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p2880 wrote:

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The worst part was where *gasp* Beth tells Mick to be careful to not let the bad guy know Mick knows where he is. Hey, he just called and told you his name!!! He must know Mick's looking for him. Do the writers even read what happens in previous scenes?!?

WAAAY too little Josef!

Well, she told him not to spook him, thinking that it would be better for a fully armed police force to confront him instead of Mick. That said, I thought it was ridiculous that she wanted him to wait when it was clear there was a risk that he would run with Jacob. I'm not really sure what the point of that exchange was. In fact, I'm not even sure a warrant was necessary in this case, since the threat of harm coming to Jacob was pretty high. I'll have to check with my friend who used to work in the Manhattan DA's office.

• Too much VO. IE: Yes, Mick, we knew from the previous scene that there was a basement under the bad guys's house. You didn't need to tell us again.

There was definitely too much voice-over in this one, but I thought the point of that one was to let us know that Jacob wasn't being held in the kidnapper's basement, but in the basement of the house that once stood next door. But then Beth and the cops could hear the gunshots, and rather loudly at that, which wouldn't make sense unless they were directly beneath them. Yet another inconsistency that was unnecessary. If the writers wanted the police to be alerted to their whereabouts, why didn't they just have them looking outside when the shots rang out? The sound would've carried up the stairs enough for them to hear.

Our wanna-be profiler, only credits are her buzzwire work done with Mick, working for the DA, Josh must have gotten a good laugh out of it. Talk about putting Mick at risk.

I'm not so sure about this. Given Mick's line of work, he was bound to cross paths with Talbot on more than one occasion and further raise his suspicion. I don't see how Beth working for him puts him at any greater risk. In fact, Beth working for his office might out Talbot's investigation of Mick sooner than if she didn't. Of course, the idea that she would be employed by the DA's office with no real skills or experience to speak of, is utterly ridiculous. Just because she's a good researcher, doesn't mean she's qualified to be an investigator. It's clearly an excuse to keep Beth and Ben close to each other, but it's pretty damn weak.

Like everyone else, I enjoyed the scenes between Mick and Josef. Their chemistry together was on as always and I loved the admission from Josef that not having any children was one of his regrets.

Overall I found this episode to be a disappointment. I hope the finale is of higher quality.