Summary: Flashbacks reveal that Joe's son Joe Jr. died in a drilling accident that Guy was warned about, so he wasn't at work. In a confrontation with Guy, Joe shoots him in the leg. Anna was Joe Jr.'s girlfriend. In the present, Joe figures out Chee is an FBI agent and sends him to analyze the water samples. Chee gets it analyzed and meets with Whitover. Chee confirms that there was hydraulic fluid in the water, and learns that Anna's autopsy suggests that she died of cardiac arrest. A Mormon family buys the cactus painting, but it has the money that the truck robbers had stolen. They track down the family and get the money back, but the family is missing. Bernadette finds their car on the side of the road and investigates it with Joe.
The Good: This was more solid stuff. I enjoy the Joe/Chee dynamic a lot. They are both well defined characters and I enjoy seeing them clash in their beliefs. Chee has his roots in the Navajo culture, but after going to college he believes to have grown past needing them. Meanwhile Joe has had the same college experience, but decides that there is some virtue to be found in these silly traditions. It's interesting to see them discuss the culture, and I appreciate that this isn't done in an overly melodramatic way. I was delighted by Joe discerning that Chee was an agent. It makes Joe look impressive for considering all of the evidence he has seen in previous episodes to make this guess and have it pay off. What's nice about this reveal is how it changes their dynamic. Joe kept most things secret from Chee before this moment, but afterwards he opens up to Chee about his connection to Anna and they both begin to trust each other more. The relationship is developing naturally and I like that. I enjoyed the flashbacks as they deepened our understanding of Joe and his relationship with Guy. The tensions between them now have more meaning than they did in the first episode, and I liked the slow reveal that Joe lost his son in the drill site explosion. Furthermore, I always appreciate it when TV shows use a different filter on the flashback scenes to make it obvious when we are watching a flashback scene. This prevents things from becoming confusing, especially when we are flashing back and forth as often as we do in this episode. The Bad: Joe tracking down what happened to the Mormons isn't very interesting because we know exactly what happened to them. It's less interesting to follow a mystery when we have the answers already and the characters are just playing catch-up. The abduction scene was cool, but the mystery would have played out better if we hadn't seen it. The plot isn't the most interesting. The robbers are already starting to seem like bland bad guys, and I am not interested in seeing more of them. Sally's storyline is curious but feels too extraneous to get me to care about it. I'm not a huge fan of her mother being an evil witch, and the scene with her at the end of the episode was cheesy. In an episode that mostly takes itself seriously, such a cheesy "supernatural" scene is needless. The Unknown: Why didn't Guy tell Joe not to send his son in to work that day? It seems like there was already bad blood between them before this incident. What happened to the Mormon family? Were they killed or simply abducted? Why did the robbers leave the cactus painting in the hands of someone else? That seems pretty silly. What will Chee and Joe do with the information about the helicopter crash? How will they investigate this? Will the FBI find out that Chee lied to them? What will be the significance of that? Anna's death was cardiac arrest? I don't buy it. How can that be explained? What happened to her? Best Moment: Joe getting the truth from Chee that he is an FBI agent was a delight. Character of the Episode: Joe. Conclusion: Another solid, unremarkable episode of the show. I'm not sure that this is going to be a special show judging by what I've seen, but at the very least I hope that it continues to be harmless entertainment like it is right now. Score: 60
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