur, the loyal man, vows he will never abandon Gwen or the love they share.   He's defiant and more so than ever now that they will be together.  So instead of driving a wedge between them, Morgana only succeeds in strengthening their bond.  Super watching Morgana reel  and can't believe how her plans have been unravelled right before her.   Had she not meddled, spurred on by Morgause, who knows what would have happened.

As for Arthur confessing his true feelings to Uther, in a moment of madness, he knows the man and the king, so why would he do this.  Clearly he underestimated his father's feelings for him, or mistakenly expected him to understand and approve of their love.   You only need to look at the 'arranged' marriages to see where Uther's feelings lie, to Camelot and its survival.   Arthur misread the signals in Uther's joke for his dalliance with a servant.

This is one of Merlin's best and strongest episodes this season, fuelled by plenty of passion and emotions and the chance for Merlin to shine as his future self!

Doctor Who - 6.10: "The Girl Who Waited" Review

The Doctor takes Amy and Rory to a world of beautiful sunsets but all they get is a white room and Amy being quarantined for an eternity. The Doctor spending this episode conducting proceedings from the confines of the TARDIS.

The Doctor (Matt Smith) takes Amy (Karen Gillan) and Rory (Arthur Darvill) to Apalapucia, a world of sunsets, but Rory comments there are only white doors everywhere.   Amy needs her phone to take photos and the Doctor thinks it's for Twitter updates - so he's familiar with Twitter.   Of course Amy gets separated this time.   The Doctor suggests Rory pushes a button and he selects the green anchor.   There's a giant magnifying glass in the room (well there were giant scissors last episode.)  Rory also tells Amy to push a button but not which one.   Why'd she go for the red waterfall?  The Doctor finds Amy but only through the "looking glass," well magnifying glass.   A robot with hands welcomes Rory and the Doctor.   The Doctor comments "Time's gone wobbly."  Doesn't it always, time's just like jelly.

Amy's been here a week already.   The Doctor tells her it's the same room but different times, two time streams are running parallel and Amy's in  a much faster time stream.   The robot sees with it's fingers.   Was the red to signify danger perchance?  Rory pushes the red waterfall button but doesn't find Amy.  But the Doctor just said she's in a different time stream so she wouldn't be there.   Though he manages to get back to the Doctor.

The robot mentions Chen 7 disease and "the one day plague."  Rory asks if "you get it for a day?"
Doctor : "No, you get it and then you die in a day."  The Doctor covers his nose and so does Rory, and Amy will too.   They must remain in sterile areas.   The Doctor's safe if the area is sterile, it affects two-hearted races such as Time Lords.   They can watch them live their whole lives in a day.   Rory: "Watch them grow old in front of their eyes - that's horrible."
Doctor: "No Rory, it's kind." They have a choice to sit by their bedsides and watch them die, or they can watch them live for 24 hours.   The Doctor reassures Amy he won't leave her.    He pulls up the magnifying glass and takes it back to the TARDIS to get a lock on her and then he can use the TARDIS to get her out.   She should leave a sign for him.   He warns her the robots don't know she's immune so she must reject anything they try to give her. "Their kindness will kill you."  Yes the robots were like kindness killing them.

He finds a glasses-cam for Rory, who exclaims the Doctor looks ridiculous.   Doctor: "Glasses are cool."  Hasn't he worn glasses before anyway.   It's a 'Rory-cam' for Rory so the Doctor can monitor what's happening.   He needs to smash through a timewall which isn't easy.  A robot scans Amy and she's carrying bacteria and tries to inject her, uttering "This is kindness."  Amy hides in some fumes where the robots don't detect her presence.   The Doctor locks onto Amy's timestream.   Rory gets out of the TARDIS into the gallery and stares into the bust of a statue.   Doctor: "eyes front soldier."  Amy speaks with the Interface (Imelda Staunton) who tells her she can go into the entertainment area.  Amy chooses the garden.   Amy: "You really could spend a lifetime in here." Ironically, she will.   More robots approach and she locks their hands together to make them touch so they knock each other out.   Some kind of a '60's retro feel to this show and the music too.   Amy leaves a message/sign on the door; "Doctor I'm waiting" with an arrow.

The Doctor overlaps 40,00 timestreams.   Rory wonders if they're happy.   Rory would think of that.   Doctor: "I think they're happy to be alive." He would considering death is nasty, death is sad and something that awaits him.

Rory meets older Amy who waited for him.   Amy's theme from 5.1 plays throughout most of this episode, as it does usually also when Rory's around.   The Doctor thinks the "timestream lock might be a bit wobbly."  Here begins the 'soppy romanticism' but I liked it.   It was very character orientated for a change.    Amy uses her sonic probe which she made and she survived by making the robots believe she didn't exist, cos she won't really exist.   They didn't save her.   Rory explains this is them saving her now.   She spent 36 years alone and it's difficult to have good thoughts about the Doctor.  Rory looks at her.  "Eyes front soldier."  She hates the Doctor more than anyone in her life and calls him a "raggedy man."  As in 5.13 when he was her "raggedy Doctor," but not anymore.   She waited a lifetime for him, as she did when she was little, cos little Amelia grew up by the time he returned and now this Amy is older too.

'Ninja' older Amy fights more robots.   Rory tells the Doctor he needs to take the TARDIS back to the right timestream and he replies this is all there is.   Rory cares they didn't grow old together.   She walked in here and she died.   Rory doesn't notice the sign she left on the door, the first time he walks in.   She converted a robot to a pet and called it 'Rory'.   Amy still has her red lipstick but doesn't use it.   She refers to the Doctor as "the voice of God."  Her number one lesson was to survive since no one was coming for her.   The Doctor taught her that.  "Blue Box man flying through space on a whimsy."  Her life is hell and she makes no bones about it.   Amy is still Amy and can vent her anger.   There's no question Amy would survive but it wasn't fair on her to have to do that.

She takes Rory to the garden and the Doctor asks the Interface where the regulator is located.   Amy comments the glasses are ridiculous too.   Rory: "Still anything to beat a Fez, hey."  Amy laughs.   It's the first time she's laughed.   As the Doctor said, "Fez's are cool." In 5.13 and 6.1.   Is the Doctor feeling remorseful? He tells her, "There's still time Amy, there's still time to fix everything." Can't help thinking he was referring to himself too, or trying to reassure himself there's time for Amy, so there'll be time for him to fix things too.

Amy saves Rory from another robot and it's 'kindness'.   Doctor needs to work out how to fold two points of Amy's timeline with the temporal engine.   Amy refuses to be saved.   Rory notices the 'sign' she left for the Doctor now and shows it to him through the magnifying glass.  Amy waited but if she's rescued she'll cease to exist, at least the older Amy will and she'll die.   The Doctor could take this Amy out, but he says "our" Amy will have to wait 36 years to be saved.   So that means she'll grow old again waiting for them to rescue her.   Rory: "So I have to choose."  Rory blames the Doctor, "this is your fault." He doesn't want to travel with him and throws down the glasses.   The Doctor hears 'their' Amy crying.   Rory sees her through the magnifying glass and older Amy won't help her.   He shows her Amy through the glass, they left her here.   Younger Amy is adamant Rory would never do that - but she stopped him, "the older me."  Younger Amy says three words will change that, "what about Rory."  She didn't call the robot after the Doctor or their cat Biggles, but Rory.   They recall Rory saying he was in a rockband and getting a weird haircut.

His personality is written all over his face.   "Rory's the most beautiful man I've ever met."  Amy tells older Amy "to do it for him."  "You're Amy, he's Rory."  It's like Amy and Rory's love story being played out here.   The Doctor believes, "Sometimes knowing your own future is what enables you to change it, especially if you're bloody minded, contradictory and completely unpredictable.   If anyone can change pre-destiny it's your wife." Thus he'll be able to save himself - unless Amy's the one who's going to save him going on his statement, cos he's describing himself too.   Mind you, the pre-destiny and wife line could mean something altogether different.   Like River Song (Alex Kingston) being the one to save him.   Well we know how cagey these episode titles can be sometimes, having a hidden underlying meaning, like The Doctor's Wife or Let's Kill Hitler; or the final episode to this season.

Rory always has her back and older Amy wants to leave in the TARDIS too.   Rory asks if two Amy's together can work.   The Doctor replies it's his marriage and then says maybe "the TARDIS could sustain the paradox."  He needs a signal from the two Amy's, share a thought powerful enough to get through time, so that both Amy's will be in one place.   They say, 'Macarena'.   Rory: "Our first kiss." The Doctor tells Rory to swap the valves over and to throw several levers.   Rory gets temporal feedback and he's on his own now.   Amy 1 should speak first.   Then they quibble over who Amy 1 is.   The Doctor asks the TARDIS what 'nasty Amy's' done to her.   Knew one of them would get left behind, viz, older Amy since she's the one who's meant to die and cease to exist (Like the Doctor in 5.13).

Rory wants older Amy to stop flirting with him.   She's known him her whole life.   They fight the robots and Amy is touched by one and is put to sleep.   Rory carries her into the TARDIS.   The Doctor locks the door.   She can't come with them.   Oh that was mean after everything she did to save them and get them here.   Doctor: "I lied to her."  The paradox in the TARDIS won't sustain her.  There can only be one Amy so which one does he want.   The older Amy will never have existed as if he's willing him to choose their younger Amy.  Rory: "This isn't fair, you're turning me into you." For all the times, all the choices the Doctor's had to make and he gets angry when he can't make the choice for himself, like he did with Amy in 5.2.

Amy speaks to Rory from outside and the way he looked at Amy when he carried her, was the way he used to look at her.   She'd forgotten how much he loved her.   She tells Rory not to let her in cos she'll fight.   They forgot Rule number 1: The Doctor lies.   But he genuinely felt sorry for what happened, since she was still Amy.   She's giving Amy the days to be with Rory.   Older Amy asks the Interface to show her earth and the robots get her.   The Doctor promised he'd save her and he did cunningly not answering Rory's question about not knowing if the two Amy's together would work - saving them both.   Does the Doctor regret what he had to do.   Also can't help wondering what he was thinking in the final shot of the episode.

An improvement on last week's episode.   Pure emotion in this one with life changing decisions to be made and Rory had to make them this time round.   A moving episode and the ending, as said, was inevitable, it was seen coming.   Karen's performance was passionate and compassionate and utterly believable, especially as the embittered older Amy, who waited 36 years.   A lifetime, for the Doctor, for Rory, to be rescued.   She never had to wait this long before for the Doctor.   It's also possible to imagine that without Rory, Amy would still have become that embittered older version of herself, or was it circumstances that drove her to it, and loneliness.

Who knew Rory could play such a hero - twice over.   Once as the centurion who never let the Pandorica out of his sight when Amy was in it and now.   A great performance from Arthur too having to makes choices and his outburst of becoming like the Doctor, who always has such choices to make.   But as said they're his choices and no one else's and Rory being in that unenviable position of not being able to choose.   He wanted to save both Amy's and it was left to Amy herself to convince him not to do this.   That she was making the ultimate sacrifice by letting her younger self grow old with him.   Again Rory didn't have to choose, it was Amy's choice!

The opening was likened to the episode The Mind Robber from 1968, with Patrick Troughton, with Matt Smith having to remain in the TARDIS and giving a similar performance to him.   Even though he was confined there, he still managed to give a poignant portrayal with just that look Matt Smith has the knack of giving.   Portraying an emotion with a look, it's eerily sad and emotional.   Karen can now see how she'll look when she's older.   Amy has already been in contact face to face, with her younger self in season 5 episodes, Time and The Big Bang; though not simultaneously in the TARDIS.   Rory as we know has been deleted from existence, most recently in season 5.9 Cold Blood.   In the past, the TARDIS has sustained two Doctors, in the episodes The Three Doctors; Time Crash.   Also there were two Amy's, two Rory's and two eleventh Doctors in the TARDIS in the episode Time.  River told Amy that the Doctor lies twice in season 5 in 5.13 and was said in 5.12 too.   The Doctor said it himself in 6.8 Let's Kill Hitler.

CSI: Miami - 8.16: "L.A." Review

Jesse's past comes back to haunt him from his time in LA and he is labelled a dirty cop. Horatio has to help him out, whilst taking down the bad guy in Jesse's life, who killed his wife.

There's a party at Tony Enright's (Paul Blackthorne) mansion and one woman is attacked, Jesse's (Eddie Cibrian) 'friend' Anna, (Mini Anden) whilst another is killed inside.   Nosferatu (1922) plays on TV.    Horatio (David Caruso) knows who Tony is and what he did in LA.  (Hence the title.) Tony was acquitted of his wife's murder.   He has ink on his hand and the woman was killed with a pen.   He's a pornographer.   Horatio: "Well then roll credits, that's a wrap."  Walter (Omar Miller) wonders what kind of  party this was.  Calleigh (Emily Procter) checks out the murder weapon.   Walter finds a bug, someone listened in to the murder.

Anna tells Natalia (Eva Larue) the Vic was in Tony's films.   Natalia recalls Anna from before.  Anna doesn't see Jesse as a friend and says he stalked her all the way from LA because of Tony.  But that was for her own good.   Jesse angrily retorts Tony "kills every girl he gets close to."  Horatio threatens to arrest Tony.   Coop (Michael Madson) reminds them he played for the Miami Dolphins.   He refers to Jesse as 'Johnny Hollywood' and accuses Jesse of being a dirty cop.   Jesse tells Horatio not to let Tony get away with it.   That should apply to Coop too, cos he's so damn shifty and slimy.   Jesse tells Anna she was roofied and she screams for Jesse to go away.

ME Tom (Christian Clemenson) finds Leslie, (Kristina Klebe) the Vic, wasn't roofied.   Ryan (Jonathan Togo) believes she stumbled upon the sexual assault.   Calleigh calls the fountain pen she was killed with a weapon of opportunity and Coop's prints are all over the pen.   Calleigh is "dead serious."  Coop was a dead giveaway as a suspect, the way he lusted after Anna in the beginning, so much for wearing a mask.    Ryan knows Coop did it, who accuses Ryan of being a killjoy.   Coop was signing autographs all night (they must've been desperate!)  He berates Ryan  by calling him "little man" and "pintsize."  Ryan replies he's 5' 9."   Coop responds, so are his pants.   Did he really have to say anything back to Coop, it was obvious he was just pushing his buttons, like calling Jesse, 'Johnny Hollywood'.    Dave (Wes Ramsey) analyzes the bug to find it's Soviet made and is a laser microwave transmission unit.   The signal is traced to their own garage.   Calleigh just had to check it out, since it was apparent the bug was planted by none other than Jesse.   So where'd he get a Soviet made bug from.

Jesse was about to link the recording, he planted the bug 8 days ago and he doesn't know if he caught the murder on there.   He didn't break in, but walked in during a party.   Tony is a murderer.   Jesse thinks of his wife, Tracy, everyday when he sees his face.   Calleigh says if Jesse's right then she'll help.   Actually it was Horatio who helped Jesse clear his name.   She helped put Tony away.    Walter listens to the recording and says it's Leslie on there and a man's voice.   Rebecca (Christina Chang) won't use the tape in front of a jury and says that Jesse will still be dirty since the evidence disappeared in the LA case.   Horatio didn't fire Jesse as he's a member of his team.   Rebecca is determined to reject any evidence Jesse will bring in so Horatio says he'll have to clear his name.   Horatio is accompanied to LA by Delko (Adam Rodriguez).   In what is reminiscent of having Horatio look out over the Miami skyline, he now looks out over the Hollywood sign as a backdrop.

Horatio waits for Captain Sutter (William Forsythe) who tells him Jesse was the primary on the Enright case.   Don't know about you, but he was my suspect as soon as I saw him.   Horatio needs Jesse's file.   Delko goes over the file.   The evidence shows Tony murdered his wife.   Jesse photographed the cufflink but it didn't show up in evidence.   It had the initials, 'A.T'.   The case was covered on TV.   Jesse is questioned by Tony's defence attorney, Darren Vogel (Malcolm McDowell) who tells him those aren't Tony's initials.  He asks whose blood was on the cufflink, but Jesse doesn't know.

 Vogel refers to the cufflink as important evidence but Jesse doesn't know where it is.   No wonder Jesse went back to Miami after this and Horatio took him back.   That must have been a fight, especially if he was accused of being a dirty cop.  Question being if this was such a high profile case, which garnered media coverage, why did none of the CSIs in Miami know anything about it.   Jesse's been on TV, so everyone's seen his face, aside from Miami criminals, it appears, as no one recognizes him, not even the hostage taker in the second episode, Hostile Takeover.  Apparently Horatio is much more famous as far as TV coverage goes!

Natalia tells Anna there's evidence of forcible sexual intercourse, but no evidence from the male donor who used a condom.   She won't believe Tony had anything to do with this.   Natalia relays her thoughts about her own husband and how she'd always defend him too.   She gives Anna her card.   Dave sets up a meeting via a secure line.   Jesse assures Horatio he never took the cufflink.   Dave puts the cufflink through image recognition software which is much newer and finds the jeweller who took orders for those cufflinks.   A pair was bought by Vogel a week before the murder.

Horatio determines Vogel's gift is planting evidence and threatens to personally drive him to Chino if he plants anything else.   Ryan is intent on catching Coop, well after being called short names by him, that riled him up.   Calleigh thinks perhaps it will help if they go inside the print and break down the chemical compound; which shows up a silicone based compound and lambskin, found on a condom.   Ryan tells Coop of the unique chemical signature, providing evidence of the  type of condom Coop uses.   Coop refers to the lambskin, giving himself away, since no one mentioned anything about lambskin.   Only the killer would know.   Coop admits Tony told him Anna would be willing and he was fed up of her.   Leslie tried to stop him.   Tony roofied Anna.

Calleigh offers to give Tony her phone to call a lawyer.   Tripp (Rex Linn) says they can tie tony to Leslie's murder.   Coop sold him out.   He'll be charged with felony murder.   Tony uses his magic word, "Cardoza." That any evidence he comes across will be tainted.  Calleigh replies he's wrong.   Horatio looks over the LA CS photos and notices the same woman in all of them.   She has a camera and a press pass, Olivia Birch (Sheri Moon zombie) who gives them her photos of the CS.   Horatio calls the Captain and tells him of Jesse's clean policework.   Now he's going to find out if the Captain's clean.   Olivia still has her negatives and Horatio notices the Captain bending down and removing the cufflink from the evidence marker.  

Horatio meets him at the Hollywood Bowl and comments the Beetles played here.   The Captain likes his privacy.   He let Jesse take the fall.   Horatio wants him to come clean.   The Captain knew Tony killed his wife and when he saw the cufflink he knew his lawyer would get him off, so he took it.   Jesse had already taken photos of it and he didn't know Jesse's wife would get murdered, probably by Tony.   He keeps the cufflink with him.

The Captain apologizes to Jesse via the media.   He's an example of what officers should strive for.   Anna spits on Tony through the glass and leaves a 'Thank You' note for Jesse.   The Captain clears Jesse's name and reputation.   Horatio wants Vogel out of Miami.   Jesse thanks Horatio who states Jesse would have done the same for him.

That was nice of Anna after he was looking out for her, all she could do was just leave him a note and couldn't even say sorry to him in person either.   She just walked off.   Was Natalia trying to come to terms with what her husband did to her by telling Anna of her ordeal.   She seemed a little peeved at Jesse turning up in the beginning when she was questioning Anna, willing him to leave just as Anna did.   Probably still harbouring those feelings after being stood up by him.   So the Jesse storyline was finally laid to rest but not very convincingly.   Like those loose ends that I mentioned already, such as no one knowing what Jesse had been involved in over in LA and how he was suspected of being a stalker when he came to Miami.   Also how thought he might have been a dirty cop, at least Calleigh had suspicions about him for a while.   Which is exactly what he was accused of being in LA.   Yet again no one in Miami knew of this.  

Why did Tony have Jesse's wife killed, was it because he was getting too close to him in the investigation, hoping Jesse wouldn't come after him.   But killing her made Jesse even more determined.   Tony moved to Miami with Anna, so this was probably another reason why Jesse also returned to Miami

Supernatural - 1.5: "Bloody Mary" Review

Sam and Dean investigate the Bloody Mary legend as Dead bodies pile up. Sam suffers from nightmares about Jess, before being subjected to the wrath of Bloody Mary herself, along with Dean.

Toledo, Ohio.   Girls dare each other to say "Bloody Mary" whilst looking in the mirror.   Bloody Mary is meant to appear and scratch out the eyes of her summoner.   One of the girl's father is killed when he returns home.   A woman appears in the hallway mirror of their house before he is killed.

Sam (Jared Padalecki) dreams of Jessica (Adrianne Palicki) she says, "Hi Sammy."  He's having a nightmare.   Sam and Dean (Jensen Ackles) both look into the death and Sam pays off a morgue attendant for info on the deceased.   Money, which Dean comments, he earned.   Sam: "You won that in a poker game."  Same difference, ha!  Dean asks if any exploding eyeballs were seen.   Someone had to mention this eventually.   Dean then asks Sam how many times Dad (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) has come across something which is really a supernatural occurrence and not some other, normal event.

They question the man's daughter, Donna (Kristie Marsden) under the guise of working with her father.   She believes he died because she said "Bloody Mary" three times and she took his eyes.   That's why Dean was asking about popping eyeballs.   Sam talks of the Bloody Mary legend and whether Dad found any evidence to support its existence.   Dean knows children play it everywhere but no one has died before.   Sam says it's usually the person who says her name three times who dies.   Sam's exposition of the legend follows, about Bloody Mary being a witch or mutilated bride.   It's always a woman named Mary who dies before a mirror.  They go to the library for research, what happened to Sam's faithful computer.

Jill (Chelan Simmons) talks to Charlie (Marnette Patterson) in front of her mirror and feigns being attacked by Bloody Mary.   After she hangs the phone up, she's really killed.   Blood pours from her eyes.   Sam dreams of Jess again and berates Dean for letting him fall asleep.   Dean let him sleep, cos he's an "awesome brother."  Sam jokes he dreamed of candy canes! So that's how he sees Jess (joke.)  He doesn't tell Dean yet that he's been having these nightmares for a while.   Charlie calls and they check out Jill's room.   Dean asks Sam, "Do I look like Paris Hilton?"  An apparent in-joke as Jared starred with her in the movie House of Wax (2005).   Before she went on to make an appearance in the show in season 5.

Sam alludes to the first victim not calling Mary, but the second one did.   Dean: "Someone's gonna say it again, it's just a matter of time." Yeah, that someone being Sam!  Sam spots a handprint on the back of the mirror.   Gary Ryman was killed in a hit and run and Charlie tells them Jill was driving the car.  Linda Shoemaker is another name on the mirror, she was Charlie's mother and died of a pill overdose.   Sam wonders if Mary is haunting the town, or maybe she died here.   Dean makes the connection when he says that both the victims had secrets.   Sam mentions the lore where mirrors are seen as "a reflection of the soul" and can reveal secrets.   Thus it's bad luck to break them.   Dean adds Mary sees the secret and punishes you for it; irrespective of whether you summoned her or not is what Sam thinks.

Dean comes across the murder of a Mary Worthington in Fort Wayne, Indiana.   The detective (William S taylor) who investigated tells of the killing of a woman whose eyes were cut out with a knife.   She was killed by Trevor Sampson, a surgeon.   Her mirror was returned to Mary's family.

Donna says Bloody Mary three times in the mirror and she sees Mary in the window.  Charlie sees Mary in her mirror compact and in the reflection of the doors.   Mary's mirror was sold to an antiques store in Toledo.   All that travelling just to return to Toledo again.   It's concluded that wherever the mirror goes, Mary goes.   Dean reckons Mary died in front of her mirror so her spirit was drawn into it.   Sam poses the question of how Mary is able to move from mirror to mirror; but alas that question isn't answered for us.   I could theorize but don't want to bore!  Ha.  

Charlie calls again and they keep her in a room, ensuring all mirrors and reflective surfaces are covered up.   Her secret was breaking up with her boyfriend and he threatened to kill himself, she told him to go ahead and do it, so he did.   Sam states they need to summon Mary to her mirror and smash it.  Sam volunteers.   Dean stops the car.   It's about Jess.   Dean: "Do you think that's your dirty little secret, that you killed her somehow."  He advises Sam to stop calling out her name and having the nightmares, as they'll kill him.   He should blame who took her away from him, or the thing that killed her.   But Sam doesn't blame Dean for Jess's death.   Sam could have warned her.   But how.   Would she have listened to him or more importantly believed him.  Sam doesn't tell Dean everything.

Sam breaks in this time, usually it's Dean, triggering a silent alarm.   Sam says "Bloody Mary" three times and waits.   Dean must deal with the cops telling them he's the Japanese owner's son.   He was adopted.   Sam's busy smashing mirrors inside the shop but no one hears him.   His reflection bleeds from his eyes and so does he.  "It's your fault, you killed her, you killed Jessica...you never told her the truth, who you really were...those nightmares you've been having of Jessica dying, screaming, burning, dying, you had them for days before she died...how could you leave her alone to die..."  Dean smashes the mirror.   Mary comes out of the broken mirror after them.   Dean holds the mirror up to her, Mary's reflection in the mirror tells her she killed them all...

Sam tells Dean in the first of many times, to stop calling him "Sammy." Yeah that'll happen.   Question: why was Dean also bleeding from the eyes, what was his dirty, little secret?  If Sam's was keeping the secret about causing Jess's death.   He felt guilty since he didn't tell her what he used to do, hunt demons etc.   He feels he could've warned her, but how could he.   He didn't know what was about to happen.   Even if he did, he didn't know what or who.   Since dreams are only dreams  and they don't necessarily come true.   Unlike Sam's premonitions, which is what they are but we're not meant to know that just yet.

This story was by Eric Kripke, delving into legends and lore which he loves to do.   A bit scary, or should that be gory, at times.   Remember don't say her name three times for yourself, at home! And no daring either.

Castle 2.10 One Man's Treasure Review

A woman disposes a box down a rubbish chute and a DB drops down.  Castle (Nathan Fillion) flies his toy police enforcement helo annoying Martha (Susan Sullivan).  Castle comments how Alexis (Molly Quinn) hasn't learned to forge his signature on permission slips.  She only forges his credit card.  Beckett (Stana Katic) wants Alexis to volunteer at the station.

Lanie (Tamala Jones) IDs a single GSW to the chest.   Castle can't stand the smell as he has an acute sense of smell.  Could say he has an acute sense of everything!  Lanie always showers before a date, Castle could time it for her.  Ryan (Seamus Dever) looked like he was at home in the dumpster, at least he dived in.  The DB was Sam Parker.  Esposito mumbles the DB was discovered by a hottie.  Castle comments about the killer cleaning up after himself as it's all very American Psycho.  Castle can comfort if she's distraught.

Castle makes coffee for Beckett, "big Castle likes to get in the way."  Sarah (Abigail Spencer) IDs the DB, she's not the wife but the fiancee.  Esposito is distraught, ha, "he doesn't make me coffee."  Beckett comments how it's not easy breaking such news and Castle and Captain Montgomery (Ruben Santiago-Hudson) are both interested in there being a wife and a fiancee.  Castle: "Isn't it delicious?"  He could get mileage out of that one for more books.  The fiancee met Sam six months ago at work.  He spent the weekends with his wife.  He always answered his phone.  Ryan comments how his girlfriend freaks out if he doesn't check in every hour.  Esposito backs up Ryan doing this and sometimes even more.

Beckett asks if he was through with marriage, he was Jake before he met Sarah.  Castle says two wives don't add up for him.  It's 'two wives too many.'  The common denominator is him.  Alexis dresses like Becket.t  Martha is "still waiting for that moment" when Castle is all grown up.  Alexis is sent to work  logging property.  Castle used to worry about Alexis all the time and hid in bushes all day when she was in pre-school.  The Captain followed his son's bus.  Beckett wonders if that was creepy or sweet.  At least they cared about their children.

Sam had a wallet and a double-sided picture frame.  Voicemail left on his phone from his wife's brother, Charlie (Alex Skuby).  Sam owed him money.  Castle says he earned less at his new job.  Beckett: "never underestimate the fragility of the male ego." Castle will "ignore her and she'll lose her witchy powers."  She searches for her broom.  His new employer Carlberg (DB Woodside) who was my suspect, checked his references but all the phone numbers are gone.

Alexis finds a photo album and wants to find the owner.  Castle keeps his photos on his phone and what happens when he loses his phone.  Which reminds me he doesn't take snaps at the CS anymore, has he grown out of that or can't be bothered anymore?!  Sarah recalls Helen watching her apartment outside in the silver Hybrid and she called her for her grandfather's pen.  Helen (Perrey Reeves) thinks Sarah made it up.  Esposito discovers Connecticut Solutions lost shares to NY Recycle due to new technology.  They found a new way to recycle battery fluid.  The phone numbers belonged to Connecticut Solutions.  They wanted Sam to get hired as he was a corporate spy.

The forensic IT man finds chemical equations on the harddrive.  Sarah feigns Jake was acting.  Andy (Matt Champagne) the CEO of Connecticut Solutions sent emails to Sam and sent him in as a spy.  He called him when he was killed.  Castle didn't mean to rub Beckett up the wrong way, so there's a right way to rub her up?  He didn't meant to sound dirty when he and Esposito were talking about the chick fight.  Ryan tells Castle to take photos of the cat fight between Helen and Sarah and he didn't even do that either.  Sarah takes the pen.  Beckett says Sam didn't have an ulcer but had doctor's appointments which is what Sarah told them.  Castle crosses his fingers hoping there's another woman involved.  Photos are found of the Long Island house and the NY Recycling plant and Newport.

Castle makes cocoa for Alexis and gives her a clue to finding the recipient of the missing album. When he  says she'll retire from law enforcement and he'll always be here. Sarah thought she had one over on Sam but he knew about her.  She has an alibi.  Castle comments about women leading men on, well they do that all the time, men that is.  Castle mentions her alias bubble, as he hates to say it, Sam was faithful to his wife.  Was he talking about alias as in Sara's ID or as in the TV show Alias.  Cos that was all about secret IDs.  They check Sam's office and find shredded paper so he had a ribbon shredder making it easier to put the documents back together.  Castle sits back and "writes a scene."

Captain says the plant wasn't processing battery fluid, it was switching labels and dumping it.  Castle says Sam was Erin Brockovich and the gun was found in the dumpster.  Carlberg should have recycled it.  Said it was Carlberg all along.  They tell Helen about Sam's work and Alexis finds the album owner.  Beckett talks of how this is important when a person loses someone.  Always a reference to her mother.  Castle says Alexis is a chip of the old block but Beckett doesn't answer.

Much as I like this show and I do, think there's a little too much 'playing for laughs' involved, which was abundant this episode.  Castle playing with the helo in the opening, much like his Guitar Hero antics just shows how a little too young at heart he is which Martha points out; about waiting for him to grow up.  That's fine but there seems to be a lot more of that this season.  But watching him and the Captain being so protective of their children it's easy to forgive Castle for his juvenile antics, at times.

Yet more film name dropping from Castle and his reference to Alias.  I like to think it was a reference to the show, a homage; considering that was all about aliases and convoluted plots which some found difficult to follow.  Not that it was, just this episode of Castle was easy to follow.  Knew who the killer was and it didn't hurt  Nathan and DB got a 'Buffy' reunion happening.  DB as Principal Wood was out to kill Nathan as Caleb in that as we recall.  Beckett reminded me of a school 'marm,' ma'am, trying to keep her boys in line.  Alexis's storyline was to remind of Beckett's mother and her wearing that leather jacket made her look like a mini Beckett.  How important it is to get closure for loved one's in such terrible times of loss.

Helen Shaver directed this episode and not seen much of her since Poltergeist: The Legacy.  Matt Champagne was in Angel, Happy Birthday.  Lanie is back this episode.  Perry Reeves was in X Files ep  3 where Mulder fell for her 'vampire' character of Kristen.

Lie To Me - 2.4: "Honey" Review

Cal exchanges himself for a hostage in place of Ria, as the team have to find out who killed the hostage taker's wife. Cal and Gillian get that one more step closer.

Cal (Tim Roth) is at a Lovematch Connections singles mixer and this was a funny opening to the show so far, as we don't know why he's there.   As he's also single he may be on the look out to meet other women, but we also know that's not really his forte.   Also his heart really lies with Gillian (Kelli Williams).   He pretends to be a furrier to ward off the woman who feigns to show an interest in him, more like his Brit accent (which she mistakes for Irish!)  He meets another woman and asks if she was in a hotel room what would she order, chocolate cake, strawberries or warm honey.   (The answer being obvious.)  She's flustered and walks away.

Gillian calls telling him about the wife killer, Eric Matheson (Garret Dillahunt)who is on the run and the FBI are searching for him.   Cal then meets another woman and in their conversation she admits she has never cheated on her ex.   He leaves to pay his meter as we zoom to Ria (Monica Raymund) sitting in her car with a file on Eric.   Ria visits Eric's sister, Gwen (Karina Logue) in search of his whereabouts and leaves the file on the seat and the car door unlocked.   That was shown for a reason.   Gwen doesn't know how to tell her children their uncle is a killer but Ria senses she's hiding something.   Returning to her car, she finds the file gone. Eric has it in the backseat of her car and holds a gun to her.

Eli (Brenden Hines) and Ben (Mekhi Phifer) are already checking out other leads away from the office.   Eric takes Ria back to the institute at gunpoint.   Cal doesn't want anymore of these cheating spouse cases and Gillian reminds him he paid off his ex wife, but that was so he could keep his daughter here.   Eric separates everyone and claims to be innocent. He doesn't want police involved and Cal substitutes himself for Ria.   Gillian wants Eli and Ben to be called back but not told why.   Cal believes Eric didn't kill his wife, whilst Eric watches the exits on the computer screens from Cal's office.   Ben insist on calling it in since his job's on the line, but Gillian persuades him to wait.   Well he's always got a job here and as you'll recall from 1.13 Sacrifice, he is practically assigned to the Lightman Group.

Gillian is given the name of Eric's wife's, Connie's boss, Tom McHenry (Sean O'Bryan) and she wants Ben to accompany her to make him talk.   Ben refuses to leave so Eli takes his place and asks for Ben's tie, but he doesn't get his badge.   Ria tells Ben she screwed up, what again?  Tom denies killing Connie and they manage to tape his 'interview.'  Ben suggests Gillian set up the tape in the lab so he can watch them from there.   Cal watches and finds Tom is telling the truth, he didn't kill Connie.   She was after a loan to pay off Eric's debt, $10,00 which he borrowed from a friend.   Cal demands to know the name and Eric finally relents after threatening Cal with the gun again.   Danny (Dean Chekvala) was out of town and he didn't give Eric the money, he just facilitated the loan.   Ben loses his temper and demands to know who was behind the loan.   Ria tells them Danny said Connie was always cleaning up Eric's messes.

Cal asks "Why feel guilty?"  The man who gave the loan is spotted with his buddies outside a bar and Ben wants to call the police cos there's no way they can get him out.   Gillian is adamant Cal will be killed.   She freshens up her lipstick and goes in pretending to need help with a flat.   Now we know why she wore the low cut dress.   She asks him to fix the flat.   Eric feels guilty Connie got involved with his problems.   Cal convinces him to put the gun down and walk away.   He'll tell the police Eric didn't kill Connie.   Just as he's about to oblige, two policemen arrive outside.   One of the employee's called in about a man with a gun and Ria improvizes saying a disgruntled employee who was fired this morning called in a prank.   They check the office and leave after Cal speaks with them.

Ben and Gillian bring in Zancanelli (Billy Smith) and admits giving the loan.   Ria recalls Gwen was hiding something and she tells her Connie came by wanting a digital recorder cos she had a fling with a married man and wanted it on record.   Gillian tells Eric that Zancanelli sexually blackmailed Connie.   Eric demands a confrontation with him, but they refuse and once again he threatens to shoot Cal.   Eli comes up with a plan to impersonate Zancanelli and they all walk into the room with Eric.   Eli tells Eric Connie told him something before she died, giving Ben a chance to get in a shot.   Zancanelli finally confessed to killing Connie.

Cal meets the warm honey woman, Raven (Meta Golding) but leaves, he shouldn't be here.   No, he should be with Gillian.   He apologizes for their argument and Gillian knows what's best for the group.   He asks if he can sleep in her spare bedroom and they finally hug and share a brief kiss.   Oh it's so apparent Cal is so smitten by Gillian, wonder if she can tell?   He turns to her for comfort rather than Raven, under the pretence of checking on Gillian.   It had to be pretence, the emotional looks that passed between Gillian and Cal.   There was also a moment back in the office, when she faced Cal and was in tears.  

Cal getting beaten up again, that makes three thus far, one in season 1's Blinded, then season 2.1 The Core of It.   Deciphering lies clearly comes at a price for all concerned.   Cal actually volunteered to play hostage in place of Ria cos he knew he was better equipped to handle the situation.   What now for Ria and her confidence which seems to be shattered?  She wanted to branch out alone and yet made a serious error.   Even though Ben reassured her it wasn't her fault.   At least she came up with some quick thinking to stall the police.   Wouldn't have pegged Eli as taking one for the team when he comes up with the idea to play Zancanelli, especially since he knew Eric's volatile state of mind and that he was gunning for Zancanelli.  So in his agitated state he could have shot Eli.

Lots of pretense in this episode, playing someone who they're not: Cal in the beginning pretending to be on the look out for single women and ends up actually going for a drink with one of them.   Gillian glamming herself up to seduce the suspect and get him alone, another thing she doesn't do.   Then Eli pretending to be an FBI agent first and then Zancanelli and he's big on not lying.   Although it was understandable he did it to save Cal and everyone else.   Cal kind of shared an affinity with Eric due to the flaws of his own marriage and could understand where Eric was coming from.  

Yet the part where Eli says Cal could just lie and tell Eric Tom is guilty of murder, it was so easy for Eli to say that and as I just mentioned, he doesn't normally go in for lying.   Eli would be justified for saying that here as Cal's life was at stake, but it is also understandable on the other hand to see why Cal doesn't do that. He wasn't willing to turn away from Eric and make him wreck his life even further. He did the same in 1.11 Undercover, when he refused to let the innocent boy take the blame for the killing of a man, just so other lives could be saved in the process, when looking for terrorists.  He refused to hand over an innocent boy.   That's another reason he would follow through with this until the end. It's in Cal's nature and he wanted to get at the truth in the end.   He was just doing his job.

As a rule I don't necessarily condone romances with lead actors in shows, but this is one show where something between Cal and Gillian would be welcomed.    One of the outstanding episodes of the second season thus far.