in which this show is exceptionally dumb
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shallownessCountdown - 1.11 Run
This weird second case era continued with flashbacks to the baddie in 2023, so that we knew his face and got a better sense of him. He dressed up in camo and hunted deer, seemed to be off sick from some work for some unknown reason, had a weird dynamic with his wife. Then, he found out she was cheating on him, while he was carrying a gun in his hand, but he decided to dognap her dog, who she’d been babying. The stupid pooch went with him quietly, and got killed by a sniper rifle in the countryside.
In between all that, Olivieras returned to the taskforce. Meacham was all ‘yay!’ and then it turned out she was dating the doctor from her neighbourhood and Meacham was so remarkably immature about it when they were alone that you couldn’t blame her for dating the adult male.
The crack interviewers (Meacham and Olivieras) were sent to speak to the Singaporean owner of the cabins, and about to get the details of all the customers when some more Singaporeans came in, saying their political party really owned this company and there would be no assistance. !!?? SINGAPOREANS in a pre-Trump US? Also, this felt like a retread, but it makes more sense that Belarussians would want to cover up one of their own troublemakers than Singaporeans blocking a reasonable ask from law enforcement. This led to Blyth introducing the Governor (the actor cast had presence, I don’t know if the wheelchair was the actor’s or a character detail.) The Singaporeans caved, but that was an extremely stupid detour.
The younger taskforce members had gone out for drinks, including chatty Fitz, excluding Olivieras. Bell and Shepherd went too, having had an awkward exchange where she’d asked him what he’d meant to tell her about Molly and assumed out loud that he’d fallen for her sister’s charms. (What I’d assumed too, although I wouldn’t have said it upfront like that, because Shepherd is even more socially awkward than me.) He refuted that, and said what he’d meant to say was that some heavy drug users/dealers had moved into Molly’s apartment block. Shepherd fairly asked why she was only being told now weeks after he’d clocked this. Bell was in the wrong, realised it, and had kind of asked her to come with the team to make up for it. At least with these two it’s them tripping over their feelings and interactions because of awkwardness.
Meacham failed to buy his team another round of drinks because he’d pulled, because he knew Amber was reuniting with her doctor boyfriend, who we saw being quite happy with her demanding sex before food. We saw Meacham being quite pleased with himself the next morning, not realising he’d aged himself with his companion the night before – not that he was looking for more than a validating hook-up.
The information they got about who’d rented the cabins led to one highly suspect suspect, and Oliveras and Meacham went to talk to him, but he escaped on a red motorbike. Meacham had apologised for his behaviour, she teased him, and neither of them came over as particularly mature, although you could also criticise the writing here.
So, Blyth sent Bell and Shepherd (who were super excited about this!) to go to the suspect’s ex-wife. They had a word with her, consulted and agreed they didn’t buy what she’d said, knocked again, and Bell caught the fleeing suspect, although by now they’d got a fuller picture of him, and didn’t think he was their man. Meacham and Olivieras got to interview him, and it was ridiculous, as was Meacham’s not-so-smooth attempt to get her to agree that they worked well together later.
It turned out someone had paid the suspect to rent the cabin. They discovered how they’d been messaging each other, got to communicate with our guy, who has enough of an ego to send the key to the encrypted gibberish he’d left behind. He seemed to be threatening ‘federal kings’, which was something like the drivel the dog killer had been listening to in the flashbacks. (This plotline’s problem, apart from the writing, is that Kirstie Noem is reality.)
This weird second case era continued with flashbacks to the baddie in 2023, so that we knew his face and got a better sense of him. He dressed up in camo and hunted deer, seemed to be off sick from some work for some unknown reason, had a weird dynamic with his wife. Then, he found out she was cheating on him, while he was carrying a gun in his hand, but he decided to dognap her dog, who she’d been babying. The stupid pooch went with him quietly, and got killed by a sniper rifle in the countryside.
In between all that, Olivieras returned to the taskforce. Meacham was all ‘yay!’ and then it turned out she was dating the doctor from her neighbourhood and Meacham was so remarkably immature about it when they were alone that you couldn’t blame her for dating the adult male.
The crack interviewers (Meacham and Olivieras) were sent to speak to the Singaporean owner of the cabins, and about to get the details of all the customers when some more Singaporeans came in, saying their political party really owned this company and there would be no assistance. !!?? SINGAPOREANS in a pre-Trump US? Also, this felt like a retread, but it makes more sense that Belarussians would want to cover up one of their own troublemakers than Singaporeans blocking a reasonable ask from law enforcement. This led to Blyth introducing the Governor (the actor cast had presence, I don’t know if the wheelchair was the actor’s or a character detail.) The Singaporeans caved, but that was an extremely stupid detour.
The younger taskforce members had gone out for drinks, including chatty Fitz, excluding Olivieras. Bell and Shepherd went too, having had an awkward exchange where she’d asked him what he’d meant to tell her about Molly and assumed out loud that he’d fallen for her sister’s charms. (What I’d assumed too, although I wouldn’t have said it upfront like that, because Shepherd is even more socially awkward than me.) He refuted that, and said what he’d meant to say was that some heavy drug users/dealers had moved into Molly’s apartment block. Shepherd fairly asked why she was only being told now weeks after he’d clocked this. Bell was in the wrong, realised it, and had kind of asked her to come with the team to make up for it. At least with these two it’s them tripping over their feelings and interactions because of awkwardness.
Meacham failed to buy his team another round of drinks because he’d pulled, because he knew Amber was reuniting with her doctor boyfriend, who we saw being quite happy with her demanding sex before food. We saw Meacham being quite pleased with himself the next morning, not realising he’d aged himself with his companion the night before – not that he was looking for more than a validating hook-up.
The information they got about who’d rented the cabins led to one highly suspect suspect, and Oliveras and Meacham went to talk to him, but he escaped on a red motorbike. Meacham had apologised for his behaviour, she teased him, and neither of them came over as particularly mature, although you could also criticise the writing here.
So, Blyth sent Bell and Shepherd (who were super excited about this!) to go to the suspect’s ex-wife. They had a word with her, consulted and agreed they didn’t buy what she’d said, knocked again, and Bell caught the fleeing suspect, although by now they’d got a fuller picture of him, and didn’t think he was their man. Meacham and Olivieras got to interview him, and it was ridiculous, as was Meacham’s not-so-smooth attempt to get her to agree that they worked well together later.
It turned out someone had paid the suspect to rent the cabin. They discovered how they’d been messaging each other, got to communicate with our guy, who has enough of an ego to send the key to the encrypted gibberish he’d left behind. He seemed to be threatening ‘federal kings’, which was something like the drivel the dog killer had been listening to in the flashbacks. (This plotline’s problem, apart from the writing, is that Kirstie Noem is reality.)
