Summary: Devoted Dan runs some sort of money laundering scheme with Hoski. Joe and Chee track down Raymond and have him hunt for the helicopter in the lake, but have no success. Joe meets with Whitover about the new missing persons case. Joe gets to keep it and brings Anna and Hosteen's bodies back to the reservation. He begins to get suspicious abotu Father Tso (Hoski) and brings his concerns to Chee. Chee meanwhile grows closer to Bernadette and they both share parts of their past with each other. They find Wanda and question her about the cactus paintings, but she lies and tells them nothing. Wanda is taken care of by Sally's mother who uses witchcraft to have a poisonous spider bite her. The community comes together for a Kinaalda ceremony and Sally sees Hoski. She panics and is taken to a clinic. Emma asks Joe to allow Sally to live with them.
The Good: This was more solid story progression. The scenes here are pretty good individually, and I continue to enjoy the acting, dialogue, and mystery. Smaller moments like Chee and Joe recruiting Raymond, Emma asking Joe to let Sally stay with them, and Joe's brief interaction with Whitover are all enjoyable simply due to there being passion put into crafting these scenes. The acting is good, there's some nice humour, the performances are strong, and the story and dialogue are very well written. Even though these scenes are far from mindblowing, they are enjoyable. The whole show has been consistent like this so far. I was pleased to see Chee and Bernadette developing a connection. If these two are going to be leading characters, then they certainly need to develop some sort of relationship to keep things interesting, and I was pleased by how natural this was. Their attraction could have felt forced, but there was obvious chemistry and I was pleased that we were given a chance to learn more about both characters through their interactions with each other. I liked this budding romance and I am interested to see how the relationship between these two continues to develop. Despite this only being a six episode season, the patience in building this relationship is reminiscent of some of the best character work that you can see in procedural television. It's possible that after a couple of seasons, this show can become a perfect blend of procedural and serialized television. If there's one complaint I have about this show, it's that the directing hasn't been anything special the past couple of episodes. However, that changed here as we had some really nicely edited scenes with some dynamic camera shots. The highlight is the opening montage with Devoted Dan. This character is a mysterious enigma so far (see: The Unknown), but we're introduced to him in such an engaging way. The operation that he is running is shown to us in a visually exciting way, and I loved that. I'm excited to see more from him, and it certainly helps that he's played by Rainn Wilson, who looks to be doing a great job with the role with what limited screentime Devoted Dan has had so far. The Bad: The kinaalda story is a bit dull. I'm not fully on board with Sally as a character yet, and I struggled to care much about seeing this menstruation ceremony. It's cool to see the show putting a focus on the Navajo culture, but there was a bit too much time spent on this storyline without enough interesting character work or plot development happening. Emma and Sally have been the weak points of this show so far, hopefully they grow more interesting. I'm not entirely on board with the witchcraft stuff. The witch character is cheesy and uninteresting to watch. So far she doesn't do a whole lot for me, and I feel like a "less is more" approach would be much better for this character. The show gets uncharacteristically overdramatic whenever she is on screen. I like the unnerving presence of Jeremiah Bitsui's Hoski, but the character doesn't offer anything more in this episode. I hope that these villains get better development as the show goes on. The Unknown: Who is Hoski? Is he Father Tso's brother? Why is he back? Why is he posing as Father Tso? What is going on with all of this? Why does Sally know him? She seems to be very afraid of him. Why? Also what did Sally tell Emma? Why did Joe pull over Yazzie? Was he suspicious about something? What? We know that Yazzie is working with Devoted Dan on his scheme. Is Joe suspicious at all? Who is Devoted Dan? Is he the man behind all of this? What is he up to? It seems like he is running some sort of scheme, but the details remain unclear to me. Why go through the trouble of the cactus paintings? Where does this money come from? Is it from the robbery? Is he laundering the money through his car store? How does the witch do her witchcraft? Does she only require the hair of her victims? Why does she need that? What is the extent of her powers? Best Moment: The montage with Devoted Dan to start the episode was a lot of fun. Character of the Episode: Joe. Conclusion: Another solid episode as the characters start forming connections and the plot continues to develop. Score: 60
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