Jamie Alexander has a Blindspot

[kane9321]

For me it came down to this...JAIME IS THE SHOW....SCREW EVERYONE ELSE

 

[ComicChick]

She's not really a blank slate, either. She can't discuss football or the latest episode of Game of Thrones (yet), but she's always either showing how traumatized she is or showing a desire (sometimes a determination) to be involved in dealing with her case. She comes off as less of a blank slate than him despite not knowing who she is.

The problem as I see it (aside from questions of the actor's range) is that he's supposed to be stoic and married to the job, and that's the wrong approach for a character that Jane Doe needs to bounce off of. Since she's experiencing the world like it's new, her partner should represent the world, someone who actually wants to talk about things that are new to her. Since she's mysterious and her situation is strange, he should be normal, an everyman whose reaction to the situation mirrors the audience's. Since she's traumatized, he should be somewhat optimistic, not afraid to love or whatever his deal is.

i picked up on a married-to-the-job vibe too. he seems like a solitary man.
i'm guessing/assuming that while Jane begins to learn and experience the world that he will in a way as well. you could tell how uncomfortable he was when she hugged him for support. so i guess he's going to become "human" via his interactions with Jane

as for her support system during this situation, i see her becoming friends with the agent who digitized her tattoos (girl from avengers) and maybe the doctor, who gave her hope with the simple tea vs coffee test

i recognize that guy who plays the doctor (Roach) from a cheesy British dance movie a la Step Up.

Johnson i recognize her from something when she was a kid, but i can't remember what. i do know she was Gretchen on Recess
edit: it was Jumanji!

 

[Golgo-13]

I like it. I'll keep watching for Alexander.

 

[InCali]

I liked it. I'll always be a lousy critic when it comes to actors I like.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Yeah, I liked it too. I've been a Stapleton fanboy since Strike Back and while I've never been the biggest fan of Jaimie Alexander before, I thought she did great and looks better than ever.

 

[Kaleb]

Always do a double take when I see the thread title, keep on thinking the title says "Jaimie Alexander has a baldspot"

 

[THUNDERSTRIKE]

Always do a double take when I see the thread title, keep on thinking the title says "Jaimie Alexander has a baldspot"

MY mind is always in the gutter, so I always visualize it as saying something else about her...

 

[Napoleon]

Just watched the season premiere. Good stuff.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

The thread title still has Jaimie's name spelled wrong.

 

[flickchick85]

Does it? DOES IT?!

[blackout]Damn CC, you're quick.[/blackout]

 

[ComicChick]

fan art is starting to come out for this show:

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

The pilot was definitely on the shoulders of Alexander and she passed with flying colors, handling the action and the dramatic stuff very well. That said... This lacked something... I don't know what. The other actors didn't register too much to me. Stapleton was a little bland for my tastes, though it's always nice to see Jean-Baptiste getting work. Still, it's only the pilot. Truth is I tend to think of the first five or six episodes as the pilot. A show has to grab me in that time. If not... I probably won't stick around if the creators after 6 hours of tv can't hold my interest. So... On to the next one to see where this goes.

 

[flickchick85]

Two eps in, it's still not grabbing me. I'll give it one or two more before I drop it.

 

[Marz69]

I like the first ep, but the 2nd was ok. I think it's the procedural aspect that is slowing it down for me. I like the actress playing the lead. I think she does a good job in the dramatic department, but I don't think her action scenes are believable at all. She looks like someone who's moving their hands and body about with out much "edge" to it. She looks physically uncomfortable.

 

[InCali]

The pilot was definitely on the shoulders of Alexander and she passed with flying colors, handling the action and the dramatic stuff very well. That said... This lacked something... I don't know what. The other actors didn't register too much to me. Stapleton was a little bland for my tastes, though it's always nice to see Jean-Baptiste getting work. Still, it's only the pilot. Truth is I tend to think of the first five or six episodes as the pilot. A show has to grab me in that time. If not... I probably won't stick around if the creators after 6 hours of tv can't hold my interest. So... On to the next one to see where this goes.

Yeah. Sometimes it takes a while for everyone to find their groove. Sometimes they don't find it.

 

[Loki882]

If they:

Spoiler

Reveal who Jane is already (while presumably keeping the mystery of who did this to her and why going), then I'd have to give them props for getting to the point already on at least one front.

 

[Mysteryman]

Someone over at imdb figured out that the title was an anagram.
It spelled out Taylor Shaw.

 

[Hunter Rider]

The second ep was ok, the show is fairly sterile though, the setting for the operations center doesn't help. I finally figured out what bugs me about the lead guy, he reminds me of Ryback from WWE minus the roids.

 

[Dave McFly]

Still loving it

 

[Loki882]

I have to say that I liked "Not Gerard Butler" more in this episode than in the pilot. He's still not exactly Mr. Personality, but they at least gave him more to do and he was a bit more interesting. Baby steps I guess.

 

[Fincher]

I have to say that I liked "Not Gerard Butler" more in this episode than in the pilot. He's still not exactly Mr. Personality, but they at least gave him more to do and he was a bit more interesting. Baby steps I guess.

Yeah, he did better. I like Ashley Johnson's character from what little we've gotten of her; she seems so pleased with herself when accomplishes something.

I'm not the biggest procedural fan partly because there's so many of them and partly because I like having an ongoing story. However, it's not that I never watch them so much as they have to stand out from the crowd in some way. I like the premise of this, and it's more action-oriented than a lot of them, and in these two episodes they've been moving things forward pretty steadily rather than being all about the terrorist of the week. It could do better on the character front, but that's pretty much where my criticism begins and ends so far.

 

[InCali]

Yeah, he did better. I like Ashley Johnson's character from what little we've gotten of her; she seems so pleased with herself when accomplishes something.

I'm not the biggest procedural fan partly because there's so many of them and partly because I like having an ongoing story. However, it's not that I never watch them so much as they have to stand out from the crowd in some way. I like the premise of this, and it's more action-oriented than a lot of them, and in these two episodes they've been moving things forward pretty steadily rather than being all about the terrorist of the week. It could do better on the character front, but that's pretty much where my criticism begins and ends so far.

Liked episode 2. Glad I'm a $#!^^y critic.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Yeah, I still like this show. Second episode was solid and I liked that we got to know more about Stapleton's character and see more of Ashley Johnson's character.

 

[Dark Raven]

Imagine if her name was actually Taylor Swift.

Do we think it is actually the childhood friend, or is the scar just done deliberately to mess with Weller's head?

Surely there must've been a better way to pass along clues than having your whole body tattooed. Why on earth would she agree to that?

I agree the show is still rather sterile, and apart from Jaime Alexander and the whole mystery aspect, it doesn't feel that different from shows like the Blacklist.

 

[Rowsdower!]

I don't know. The Blacklist just feels like it should be called "James Spader Upstages Everyone". All of the other actors either suck or aren't given any material to make them remotely interesting.

I know some people here have been hard on the actors on Blindspot other than Jaimie but I feel like everyone is holding their own so far. Some of them could use a little more development but it's still early.