This episode felt out of place compared to previous ones and last season. I'm not sure if the writers are purposely trying to show underlying casual racism, or they're setting something up where OA is able to infiltrate an organisation as a disillusioned FBI agent. I suggest the latter, not out of naivety, but because the writing in this episode was that sloppy. It felt like a set-up. Previously Isobel and Jubal would have had OA's back, they would have at least said "this sucks, it's not right, but you've got to do it because the system is a mess" but instead they sided completely with Trenholm.
I don't like Trenholm. I feel that she has made her way up the ladder by stepping on people and caring more about making arrests and a name for herself. She didn't give a damn about the arrest they may have messed up, only caring if it could affect her upcoming promotion, and every time she so much as looks at Jubal it feels like she's playing on their past relationship. It really felt like that was what was happening in this episode; Jubal was never going to disagree with her.
I feel this one is a very bad episode. Struggling with it since last night... The script is absolutely not believable. First very big problem, the guy that stole the car spoke with who asked him to steal the car directly, he was cooperating, yet they based the investigation on his description of the guy he smoked a cigarette with, they didn't go with photos of the owner of the restaurant and his associates to check if it was one of them. Makes completely no sense, it's there only to force the issue of the unwilling informant.
After that OA is confronted by Mona and loses the argument without being able to find any good reason for the FBI to behave like that, even if there are a lot, the same one used by his boss in the end are a good example, and are things he should know very well considering he has informants of his own.
Then he speak with his boss and his arguments are so weak he can only be smothered with them.
Back to Mona and he get smothered again in the same argument on the other side, he still has nothing convincing to say even though he has just heard what he should say about the matter.
It really seem forced from start to end. They needed OA to lose today, but I don't really feel they did it well, surely not believable to me. I feel they need Mona to go, but it would have been a lot better if he just told Maggie they broke up without giving a reason instead of this.
Shout by JeanEatsVIP 11BlockedParent2021-03-10T06:36:34Z
As OA’s number one supporter(lol), I felt his pain with this one. How could he not feel the way he does!