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8/10
Worth Watching
Supermanfan-1331 January 2023
I'm actually surprised by how much I liked Blindspot. It's easy for this show to get lost in the shuffle of all the other crime shows to choose from because there are a million of them. Don't let it though. It's one of the better ones that's been on in the last few years. This show not only met my expectations but surpassed them in every way. It has an intriguing premise with so many twists and turns that it will keep you wanting more. The mystery and action was good enough to hook me from the very first episode. This show ended on its own and wasn't cancelled on a cliffhanger so you get to see the finished story. All that mystery pays off in the end and finishes with a satisfying finale.
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8/10
I enjoyed it!
Rob13315 October 2022
Blindspot starts with a naked woman, Jane Doe (Jaime Alexander), in the middle of Times Square with no memory of who she is or how she got there. Her body is full of fresh tattoos which turns out that each one is a clue to a major crime. Agent Kurt Weller (Sullivan Stapleton) and his FBI team (Ashley Johnson, Rob Brown, Audrey Esparza) try to solve the tattoos and discover who Jane Doe really is and how she got these tattoos. It's a show filled with action, mystery, twists sand turns, etc. At the very least it's a show that will keep you entertained and intriguing enough to keep you coming back to watch.
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6/10
Very disappointing
ryancombs-9336510 March 2019
Blindspot started off great, Seasons 1 & 2 were entertaining and I found myself binge watching it on Hulu. Season 3 was okay, it was kinda boring in the beginning as I felt myself slowly getting less and less interested and stopped watching it a few episodes in. I eventually came back to it about 2 weeks later, and finished season 3 and was surprised it had picked up quite a bit and had struck my interest again. However, season 4 has been quite a different story. The series takes quite a turn and almost immediately becomes quite honestly terrible. The acting is progressively getting worse. The story has done essentially a 180 degree turn and things hardly make any sense anymore. It's safe to say it becomes extremely disappointing.
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8/10
First season 10/10, second 9/10 and the third and fourth below 5/10
nikoladesigns-3543116 February 2019
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The first season was the best for me, totally new not knowing what will happen next etc. The whole season was like a pilot to the second. The second was the peak of the story, the grand plan, everything is shown, we finally know what was happening all along. The third was a blunder remake of the first in a way and since then the show is nothing like before. I would suggest to stop watching it after season 2 if you want a strong end.
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8/10
A very lovely series.
adeboyeadeolaea20 August 2020
After 5 seasons, it has finally come to an end. It was a really good series. I enjoyed it. The characters are likable, you grow into them and explore their world with them and it ended well, a very befitting end after 5 years.
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6/10
Going downhill fast
Hairy_Scot3 November 2018
Have faithfully watched this series from day one an have always found it enjoyable and credible. However an unfortunate downturn has taken place, Scripts have become more and more outlandish and unbelievable. Time to call a halt.
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9/10
Pleasantly Surprised
jslawrenc27 September 2015
I'd actually give this an 8.5, but decided to round up vs. down to counter balance some of the negative recent reviews submitted by others. I thought Jaimie Alexander was great and demonstrated her talent in this role more than I've seen from her in past roles such as Thor and The Brink. Sullivan Stapleton's acting was admittedly a little wooden in the pilot, but I liked his tough guy persona in Strike Back & think he'll grow into this role with time also. Yes, the story line is completely far-fetched and unrealistic. Yes, the plot does borrow from different formulas we've seen before, but not in a way that's a total rip off from other movies or TV. It doesn't have the originality of Mr Robot or the grittiness of True Detective, but it's fun popcorn entertainment. If you put Bourne Identity, Blacklist and Momento into a blender, you'd end up Blindspot!
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6/10
What happened??
buffettgal229 October 2018
Been watching since the beginning. Through the seasons some episodes have been hard to watch, hard to follow and watching the characters act and interact is somewhat cringing. Some episodes are not interesting, poor acting and the chemistry between the characters are hit or miss. This season is by far the worst! The train in the show has gone off the track. It's time to cut the loss and move on.
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OMG this is just bad
kennyfiddler29 September 2015
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"Someone is playing a game, and they've only just begun," Says one of the show's characters, dramatically summing up the ridiculous plot so far... and I have to agree. Someone is playing a game, and they've only just begun! It's the show's writers! The pilot was bad. Having just given episode 2 a chance, I have very little hope for this show. Let's roll back the wheels of time to the pilot...

A bomb specialist is called to a completely empty Times Square to investigate a strange duffel bag. He is shaking, terrified, spasmodic: he speaks nervously, his voice cracking and quaking with fear: have NYPD's bomb techs actually never seen a potential bomb before? Was he like an off duty subway worker that the NYPD dressed up in bomb squad gear and sent into (vacant) Times Square? Then a naked woman climbs out of the duffel, and the officer (or whoever he is) jumps back, absolutely terrified, and holds her at gunpoint. Really? Honestly? And in the middle of a bust involving evil villains and adorable children, as I remember, in Kentucky, the lead detective is whisked away by helicopter, magically absolving him of paperwork, follow-up or leading his team in finishing the bust. Because a naked woman has his name tattooed on her back. Very believable.

Now comes the series of scenes I like to call abbreviations: the show jumps from one scene to another, assuming the audience has seen enough procedural dramas that they will fill in the details with stereotypes and overused tropes, so the writers don't have to explain what's going on. The beautiful geeky girl who knows how to run every possible test on a women with no memory covered in tattoos, because that just happens all the time; the sidekick investigators who ask dramatic questions dramatically, like "who is this woman?"; and of course the tough, pessimistic commander who doesn't trust anyone. They'll get to the bottom of this! Now we get to Jane: she's apparently a tough as nails amnesiac who was once a black ops Navy seal, but any time she shoots someone she needs to cry on a man's shoulder and act mopey and despondent. Like all Navy seals do... All she remembers is music (but not the Beatles!), how to shoot automatic weapons, how to speak obscure dialects of Chinese (which according to Chinese-speaking reviewers here the writers got completely wrong), and what chopped grass tastes like. Oh, and the layout of NYC.

Of course the beautiful geeky tech girl deciphers the exact tattoos that lead to a case happening in like two hours...Cause she's awesome like that. Chinese villains! Bombs in the subway! An evil mastermind who knows everything that's going to happen! All in a day's work for our crack FBI team.

Now we get to the second episode. The geek girl finds the exact right tattoo to lead to a deadly plot happening in like 2 hours. Then we get every empathetic, tug at Middle America's heart strings plot conceivable. A nine year old girl is kidnapped! (Leading one of our transparent characters to comment that the lead detective agent guy "doesn't do well with kidnapped children.")Innocent Americans are being killed as collateral damage! A hero has turned on his country! Where's the part of the show where people are upset that middle aged white guys are getting killed? Nowhere... only adorable girl children and innocent Americans need apply to the heart-string-pulling-acts-of-aggression that spur our heroes into action! In the middle of all this, Jane Doe remembers shooting a nun. And lead detective agent guy magically knows who Jane Doe is because she has the same scar on her neck that his adorable neighbor girl had before she mysteriously disappeared 25 years ago, leaving dad as the prime suspect. Very believable! I expected the next plot twist to be someone killing a dog, or grandma running out of food for the orphans, but no: next was "dad's dying and we don't have much time to make amends." Oh good. I was worried for that dog.

Oh, and the nun was just a middle aged guy in khakis with a white sheet on his head. That white sheet could have fooled anybody! Phwew, the Navy Seal trained assassin killer is good, not bad! After all, as one shallow badly written character points out, "only terrible people do terrible things. Good people do good things." Or something like that: I probably wrote that line better than the show's writers.

I'll leave the other huge plot holes---3 agents covering the entire city during two different terrorist attacks, Chinese people being 'the bad guys' who beat their wives and blow up the city, etc. etc.---to the other reviewers here. I understand their indignation. In an age when broadcast TV has to compete with cable and Netflix shows, with amazing writing and great acting, it's amazing to me that NBC felt like this show was going to be the great thriller of the season. To me, it's the amazing flop of the season.
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8/10
Starts out really strong
Vertxi26 October 2021
The first two seasons are amazing. The third and fourth season are not as good as the first two, but they are still good. The fith season however, is where I feel that the writers kind of lost it. At this beginning of this show I was positive that this was going to be a 10/10 show for me. But since I personally feel that the show started to get worse after the third season, I could not rate a 10. All in all this is a great show and I would definitely recommend it.

If you are someone that has been looking for shows similar to Blindspot, I could also highly recommend either Homeland or Blacklist.
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7/10
I Liked The Tattoo Story
ahmetkozan6 April 2016
Blindspot focuses on a mysterious tattooed woman who has lost her memory and does not know her own identity. The FBI discovers that each tattoo contains a clue to a crime they will have to solve.

Creative, exciting, new twists, great action; why do we watch TV? There's always a new clue, a new story, a twist to add that keeps you wanting to watch the next week. She is a top trained pro, and there is a level of doubt. The character interactions between Jane and Heller are complex, close, tense, loving yet harsh and unpredictable. The build-up of all the characters on the team is well thought out, not haphazard, and slowly creates a solid cast, just like CSI Miami, or the Sopranos was developed. This show captures your interest and is unlike another cop, medical or court series I've seen in a long-time.

I really looked forward to this show and I am not at all disappointed. I cant give it a 10 but a 9 does just fine. The characters are interesting and I find myself looking forward to each episode! 7/10
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8/10
Good series
mikeclatecki30 July 2020
Just literally finish the final episode, it's a surprising ending one of those that makes you think, it's a good series I watched from day one, kind of sad that it's over, good twists each season I recommend it
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7/10
So Disappointed
cfw_229 December 2018
I am really disappointed in the turn Blindspot has taken. I'm sick of the Roman storyline & his seemingly unbreakable hold on Jane. Also,Jane talks through gritted teeth all the time,which is extremely annoying. We started out really enjoying this show,but we are fast losing interest.
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3/10
Getting worse by the season
mjcsekei18 February 2019
Enjoyed the show the first couple of seasons. But pretty hard to watch anymore. Acting is terrible, stories are just prolonging the end of a series. Think it's ran it's course.
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Cameraman with parkinson's disease
cajadomatic29 May 2018
Despite the pretty couple and specially beautiful actress, this series has not much to add. it's just another sad plot that could have happened had the lead actor not been so hard and unimpressive.

It is good to see how well it was photographed but unfortunately the camera man has weak hands or the production had no money to buy a tripod.

After two episodes the viewer is totally dizzy with rough zoom ins and outs, very fast re framing and sudden psycho moves that turns the whole history into an optical nightmare.

I really don't know what's the intended effect that it might produce but it hasn't reach its goal.
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10/10
A tough female hero for a change
rayca76 October 2015
Jane Doe, the main female character in 'Blindspot,' doesn't know who she is, but she has abilities not possessed by the average person - male or female. She is vulnerable only in that she has no memory, and she doesn't know who put tattoos over her whole body, addressed to the FBI. But, there her vulnerability ends. When threatened, Jane kicks butt as well as any man, better than most. It doesn't hurt that she's drop-dead gorgeous; we're talking TV after all. This is, in my humble opinion, THE best offering of this TV season. Complete with a brooding FBI agent who has some serious issues, who happens to work for a tough woman senior agent, 'Blindspot' is set to defy all of the cinematic stereotypes about female characters, and it's about time.
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10/10
Love this show.
ArchangelKennels14 October 2015
Quite the entertaining show indeed. I enjoy the plot lines, however at times quite predictable. The story is compelling and makes the viewer want to come back week after week. The action is exciting and driving. Like most drama's but worth a watch. However it is like most cop shows "Crime committed, cops hear about crime, try to collect the evidence, Figure out who,what,when,where. Solve crime, catch or shoot crook." I like where Jane's tattoo's are a link to the crimes, and makes me wonder will they ever get to the bottom of huge list of tats on her body. Will she ever regain her total recall. Must watch to find out. Excitement week after week and another problem solved.
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6/10
WTF happend to this show
moviehigh8116 November 2018
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Season 1 was great Season 2 was alright Season 3 started getting bad And this season WTF man !

I don't mind the double agendas and the secret stuff ...because that's what the show is about ...but it just feels likeit does not know what kind of show it wants to be a FBI show A CSI show a CIA show A WHAT???

honestly I stopped watching because everything seems rushed and unsure about what they want and it shows the result is bad acting no emotions and almost no dynamic between the actors and the roles they play

To some it all up: Started great but after season 2 it totally changed into a other type of show
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10/10
"Blindspot" S1
niki_rs17 May 2016
When i start watch the show, i don't know what to expect, but with every episode the story develop and characters too. The end of first season will be exciting and i'm sure it will prepare the viewers to season two. I like how the crew behind series trying to develop every main character and we about for every of them little by every next episode. Dynamic of episodes is good. Have everything: action, thriller, mystery and some puzzle to resolve. Yes, sometimes i notice a mistakes, but often they aren't in story line, and in successive scenes, but not so significant for story . Generally i like the show and i hope "Blindspot" has a bright future.
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6/10
The girl with storyboard tattoo
quincytheodore22 September 2015
Since the days of Michael Scofield from Prison Break it's been a rare occasion that a character has plot line literally tattooed on their body. Blindspot offers a couple of intriguing gimmicks and mysteries with the premise of savant consultant and stern officer, but it tends to be the same investigation cop drama again. Its original hook might not endure its barren plot device, underlying secret or romance subplot.

Jane Doe (Jaimie Alexander) pops up in Time Square, wearing nothing but full body tattoo. After thorough inspections, some of these flesh drawings are related to ongoing crime or terrorist act. It becomes clear that this will be your typical case-of-the-week gimmick, while the main plot of her mysterious identity is gradually revealed.

The most successful example of this premise in recent time is Blacklist. Unfortunately, Blindspot doesn't have the charismatic lead character, it goes with a more vulnerable Jane Doe for more sympathy effect. The other role of agent (Kurt Weller) Sullivan Stapleton, since the procedural show needs one authority figure for the dysfunctional buddy cop role, is not really memorable.

These two serve as eccentric consultant and stoic agent, which may have a bit romance subplot. It's honestly a bit dull, but Blindspot still has a shot with the mystery. The use of her tattoos can be interesting as long as it's consistent and not random patches for typical cop show. Psychology aspect should not fall to usual amnesiac cliché, which can be hard considering the premise, but it already sets Jane Doe for her own personality.

It also keeps the setting as part of story. The later episodes might not have grand Times Square or famous landmarks, but if it continues to played out in more natural environment, not just dreary office or facility, it will be more realistic to audience. It'd be even better if the tattoo or symbology could correspondent to distinct plot or particular of the episode.

There's a lot of inherit hindrances of this theme. For example, how much influence this girl can have or how the series handle the memory loss. It may pique audience's curiosity with the concept, but it would be a tough sell since the other elements feel overused.
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8/10
Entertaining!
Rupert1718 April 2017
If you are after narratives that are purely factual and literal, then Blindspot may not be the one for you. If it is sheer escapism and a non-stop cavalcade of exciting events that hold your attention, then give Blindspot a go.

A naked woman turns up in an abandoned bag in the the middle of Times Square in New York, and she has no memory of who she is and she's tattooed from head to foot. The only immediately decipherable symbol or number on her tattooed body is a reference to an FBI agent. From the point on, her existence is an emotional roller-coaster as the FBI analyses her tattoos and attempts to establish her identity. As the meaning of each symbol and number is revealed, the plot becomes more complicated and the woman involved more confused and unstable.

I like the show very much and I understand series two is being shown in the USA at the moment.
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6/10
starts great
SnoopyStyle9 February 2017
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Jane Doe (Jaimie Alexander) is found naked, amnesiac, and stuffed in a duffel bag in Times Square. She is covered in tattoos and one of them is the name of FBI agent Kurt Weller. Along with Special Agents Edgar Reade, Tasha Zapata, forensic Patterson, and psychiatrist Dr. Robert Borden under the leadership of Bethany Mayfair, they investigate the meaning of each tattoo which leads to crimes and a dark conspiracy.

This starts off with a great visual premise. It doesn't get more intriguing than a naked tattooed Jaimie Alexander stuffed in a bag in Time Square. It's a weirder version of Prison Break except that premise makes perfect sense right from the start. This show struggles to be realistic and the explanation for her tattoos barely passes the smell test. Jane Doe's twisty origins get crazier and more convoluted. It's a very convoluted show which eventually loses me somewhere in the second season. The more intriguing character is Ashley Johnson playing Patterson. At least, she gets to solve a tattoo every episode. Her character loses a little when her boyfriend gets killed. The tension of him helping with the tattoos is a good part of the first season.
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10/10
Love it
lairamrosario17 June 2016
Blindspot is the best show in existence, I really like the chemistry between all the characters and how they see each other as family... Jane Doe is the most complicated puzzle I've ever seen, there's always something new about her, the struggles she faces throughout this first season are intense, and she takes it all in like a trooper, really love the Jeller and Pattata ships.

Who is Jane Doe? Taylor Shaw, the missing girl? Or maybe not. Will the past cloud our eyes? Trust no one. Suspect everyone. Lift the curtain and unveil the mastermind. In case of emergency follow these instructions: Stay where you are. Find a secure line to Contact Your Handler. Find what you need in almost the last place you look. To begin the sequence, focus on the time, then wait for the address to your new safe house. The final Order will be revealed when it's filed away.
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6/10
Another Typical investigative action Series?
pvsmadhukar22 September 2015
I just watched the first episode and find that its a start of another typical actions series based on an unknown plot. As usual the main role doesn't know what she is? Audience will find a clue at the end of the first season as a base for the next. Are you guys not bored to these kinds of series? They might have put more money than others for action scenes. For the writer's comfort they added a memory loss. So main role will survive any kind of catastrophe. You can see it in the black list, The Mentalist and more number of series. Only difference is the action content and more technology use. Don't you think people deserve more than a good plot?
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3/10
FBI - Can do anything - Luckiest Inteligence Agency in the world
M-a-shazaib23 December 2018
I don't know at what age kids would find this blunder to be good. Whatever happens and wherewver it happens, its these 6 FBI agents always around. They seem to get lucky with clues and be at the right time at the right place every single time. Nothing makes sense.
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