AJ_Blanc

About halfway through this episode I realized why I liked the previous one so much; because Maximus wasn't in it. Not that he's a bad character, it's just difficult to feel bad for him when he is the cause of all his own problems. Every time something happens he either lies or doesn't say anything at all. If he simply used his words his life might be considerably better and he wouldn't be a pariah with his own people. Idiots don't get redemption arcs in fiction.

Also, why would you design a suit of armor that can be deactivated from the outside, quickly and easily? That's happened twice now and is more than a little silly.

Having said all that, the mystery behind vaults 31 & 32 was the highlight of this episode, despite them forgetting about 33 running out of water. I know nothing of the game but I'm looking forward to more of this show. Cheers.

This is a bittersweet episode due to not only it being nice to have Vera back, it's also the beginning of the final season/series, with Joe returning only last year.

The story itself is okay; not the best Vera has to offer but far from the worst. I can't say it kept me guessing, though it was a good ride to the end, with a few bumps along the way.

Having said all that, I've grown a bit tired of Kenny being treated like an unreliable officer fresh out of the academy. The guy is a Detective Sergeant, and while I'm not suggesting he outshine Vera, he's the only other character who's been with us throughout the entirety of the show. I mention this because at the end he's ordered to watch a car with a uniformed constable standing right next to him. He even offered to go, helping out an aging, out of shape DCI and moody, depressed DI go traipsing around treacherous cliffs! This was an extremely contrived scene just so he could get attacked in a way that's actually happened in the show before.

Granted, this isn't something vital to the plot or anything, I simply think at this point in the series Kenny should have the next biggest role after (or possibly even with) Joe, but that's just my two pence. Cheers.

I've been enjoying the season for the most part so far; feels closer to a classic Reacher story than season two but maybe that's just me. Having said that however I'm thinking I might have to rewatch the first episode because I don't recall why Duffy et al can't use more DEA resources other than the standard 'saving face' or 'using trustworthy people.' If those are the only reasons then this whole operation is a little suspicious.

The DEA has plenty of manpower and funding to at least hold that driver somewhere other than handcuffed to a chair in a cabin with only a kid, who I don't believe for a moment would pass the six-month agent training academy, to babysit him. All this did was contrive the inevitable situation that occurred in this episode, which I'm sure everyone watching saw coming a mile away.

Another thing about Duffy, besides her terribly fake Boston accent; why does she wear her badge and gun in full view all the time, especially when illegally entering/searching buildings and drinking a beer in public then driving? Federal agents and plainclothes detectives don't advertise that they're hiding a gun and badge somewhere on their person for several good reasons. But then again she wouldn't be able to lose her badge and create some tension for a few minutes if the agents were acting sensibly, and we just couldn't have that could we. Hopefully there's a logical explanation for Reacher not throwing her badge into the water with the dead bodies...

With all the guns in the guy's house, and his favorite toy as a child being a gun, did anyone really think the rug company was smuggling drugs? Even though he's not the one in charge there was never a single hint that drugs were involved. That wasn't much of a reveal.