This is actually a quite funny episode. The first half is a bit boring to be fair, but, once Elias is back in the mix, the episode improves.
I like Walter. He's a nice guy, who genuinely admires John and what he does. Sure, the episode pushes the superhero aspect too far (Fusco and Shaw's walk to John and Walter to discuss the weapon made me crack up because it was too ridiculous), but the episode is also a good remainder to John that his work still matters and civilians have noticed what he has done for them. And Walter is kinda sweet by being a total fanboy towards Reese and trying to be John, even if he is not very good at it.
It is so great to have Elias back. He asks John if he has forgotten who he is, and I have to admit, I had forgotten. For a while now Elias has been kind of a weird ally and helper, first to Harold and then Carter and John, and I had forgotten his status as an antagonist. But as he says to Dominic in the end, he was just biding his time, now he's back with full force. Yet it seems there is still some lingering "friendship", or, maybe a better word would be, understanding between John and Elias. This is going to be interesting to see. Also, the "twist" that Dominic was behind this all, was really not a twist. The second Elias said he knew who was behind it, I knew it was Dominic.
Harold is in Hong Kong in a conference. At first I was wondering why all this was relevant, even if it is always interesting to see Harold argue ethics, but it did not seem to connect to anything. And the attempt to make his connection to Beth Bridges a romantic one seemed very clumsy. I didn't believe it, since Harold is still very much in love with Grace and this show doesn't really do romance, so this plot really confused me. But it seems Harold was aware of Miss Bridges' connection to Samaritan and he planted something on her computer. I imagine we will see her again in the future. She, however, does not seem to know who Harold really is, so that's good.
Random observations
- Shaw trying to blend into office space is always funny. And she really rocks those glasses.
- "How do you do that with your voice?" "Do what?" I'm dying of laughter.
- I love Harold hitting the delivery man with an umbrella, that looked cool.
- Shaw putting Bear on the phone so Harold can talk to him is so cute.
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