Time to turn to the smallish screen, adjust those bunny ears, and talk about my TV week. I finished The Night Agent, saw new episodes of NCIS Origins, Will Trent and Matlock, and dipped into Elspeth, episodes 1-3.
NCIS: Origins Flight of Icarus
It's an episode for Mike Franks, featuring the boots he wears every day and how he got them. It's a scandal at work when Franks shows up to work wearing the sneakers he uses to mow the lawn. His usual boots are apparently beyond repair.
The boots were given to Franks by his mom and his older brother, during a tough time when Franks was drafted and his brother wanted him to go to Mexico instead of going to Vietnam.
In the current day, the team investigates the suicide of a general's son who is certain the young man's death was a homicide.
Will Trent: Floor is Lava
While there was plenty of drama in this weeks episode, there was also plenty of humor.
The main story featured lonely individuals who had been contacted by a man named Cutter who claimed to be with the CIA. He made them special agents, and convinced them to kill innocent people in service to their country.
When the real CIA enters the scene to help track down sensitive information being potentially sold by Cutter, Ormewood pops out his sunglasses and tries to follow his onetime dream of being CIA.
Amanda and Sunny knock heads at home and Sunny is fighting in school. Amanda thinks using her usual commanding presence will make the girl do as she asks, but it gets her nowhere.
Whoa I don't remember Betty in the episode.
Matlock: Friends
Matty and Olympia work closely together on a case. It starts in a bar where Matty just hustles a man sitting at the bar and eating. She's over the top flirtatious, and even sneaks food from his plate and munches it seductively once Olympia rescues him from his other side.
As the episode title implies, by the end of the episode the two women have declared themselves friends. Matty horrifies Edwin by standing by her statement that they are friends, and Olympia is innocent, and down comes her picture from the crime board. Julian is clearly guilty, she says.
I know they've said Matty will be exposed by season's end, but I don't see how she could repair things with Olympia when that happens.
The Night Agent Season 2 episodes 5-10
Though the overall storyline remained compelling, and Noor's arc was a nail biter, the last three episodes bogged down for me a bit with the crime family focus. There wasn't a single relatable soul in that family, and their terrorism was just brutality. They felt they had a "cause" but it wasn't convincing.
On the other hand, it allowed for some intricate plotting that leads to season three's story.
Elspeth
Elspeth is featured in commercials while you're watching CBS shows like mad. Once I had a subscription to Paramount+ it's was my plan to watch an episode.
In each episode, we see the crime being committed and we know who is guilty. Enter Elspeth onto the crime scenes where she's only to observe. She just scoots right in, though, and looks at the crime scene, asks questions, and soon she's honed in on who she thinks the killer is, even if she doesn't know why.
Once she has someone in her sights, she follows them, listens in on them, and looks at them like they're a juicy piece of meat she can't resist. They can't help see her interest, and soon they try to match wits with her, but she just runs them to ground and they're done.
It wouldn't be as entertaining if she didn't project such a sweet, pure, utterly wacky persona. She's like the dog in Up when he sees a squirrel. Oh, look at that tall building! She's from Chicago and was a defense attorney. New York is a delight for her.
She is teamed with a police officer named Kaya, who is supposed to keep Elspeth out of trouble, but Kaya sees the logic of Elspeth's theories and supports her.
Elspeth is really in town to investigate Captain Wagner, head of the precinct. I've only watched three episodes, but I love the guy and hope he isn't guilty of anything.
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