"Limitless" Recap: "Page 44"

Written by John Edward Betancourt

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When it comes to Limitless, I've received a lot of interesting feedback from others on the quality of the show. Some folks say it's nothing like the movie, and they were hoping for a bigger tie in to that. Some folks say it's simply too silly and goofy and they flat out don't like it. I can see why some of that feedback has come to pass. It's not much like the movie outside of NZT and Bradley Cooper and yes, it is a lighthearted show about a loveable loser. 

But I've had this strange feeling in my gut since the series premiere that this show was up to something. That all of the complaints I just outlined were there for a reason to cover up the grand plot the show was about to bring our way and after three episodes of crime solving with Brian Finch...things took a dark turn last night as the fourth episode, "Page 44" apparently set the stage to resolve the fluffiness of the show. 

Granted the show kept the fun stuff, as Brian ended up solving not one, but two crimes last night. He caught a spy selling secrets to the Chinese government and he also managed to solve a little industrial espionage and at the same time got his own chance to play full on spy. This was also an episode where he and Rebecca became closer friends and coworkers as she did everything to have his back and even opened up a little to him about her father and his NZT use. But the fluffy ended there because our good friend Mister Sands came calling.

Yes, the favors that Sands outlined in ominous fashion last week, forcing Brian to break it off with Shauna, arrived at last and well, the first "favor" was a doozy. Sands let Brian know that Eddie Morra and his camp are obviously experts when it comes to NZT, but they need to know where the government is currently at in its research and want Brian to steal all the info from the FBI that he can on it. Brian is of course reluctant since the FBI has been so good to him, but when Sands arranges for Brian's dad to come down ill as incentive to get the files, reluctantly...Brian complies, betraying the FBI and swiping the data.

Now for a better part of the episode, the show played this off as no big deal and then suddenly...it became a big deal. We found out Rebecca's dad was one of the government's test subjects on the drug and clearly Eddie Morra is continuing to solidify himself as a villain on this show. He's clearly got a master plan and NZT is part of it and now we are caught in a morality tale where a true good guy through and though in Brian is now stuck in the middle of it all and his choices on how to get out of this mess are damn limited. Either way, kudos to the show for pulling out the stops this week and finally revealing that this may end up being a grand tale of good versus evil and Brian trying to outwit the mighty Eddie Morra and judging from the teaser for next week, things are only going to get darker...until then.

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