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Timeless- Heh, that only half makes sense. I guess they can skirt making up people instead of using real historical figures now by claiming this is all a product of sleeper agents sprinkled throughout history. But the problem with that is, shouldn't Rittenhouse already have won then? If these sleepers were going to do something, they should've already done that stuff, history would've changed, and the team wouldn't even have known.
Conveniently, so far these sleepers have waited until the team travels back in time to stop them. Of course, the other weird thing about this show, is Lucy's mom having been grooming her and being a high up member of Rittenhouse. I mean, I guess that could've always been the case, but it seems had Flynn not changed history, she would still be in a coma, and who known how things would've played out for Rittenhouse.
NCIS: LA- Now we know! So I guess the team didn't know Jennifer was Granger's daughter? But she finally lays it all out for them. That, and his final fate. She and Owen had reconnected for a week, but then she found him dead by an old tree, looking at a beautiful valley. And so she buried him there. Sad, but at least now they know!
Counterpart- Crazy ep! Okay, I'm starting to learn who's who now. So on Earth Prime, Shaw confronts Pope and holds him at gunpoint, looking for Kaspar and asking for a reason to not blow his ass away. But, Pope has guards, so they turn the tables on him and hold him at gunpoint. Interestingly enough, Pope just lets him go, telling Shaw that he hopes Shaw finds Kaspar before he does. Also, he susses out Shaw knows Howard is really Howard Alpha, and how he hasn't revealed it, hoping Emily Prime will confess to him.
Anyways, Shaw, Emily, Howard-Alpha and crew hear Kaspar make contact with Pope, asking for an exfil. They know he's being setup, and narrowly manage to save him. It turns out Kaspar sold them all out for the chance to go to Earth Alpha and be with his son, who's not over there. Howard-Alpha hears about how Kaspar's loose lips led to Emily-Alpha's "accident" and gets angry, telling Kaspar that kid on other side is not his. This manages to convince Kaspar to tell them all the people he knows involved in the conspiracy.
On Alpha Earth, things get really crazy. Baldwin makes all her kills, and gives the personal effects to their Prime counterparts, which they use to infiltrate OI, as we find out Ringleader is the Prime counterpart to Fancher's secretary, and Angel Eyes' Alpha counterpart works in the mailroom (which he uses to sneak the three of them guns). Stas just seems to be a random office person. But more on that later.
Baldwin is out with Greta, when Nadia's ex-girlfriend sees them. Hilariously, Nadia's ex thinks like maybe she faked her own death or something crazy, but Baldwin denies knowing her. Greta is understandably confused, but is all, she doesn't care about Baldwin's past as long as she's honest. And to her credit Baldwin says something technically true. That lady was indeed mistaken, Baldwin isn't Nadia. And Baldwin does indeed not know her. Of course, it ends up sounding fishy. I mean, maybe Balwin feels like twisting the truth is better than lying, but you'd think maybe saying, that lady must be thinking of my twin sister, and then just saying that's a whole messy situation that she'd rather not talk about, maybe Greta would back off.
Quayle calls Howard Prime, warning him that Aldrich is sending men after him. Which is kinda brilliant actually, because Howard running looks suspicious, plus it prevents Aldrich and Howard from talking. Howard meets Quayle at his house, and Peter actually tries to capture Howard, more likely "kill him in self defense". though he should've just shot Howard as he came through the door then.
Howard easily disarms Quayle, saying his plan to frame him is pretty stupid, because Aldrich is not a dumb man, and will see through Quayle's lies pretty quickly. So Howard gets away, drops off some stuff with his (well Alpha Howard's) wife's lover, saying if Emily trusted him, he can trust him, and turns himself into the OI.
Meanwhile, Clare tricks Peter into cuffing her by her ankle rather than her wrist, allowing her to reach a hidden burner phone in the vents. She calls Baldwin and tells her she'll find a way to pay her somehow, but to take out Alpha Emily and Howard Prime.
Peter finds the phone eventually though, and I guess running out of options, he has Clare's not really mom pick up their daughter, then goes off with her for a drive. She warns him her people would be following, but I guess he decides to ram his car into some parked cars and make such a huge accident that there would be too many witnesses for her people to do anything.
Which culminates in the climax- Aldrich is interrogating Howard Prime, Fancher just heard about his daughter and gets ready to leave to see her, and Helen, Stas, and Angel Eyes arm up and start shooting up the place. Its interesting though, because their killing isn't indiscriminate, they target only specific people, not that people might have noticed in the chaos. Like Helen Prime totally walks by Fancher, ignoring him.
Anyways, Stas goes to a control room to just unlock everything so they can get to the crossover point (which has the added effect of freeing Howard from the interrogation room after Aldrich and Cyrus locked him in there to go to investigate the gunfire) Cyrus faces off with Stas and would've died had Aldrich not killed Stas first. Helen Prime is about to finish someone off when Howard Prime headshots her.
Angel Eyes makes it to the crossing, with Aldrich and Cyrus giving chase. But Angel Eyes is mortally wounded, so the ep ends with him dying in the middle of No Man's Land, and Aldrich saying they can't touch him because he's on the border. Which has me curious, is that a diplomatic thing, or a science thing? I swear they mention in a previous ep about how people can only cross one at a time. Which if that's the case, can they use the crossing if Angel Eyes' corpse is parked in the middle?
Timeless- Heh, that only half makes sense. I guess they can skirt making up people instead of using real historical figures now by claiming this is all a product of sleeper agents sprinkled throughout history. But the problem with that is, shouldn't Rittenhouse already have won then? If these sleepers were going to do something, they should've already done that stuff, history would've changed, and the team wouldn't even have known.
Conveniently, so far these sleepers have waited until the team travels back in time to stop them. Of course, the other weird thing about this show, is Lucy's mom having been grooming her and being a high up member of Rittenhouse. I mean, I guess that could've always been the case, but it seems had Flynn not changed history, she would still be in a coma, and who known how things would've played out for Rittenhouse.
NCIS: LA- Now we know! So I guess the team didn't know Jennifer was Granger's daughter? But she finally lays it all out for them. That, and his final fate. She and Owen had reconnected for a week, but then she found him dead by an old tree, looking at a beautiful valley. And so she buried him there. Sad, but at least now they know!
Counterpart- Crazy ep! Okay, I'm starting to learn who's who now. So on Earth Prime, Shaw confronts Pope and holds him at gunpoint, looking for Kaspar and asking for a reason to not blow his ass away. But, Pope has guards, so they turn the tables on him and hold him at gunpoint. Interestingly enough, Pope just lets him go, telling Shaw that he hopes Shaw finds Kaspar before he does. Also, he susses out Shaw knows Howard is really Howard Alpha, and how he hasn't revealed it, hoping Emily Prime will confess to him.
Anyways, Shaw, Emily, Howard-Alpha and crew hear Kaspar make contact with Pope, asking for an exfil. They know he's being setup, and narrowly manage to save him. It turns out Kaspar sold them all out for the chance to go to Earth Alpha and be with his son, who's not over there. Howard-Alpha hears about how Kaspar's loose lips led to Emily-Alpha's "accident" and gets angry, telling Kaspar that kid on other side is not his. This manages to convince Kaspar to tell them all the people he knows involved in the conspiracy.
On Alpha Earth, things get really crazy. Baldwin makes all her kills, and gives the personal effects to their Prime counterparts, which they use to infiltrate OI, as we find out Ringleader is the Prime counterpart to Fancher's secretary, and Angel Eyes' Alpha counterpart works in the mailroom (which he uses to sneak the three of them guns). Stas just seems to be a random office person. But more on that later.
Baldwin is out with Greta, when Nadia's ex-girlfriend sees them. Hilariously, Nadia's ex thinks like maybe she faked her own death or something crazy, but Baldwin denies knowing her. Greta is understandably confused, but is all, she doesn't care about Baldwin's past as long as she's honest. And to her credit Baldwin says something technically true. That lady was indeed mistaken, Baldwin isn't Nadia. And Baldwin does indeed not know her. Of course, it ends up sounding fishy. I mean, maybe Balwin feels like twisting the truth is better than lying, but you'd think maybe saying, that lady must be thinking of my twin sister, and then just saying that's a whole messy situation that she'd rather not talk about, maybe Greta would back off.
Quayle calls Howard Prime, warning him that Aldrich is sending men after him. Which is kinda brilliant actually, because Howard running looks suspicious, plus it prevents Aldrich and Howard from talking. Howard meets Quayle at his house, and Peter actually tries to capture Howard, more likely "kill him in self defense". though he should've just shot Howard as he came through the door then.
Howard easily disarms Quayle, saying his plan to frame him is pretty stupid, because Aldrich is not a dumb man, and will see through Quayle's lies pretty quickly. So Howard gets away, drops off some stuff with his (well Alpha Howard's) wife's lover, saying if Emily trusted him, he can trust him, and turns himself into the OI.
Meanwhile, Clare tricks Peter into cuffing her by her ankle rather than her wrist, allowing her to reach a hidden burner phone in the vents. She calls Baldwin and tells her she'll find a way to pay her somehow, but to take out Alpha Emily and Howard Prime.
Peter finds the phone eventually though, and I guess running out of options, he has Clare's not really mom pick up their daughter, then goes off with her for a drive. She warns him her people would be following, but I guess he decides to ram his car into some parked cars and make such a huge accident that there would be too many witnesses for her people to do anything.
Which culminates in the climax- Aldrich is interrogating Howard Prime, Fancher just heard about his daughter and gets ready to leave to see her, and Helen, Stas, and Angel Eyes arm up and start shooting up the place. Its interesting though, because their killing isn't indiscriminate, they target only specific people, not that people might have noticed in the chaos. Like Helen Prime totally walks by Fancher, ignoring him.
Anyways, Stas goes to a control room to just unlock everything so they can get to the crossover point (which has the added effect of freeing Howard from the interrogation room after Aldrich and Cyrus locked him in there to go to investigate the gunfire) Cyrus faces off with Stas and would've died had Aldrich not killed Stas first. Helen Prime is about to finish someone off when Howard Prime headshots her.
Angel Eyes makes it to the crossing, with Aldrich and Cyrus giving chase. But Angel Eyes is mortally wounded, so the ep ends with him dying in the middle of No Man's Land, and Aldrich saying they can't touch him because he's on the border. Which has me curious, is that a diplomatic thing, or a science thing? I swear they mention in a previous ep about how people can only cross one at a time. Which if that's the case, can they use the crossing if Angel Eyes' corpse is parked in the middle?