"Limitless" Recap: "The Legend of Marcos Ramos"

Written by John Edward Betancourt

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I'm a simple creature when it comes to television shows. All I ask is for a show to do something interesting and impressive to draw me in and continually advance the plot to keep me going. When it comes to Limitless the first part of that request was quickly fulfilled and last night's episode, took care of the second half. 

In fact, "The Legend of Marcos Ramos" managed to take me completely by surprise. This was an episode that managed to really do some incredible things for its characters, stuff that I was not expecting to see and most importantly, it managed to further add to the mystery of Eddie Morra and left me with some interesting questions about his intentions and what Brian's purpose really could be about in this story.  

But before we get into that, let's talk plot. This week's mystery revolved around the assassination of a retired Federal Agent by a drug cartel and it led to uncovering some crooked cops within the N.Y.P.D. who just happened to be on the take from the cartel and were happy to kill to keep their secret safe. Along the way, Brian managed to rekindle an old flame who left him behind ages ago after seeing him again on NZT caught her attention, and while it seems like the story was going to end happy for both of them, Brian has to break up with her to keep her safe when a mysterious man who works for Eddie Morra tells Brian the time has come to do some favors for the Senator and non compliance will result in Brian and those closest to him getting hurt. 

So while that may seem pretty straightforward and nothing special, Brian's relationship with his ex and the whole visit from Eddie's henchman are super important for a couple of reasons. At one point Agent Harris points out, as Brian laments being a better man on NZT, that on the drug or off it, Brian is still Brian, which means that his ex, Shauna loves him for him. This is demonstrated when they talk until dawn with him off the drug. It also means that NZT doesn't change anything about you except for your intelligence. That's a game changer right there ladies and gents because now we have to wonder...if the drug just brings forth a big I.Q. but doesn't do anything to change your personality...what kind of man is Eddie Morra? 

He was a loveable loser in the film, one that was caught up in some wild and crazy moments for sure, but suddenly I am questioning everything about him. After all, he is more than happy to resort to threatening Brian, and according to his henchman he has a grand plan but what is it? Is Eddie actually the villain of the story all along? Was he always a bad guy who never realized his potential until he took the drug? This is the twist that took me by surprise last night because it has me rethinking everything about this franchise and now it really looks like a showdown between good and evil and I'm dying to know how it ends. Thankfully I sense the show won't take long to answer these questions. Until next time. 

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