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This is the episode that I give up. This show is a 5/10. It is a show. It was made. It is lacklustre. This episode is a 3/10. The acting on this show does not match. One person will be over-the-top soap acting and another will be subtle if not-so-sincere. The tropes are heavy handed. Alex is the female version of so many male officers of any role before her but it just doesn't quite fit. Everyone does everything she says and completely believes her because she's just *so* captivating. Everyone falls in love with her, male and female alike because she is just *so* magnetic. It makes for weak writing that is predictable and convenient. The ensemble cast gives you someone to look at in each scene, but again the soap acting does not seem to work for this procedural drama. The storyline is predictable with a twist at the end that keeps you coming back for more. Until it doesn't. Every answer turns into more questions and Alex is the only person to save the world because only she can see the truth! It's boring. Interesting characters get shoved into smaller and smaller screen time so that they can make time for all the boyfriend-girlfriend drama. Quantico quickly abandons the idea of being about learning to solve interesting cases and turns into boring mush.

Episode 12 takes place three months after the Command Centre bombing and the producers believe that the programme is better if no one likes Alex so here again she becomes a pariah as she does not go along with the government stance that Elias acted alone.

When she testifies to a committee and changes her mind about Elias being a lone wolf, her colleagues are upset with her. Alex cannot win and given that she has constantly been proved right it makes you wonder why her superiors are not willing to listen to her more.

To keep the soapy romance going and to introduce more suspects as some from the start of the series have not been eliminated literally, we are introduced to new characters in FBI training. A class above our group of trainees and who are pitted against each other in s simulated hostage crisis. The real purpose of these new characters is to keep the plate spinning going as we know these recruits will also have sinister secrets that will soon be unveiled.