On Saturday, after hours spent in room 1A06 in the Javits Center, I was treated to the first episode of the 4th season of Blindspot. In addition to the exclusive screening, Jaimie Alexander and Sullivan Stapleton were on hand at New York Comic Con for a quick Q&A session. Here’s what I learned about the premiere and what we can look forward to in this new season:
- The first episode back is called “Hella Duplicitous” and it won’t take you very long to find out why.
- Portions of the season 4 premiere were filmed on location in Japan.
- In fact, there’s a lot more international fun to come, but Weller will mostly be holding down NYC. Sullivan Stapleton joked that someone had to keep the city safe.
- Both Patterson and Rich Dot Com get out in the field in the premiere.
- Rich Dot Com is now a series regular and I think that is great news!
- Zapata is still away from the team and tied up with the Crawford family storyline. But is she really working with them or is she a double agent? Only time will tell.
- There is a new FBI director. (It’s someone we’ve seen before.)
- Weller heals quickly, last season’s gunshot won’t keep him on the bench for too long.
- There is not one, but two sword fights to look forward to.
- Jaimie Alexander credited her stunt double Heidi Germaine Schnappauf, who was in the crowd, for always kicking her butt and getting her ready to do as much of the fighting on her own as possible. Both women are badass in my opinion.
- As we learned in the season three finale, Jane is suffering from the ZIP poisoning and now no longer remembers the last few years as Jane Doe, she’s Remy as far as she’s concerned but in order to keep her cover she has to keep up the facade. Asked how she likes playing Remy, Jaimie Alexander said she enjoys playing the “psycho”.
- We can look forward to another crazy Remy / Jane fight scene in the fourth season.
- Speaking of the ZIP poisoning, it’s going to be a big driving force in the narrative this season as it essentially adds a ticking clock to Jane / Remy’s fate.
The 4th season of Blindspot premiers on Friday October 12th at 8pm on NBC.
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Panel: Saturday October 6, 2018 – “WBTV Panel Block: Blindspot, Manifest, and The 100”
Screening: Season 4, Episode 1 “Hella Duplicitous”
Panelists: Jaimie Alexander and Sullivan Stapleton
