Limitless - Finale: Part One! - Review: "It's A Trap!"

For once in this show, I actually saw the entire trap coming. The minute Agent Brewster walked on scene, I knew he was going to be involved in the betrayal somehow. He has that shady looking face, as opposed to Spike who looked like a puppy which shocked me. There was quite a bit of exposition with heavy and intelligent dialogue. Not that this is a bad thing, but I was really hoping for a touch more comic relief due to Part Two!! guaranteeing to not have much in the way of comedy with Brian suffering from side effects, and them dealing with the fallout from this betrayal. Also, calling it a "stunning" betrayal might've been a mistake, because I was expecting someone we know from the CJC to be the betrayer, which would've hit home the severity of their actions more. Nonetheless, the best part of the episode was by far that ending. I'll talk more about that later.

Previously on Limitless...well, you all remember what happened. Rebecca and Brian worked together on NZT to figure out how to arrest Sands. Now that Brian's relationship with Sands and Morra has been brought to the surface, he can no longer work for the FBI. This episode did bring up a ton of amazing questions and points. Brian was able to move in with his parents, but he has to pay them rent money. He has to work at this data/hardware store type thing (Let's be real - it looks like the Buy More from Chuck.) He has this friend there named Grover, who was pretty much the first character to act like the Morgan Grimes to Brian's Chuck Bartowski. Hard to believe we haven't really had that kind of character for Brian yet, but now we do. I would be open to seeing Grover again in Season 2. It was very interesting to see Brian try to weasel his way into getting some NZT with this guy. Now that it's open to the public, Brian has been lowered to having the same advantage as everyone. Or has he? Is Brian still helpful, to the FBI or himself? Does he still provide information and a point of view they would otherwise not have? These are the hard-hitting questions that were necessary to answer, and I thought they tackled them perfectly in that ending scene. See, everything I will talk about will probably lead me to going back to that end scene. His talks with his dad also fascinate me. His dad is really trying to help him find Piper, because he knows a P.I. who is looking into her. Piper, that's something I should talk about. Much like last episode, I still didn't really fell the urgency to find her? In fact, I was almost annoyed every time Brian was more concerned with looking for her, calling her his girlfriend, and lashing out at people not looking for her when there was a giant NZT crisis on their hands. I actually sided with Rebecca, who said they were trying to look for her, but most of their resources were tasked with finding out who is responsible for the NZT on the streets and how can they stop this. Maybe Part Two!! will do it better, I don't know. I was never all that invested in her relationship with Brian in the first place, and maybe that's the problem. They didn't get enough time to develop that her absence isn't hitting home for me. Moreover, all those meetings with Rebecca were really cute. Brian wore a similar sweater (that can be seen in Headquarters!) and the FBI called it the Legion of Whom as well. They really miss him. I don't blame them.

Before going any further, I need to mention the badassery of Naz Pouran in this episode. My goodness, she was running the whole damn show. She was fantastic, and I especially loved her scenes with Rebecca, and then with Rebecca and Boyle. My heart was soaring because we had the old team back together...minus one. I really did miss Brian in those scenes. But back to Naz, she was absolutely excellent, seeing her in charge was one of the best things about this episode for me. I like how sassy they originally were to this Brewster guy. She doesn't need this guy's help, really. They're doing great work on their own. However, Brian thinks they're going own the wrong path while looking for the supplier of the NZT. And there's this "Apocryphon" thing that Brian apparently wrote down weeks ago when he was still on NZT. Without it, he can't remember how he knew that was going to be a thing later on. You really felt like Brian kept running into corner after corner in this episode. He has those flashes of clarity while working, sure, but the whole time I was begging for him to get some NZT (preferably from Rebecca) so he can finally start to have an upper hand on things. Sure enough, he and Grover go to some frat party type thing where this teacher is handing out NZT to her students. Brian takes it a bit too eagerly, and then gets to work on making this model to figure out what or who Apocryphon is. He believes it's a person, but Rebecca isn't too keen to believe him. He took non-sactioned NZT after all, and who knows if it was laced with anything. When the CJC finds this Heisenberg-looking guy named Jacobi who claims to be the supplier, Brian takes a blow, thinking he was wrong. But he's later revealed to be right, upon further analysis and another 'free' dose of NZT. The CJC find these five people who they believe are Sands's Legion of Whom, but they couldn't be more wrong. Those five people are Morra's remaining workers for NZT, and Jacobi was a plant. And Brewster was Sands's in with the DEA. He breaks him out of prison, and they blow up the bus that had Morra's people on it. Pardon the pun, but that was quite the explosive ending, and was definitely my favourite scene of the episode. Watching Naz, Rebecca, Boyle, and Brian stare at the wreckage was haunting. The music choice in that scene was EXCELLENT. I will say I did miss Mike and Ike in this episode, although I'm not sure what they would've done aside from sitting in on Naz's meetings. Well, I cannot wait for next week now!

What did YOU think of Finale: Part One!? Are you excited or nervous to see the finale next week? How do you think the team is going to react to this betrayal? Are you scared for Brian to have more side effects? Please leave a comment down below!

About the Author - Laura Markus

Laura Markus is a Media Studies student from Canada, infatuated with several TV shows. Past favourite include: House, Psych, Chuck, White Collar, Dexter, Arrested Development, Boy Meets World, Battle Creek, and Scrubs. Some of her current favourites are: Limitless, HTGAWM, Suits, Daredevil, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and probably 70 others. She also enjoys music from all genres, but her favourite band is Muse. She is a huge Potterhead, and loves books by John Green. She is currently reviewing Limitless for the 2015-2016 season. Feel free to connect with her on any of these social media sites.

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