Without a doubt, this week’s episode of Blindspot has been the best yet of the series. The show hit its stride in “Authentic Flirt” with an exciting tattoo case, a well-written bad guy and a major death of the season. With only one more episode left until Blindspot goes on break for a couple of months, a lot is escalating for Jane, Kurt and the rest of the FBI team.
Blindspot has had some fun and exciting tattoo mysteries the past couple months, but the case this week was the most exciting one Jane and Kurt have taken part in so far, as they have to retrieve a list revealing all of the names of people hiding under the Witness Security Program (WITSEC). Kurt and Jane have to go undercover to a black tie party as world-class assassins. Most previous episodes took time to focus on subplots regarding Jane’s past, and while this installment managed to fit in another clue or two, this was the first case of the week that truly felt like it deserved full attention. It wasn’t exactly groundbreaking for network television, but what made it so great was simply how fun and exciting the whole thing was. Their mission to get the stolen list was presented so that it actually felt like there was a lot on the line—they were all alone, without backup or weapons. And let’s not forget that fight scene with Jane and Kurt against the other buyer of the list. We haven’t seen a fight sequence that well choreographed since Jane’s fight in Chinatown way back in the pilot. Blindspot has marketed itself as a thrilling and unusual mystery series. While there have been past episodes that were fun and action-packed, “Authentic Flirt” took it all to another level.