Monday night’s episode began to give us a fuller sense of Reddington, the father. Is he, as a person in general, still cloaked in mystery? Absolutely. And well he should be. It is, after all, only the very start of season 2 and clearly this show isn’t going anywhere soon. But an image of Red as a protector is sliding more visibly into place. We’ve seen him behave in a paternal way towards Elizabeth in the past, but his motives have always been suspect. While we still don’t know what he wants from her, his hiring a bodyguard to look after her, and being the first face she sees (and hand she takes) when she wakes up at the episode’s end aren’t actions and interactions that inspire suspicion. Red spends time, money, and effort (three resources of which he seems to be in endless supply) this week trying to find, presumably, his daughter. He does. It’s not anticlimactic, as it were, but it’s not the epic reveal we’ve been expecting. Frankly, nothing involving a food truck could ever be described as epic unless we’re talking about really, really good cheese fries. Though it’s nice to see this storyline (as well as Samar’s) move forward, it only serves as a momentary distraction from whatever secret is brewing within Red about Lizzie. Conclusion: Needs more Berlin, is Lizzie playing Mr. Rochester to Tom’s crazy-Bertha? ONLY TIME WILL TELL! Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing.
