Episode
Blindspot: Split the Law
Overview
After a seemingly straightforward hostage situation turns out to have deeper international implications, the CIA and FBI find themselves racing against each other to apprehend the same criminal with a dark history. Carter expresses concern about Jane's trustworthiness, causing friction with Mayfair and testing Reade's loyalty to the team. Meeting Weller's family proves overwhelming for Jane as she grapples with her identity.
Details
- Series
- Blindspot
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2015-10-19
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Split the Law is Episode 5 in Season 1 of Blindspot. It aired on 2015-10-19. The runtime is 42 min.
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Episode 4: Bone May Rot
Patterson and her puzzle-expert boyfriend, David, decode a tattoo clue that sends the team to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). While at the CDC, the team discovers a hidden message on Jane's body that uncovers a plot that could have catastrophic global consequences. Meanwhile, Jane and Weller grow closer.
Episode 6: Cede Your Soul
When an assassination leads the team to a dangerous app that allows criminals to track government vehicles, they have to work with the app's surprising creator to take it down. Jane and Weller attempt to keep their relationship professional. Zapata struggles with a moral issue.
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A beautiful, naked amnesiac is found in Times Square covered in mysterious tattoos, including one bearing the name of FBI Agent Kurt Weller. Special Agent Weller and his FBI team must decode the map of clues on Jane Doe's body in order to thwart a deadly terrorist attack. Who is Jane Doe - is she an asset or enemy? Who wiped her memory? And who is behind the tattoos?
Episode 9: Authentic Flirt
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Episode 10: Evil Handmade Instrument
In the thrilling mid-season finale the team goes after a group of sleeper spies that have just been activated and race to stop a slew of assassinations.
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Jane reels from a series of massive revelations about her tattoos and grapples with whether to trust Oscar. Meanwhile, a tattoo leads the team to a shocking discovery in the Black Sea.
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After a disturbed Iraq War vet shoots up a military base, the team exposes a sinister plot. As Jane and Weller race to stop a single-minded scientist, Jane recalls her own mysterious military past and contemplates a new relationship with Oscar.
Episode 13: Erase Weary Youth
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