Instead of a return to the Machine Wars this week, we get another standalone episode with “Karma”.
Fortunately, it’s leaps and bounds ahead of the previous “Blunt”.
The number of the week turns out to be Dr. Shane Edwards, a therapist by trade who’s unable to get past the death of his wife eight years ago.
This doesn’t mean that Dr. Edwards puts on a mask and fights crime as “Doc Karma” but he does frame the persons who have wronged his patients for serious crimes.
(I’m going to digress here for a minute. Edwards frames people for crimes they didn’t commit. Now admittedly, we can argue that the one we saw him frame for bank robbery deserved it. But is it right?)
Finch and Reese can relate to Dr. Edwards though.
Finch with the losses of Nathan and Grace.
Reese with the loss of Jessica.
While Team Machine is investigating Edwards’ life to figure out where the threat is coming from, we see some more layer peeling from Finch, in terms of his quest for vengeance for Nathan.
We’ve seen Reese become a vengeance machine previously and now it’s Finch’s turn in terms his quest against Alicia Corwin. (Is this what started Alicia on the path to find Finch?)
It’s interesting that the Machine essentially pleads with Finch not to kill Alicia and ultimately, Finch decides not to go through with it.
Back to Dr. Edwards, it seems that he’s rather upset when Wyatt Morris, the man who he thinks killed his wife, is released from prison. The team also realizes that it’s quite likely that Edwards perjured himself at Morris’ trial to insure his conviction.
But Edwards mission of vengeance doesn’t involve him killing Morris. It’s the opposite, in that Edwards is going to frame Morris for his suicide.
Fortunately for all involved, Harold is able to talk him down.
While this episode didn’t contribute to much to the show’s mythology, it’s a good stand alone with lots of shades of gray here.
Fortunately, it’s leaps and bounds ahead of the previous “Blunt”.
The number of the week turns out to be Dr. Shane Edwards, a therapist by trade who’s unable to get past the death of his wife eight years ago.
This doesn’t mean that Dr. Edwards puts on a mask and fights crime as “Doc Karma” but he does frame the persons who have wronged his patients for serious crimes.
(I’m going to digress here for a minute. Edwards frames people for crimes they didn’t commit. Now admittedly, we can argue that the one we saw him frame for bank robbery deserved it. But is it right?)
Finch and Reese can relate to Dr. Edwards though.
Finch with the losses of Nathan and Grace.
Reese with the loss of Jessica.
While Team Machine is investigating Edwards’ life to figure out where the threat is coming from, we see some more layer peeling from Finch, in terms of his quest for vengeance for Nathan.
We’ve seen Reese become a vengeance machine previously and now it’s Finch’s turn in terms his quest against Alicia Corwin. (Is this what started Alicia on the path to find Finch?)
It’s interesting that the Machine essentially pleads with Finch not to kill Alicia and ultimately, Finch decides not to go through with it.
Back to Dr. Edwards, it seems that he’s rather upset when Wyatt Morris, the man who he thinks killed his wife, is released from prison. The team also realizes that it’s quite likely that Edwards perjured himself at Morris’ trial to insure his conviction.
But Edwards mission of vengeance doesn’t involve him killing Morris. It’s the opposite, in that Edwards is going to frame Morris for his suicide.
Fortunately for all involved, Harold is able to talk him down.
While this episode didn’t contribute to much to the show’s mythology, it’s a good stand alone with lots of shades of gray here.
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