“Fake It ‘Til You Make It” was a really good episode. You
know I love it when the central conflict revolves around one of the main
characters and this one is no exception. Mr. Clayton Reeves was front and center.
The episode revolves around an elaborate game a fellow AA
member is playing against everyone, but it’s not apparent until the very end. Melissa
Goodman fakes a kidnapping, drugs and kills her boyfriend, and steals stolen government
software in order to sell it, all while playing the poor, abused recovering
alcoholic who killed her boyfriend out of self-defense and knew nothing about
the laptop and software he stole. The title of the episode should have made me
suspect Melissa all along, but I was too caught up in following Clay’s point of
view that I didn’t even think to suspect her. I’m not sure how I feel about the
whole “fake trauma” story; those always make me feel a little weird afterward.
I guessed towards the beginning that the episode would end
with Clayton at a meeting and he would share something. It was kind of a weird
ending, from a writing standpoint. It just seemed like the opening stinger of
an episode, not really something for the end. Nevertheless, I really liked the
looks we got into his character this episode. He is one of my favorites of the "new guys", and to see his stoic exterior crumble as one of his friends is in
trouble was interesting.
The McGee meme was a little odd and seemed to come out of
nowhere. But then it became relevant, sort of. As soon as McGee said the meme originated
in Paris, I knew it had to be Tony. That was such a nice touch; I was hoping
the whole meme storyline wasn’t a whole bunch of nothing. Nope, just a sweet
little reminder of past friends, and McGee getting him back with his awkward
high school photo was just perfect.
One more relevant tidbit we get out of the episode is Agent
Jack Sloane is now a permanent cast member after only one episode. Having some
psychology behind these cases will be an interesting twist, though hopefully
not too much like Criminal Minds.
We’ve got a Halloween episode this week, and those never
disappoint. Though several of these episodes have kind of felt like Halloween. Oh
well. I will be watching excitedly, and hopefully will get my review up sooner
than next week. (Life happens. You all get it.)
9/10
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