# BlindSpot Season 1 - Mondays at 9 central **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 22, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blindspot-season-1-mondays-at-9-central/732177 "2015-09-22T03:01:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blindspot-season-1-mondays-at-9-central/732177/1 "2015-09-22T03:01:51Z")
[Blindspot’ Review: The Fall’s First Must-Watch Show](https://www.yahoo.com/tv/blindspot-review-129572001820.html) They weren’t kidding. The pilot has been totally riveting and awesome. I’ll be watching for awhile to see if they can keep churning out great episodes. I’m hooked wondering about the backstory of Jaimie Alexander and what each of the tattoos represent. I’ll wait until later tonight before posting details about the pilot. Don’t want to spoil it for the West coast. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blindspot-season-1-mondays-at-9-central/732177/2 "2015-09-22T03:09:02Z")
I have to admit I was a lot less impressed than the OP. It was okay but not great; a typical example of what’s become a familiar formula. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blindspot-season-1-mondays-at-9-central/732177/3 "2015-09-22T03:18:36Z")
It did seem familiar to me too. The Blacklist comes to mine, a mysterious master criminal arrives with a list of suspects to hunt down. His motives and allegiances unknown. He demands to work with one specific FBI agent. Blindspot has a mysterious Jane Doe with a list of clues to crimes on her body. Her memory wiped. Her background, motives, and allegiances are yet to be discovered. She too is supposed to work with one specific agent. His name tattooed on her back. I’m hoping Blindspot can deliver better story writing week to week. Keep it interesting and still believable throughout the season. I always felt The Blacklist suffered greatly in story writing. Great characters and plots but they often fall short in execution. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blindspot-season-1-mondays-at-9-central/732177/4 "2015-09-22T14:08:11Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I have to admit I was a lot less impressed than the OP. It was okay but not great; a typical example of what’s become a familiar formula. I stayed up to watch it last night. I didn’t really enjoy it ☹ I really want to like it but I think it needs to get a LOT better. I had high hopes, and it’s such a cool idea for a show. Maybe the shadowy figure idea is a little tired too; but everything seemed so cliched. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blindspot-season-1-mondays-at-9-central/732177/5 "2015-09-22T14:52:27Z")
I liked it. From a technical perspective, I like the way they shot the “nude” scenes–artfully masking the bits that would draw the ire of the FCC. Looking forward to seeing this one develop. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blindspot-season-1-mondays-at-9-central/732177/6 "2015-09-22T17:28:47Z")
I liked it quite a bit. The full-body tattoo gimmick reminded me of “Prison Break,” and many things were similar to other shows, but as a whole I found it engaging and fast-moving. Jaimie Alexander will always be Lady Sif to me, but that’s congruent with her character here. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blindspot-season-1-mondays-at-9-central/732177/7 "2015-09-22T17:30:56Z")
Nerd that I am, the tattoo thing made me think of the old AD&D book/game “Curse of the Azure Bonds”. I half expected one of the tattoos to glow and/or fade when she beat the appropriate boss… ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blindspot-season-1-mondays-at-9-central/732177/8 "2015-09-22T21:39:09Z")
It uses some familiar themes. The flashback to her training is something that’s been done too many times even if this is a little different as a recovered memory. How many top FBI field agents are Australian? Does he think he’s doing an American accent? ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blindspot-season-1-mondays-at-9-central/732177/9 "2015-09-22T21:51:20Z")
Meh. Didn’t much care for it. Could see the plot coming a mile away. I did enjoy the fight scenes, as they were more realistic than the Hollywood trope of a 100-pound woman fighting a 180-pound man. She did get thrown around more, simply due to the mass issues. But sudden-insight person working with law enforcement to stop small crimes while working on The Big Mystery… has been done to death. ---
**Author:** ![Raskolnikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac8455/32.png) [@Raskolnikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raskolnikov)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blindspot-season-1-mondays-at-9-central/732177/10 "2015-09-22T23:14:31Z")
female Jason Bourne is very good looking ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blindspot-season-1-mondays-at-9-central/732177/11 "2015-09-23T18:52:35Z")
Recorded it Monday, watched it last night. Yeah it was OK but did not live up to the hype I’ve been hearing the last couple weeks. I’ll watch a few more and see if it gets any better. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blindspot-season-1-mondays-at-9-central/732177/12 "2015-09-23T19:16:00Z")
I’ve been thinking about it. The premise is really good and thats what got me excited. The crime they stopped (Statue Liberty bomber) was introduced and resolved a bit too easily. I guess because they used so much time introducing the characters and explaining the significance of naked Jane Doe (in a bag) and her tattoos. The pilot needed two hours to properly include a crime they had to investigate and stop. Really hope this series improves next week. Focus more on the crimes they need to solve or stop. ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blindspot-season-1-mondays-at-9-central/732177/13 "2015-09-23T19:31:48Z")
Unknown woman shows up at Times Square in a duffle bag. Has FBI agent’s name tattooed on her back. Said FBI agent takes over case. Right. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blindspot-season-1-mondays-at-9-central/732177/14 "2015-09-29T03:44:33Z")
I can’t recall a show where the “crime” they are investigating is secondary to the story. Most of the pilot and 2nd episode was spent on exposition. This episode we got a bunch of back story on the FBI agent’s family. They also include an extended fight scene with Jane beating the crap out of somebody. Plus a mandatory car chase scene. Very little time is spent, you know investigating? Or even tracking the bad guy. Just a few short scenes and they wrap it up. Might not be so bad if they were investigating shoplifters. 😉 but these are supposed to be bad guys plotting major mayhem. Somehow scenes of the agents sitting around the office talking just seems a bit wrong. it’s just the 2nd episode. I hope they get the character exposition out of the way and focus more on the crimes. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blindspot-season-1-mondays-at-9-central/732177/15 "2015-09-29T12:03:50Z")
Too much shaky cam, annoying close-ups, and weird editing. It’s trying too hard to be visually interesting, but (IMHO) failing hard. Shame, I like the show otherwise, or at least I think I do. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blindspot-season-1-mondays-at-9-central/732177/16 "2015-09-29T14:16:16Z")
Got the 2nd episode on the DVR, probably give it a watch tonight. The pilot was just OK for me. I didn’t have too high hopes in the first place, but I’m giving it a fair chance. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blindspot-season-1-mondays-at-9-central/732177/17 "2015-09-29T14:32:04Z")
So far, reminds me of\*\* this series:\*\* > **[Coronet Blue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronet_Blue)** > > Coronet Blue is an American adventure drama series that ran on CBS from May 29 until September 4, 1967. > It starred Frank Converse as Michael Alden, an amnesiac in search of his identity. Brian Bedford co-starred. The show's 13 episodes were filmed in 1965 and were originally intended to be shown during the 1965–66 television season, but CBS put the show on hiatus when they reversed an earlier decision to cancel the drama Slattery's People. The network had plans to show Coronet Blue the followin... ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blindspot-season-1-mondays-at-9-central/732177/18 "2015-09-30T21:38:32Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I’ve been thinking about it. The premise is really good and thats what got me excited. The crime they stopped (Statue Liberty bomber) was introduced and resolved a bit too easily. I guess because they used so much time introducing the characters and explaining the significance of naked Jane Doe (in a bag) and her tattoos. The pilot needed two hours to properly include a crime they had to investigate and stop. > > Really hope this series improves next week. Focus more on the crimes they need to solve or stop. So what’s the word on the 2nd episode? Is it worth another look-see? Something about a drone pilot? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blindspot-season-1-mondays-at-9-central/732177/19 "2015-09-30T21:53:47Z")
Good lord, she’s pretty. I’m seeing awkward similarities to her character in Kyle XY. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blindspot-season-1-mondays-at-9-central/732177/20 "2015-09-30T23:04:23Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > So what’s the word on the 2nd episode? Is it worth another look-see? Something about a drone pilot? The drone pilot killing people was an interesting idea. I wish they had focused more on it. They didn’t even seriously question the legality of using drones inside the US. I’m still trying to decide if I’ll stick with this show. I prefer straight up procedural shows that focus nearly the entire hour on the crime. I’ll watch four more episodes and see if it gets better. There are signs that this could be a good show. They are still trying to explain Jane’s prior life and how she’s connected to the FBI agent. I’m curious to see how that works out. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blindspot-season-1-mondays-at-9-central/732177.md?page=2)