This week’s episode focused on the Scimitar, a horribly named Iranian terrorist. As far as villains of the week go, he didn’t have an exceptional amount to offer. Outside the elaborate machinations of the fake hospital, his other primary function was to pull agent Navabi into the central action. Given her murder of the dude, I guess you could argue that this was successful. But I’m not sure. The only thing Liz has going for her is her wavering about whether or not she should kill Tom. The meat of the episode was delivered in the final moments of the hour. After allowing us to believe that Red had been quietly meeting with his long-lost daughter, we learn that the chick in question is actually Berlin’s child, the one he has long believed Red murdered. What’s Red’s game now? That’s the real question. I would have preferred that we strayed from formula a bit this week to explore what’s coming up next in Red’s master plan. Liz and company take his assistance for granted in a major way that could clearly bite them in the ass. Aren’t they overdue to take some time and do what work they can on trying to suss out Red’s motives? I’m more interested in that outcome than I am about Tom’s fate, which at this point (everyone already believing Liz to have killed him) seems beyond superfluous. 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!
