"Limitless" Recap: "Headquarters!"

Written by John Edward Betancourt

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There have been quite a few dark episodes of Limitless as of late and I guess this week the showrunners decided it was high time to spice things up and bring back the fun before things slipped too far into the abyss and well, they pulled it off. A lot of the wackiness we came to know in the first few weeks of this series returned last night as Brian put together one ambitious plan. 

Because after all this time working for the FBI, Brian decided he was owed something from the Bureau and decided to ask Naz for two things, a chance to choose his own cases once in a while and a super awesome office labeled "Headquarters!" (yes, with the exclamation point) which of course Naz turned down time and time again. But after checking in with the bomb maker he brought down a few weeks back, Brian was able to get a little intel that led to the arrest of someone on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List and that brought him to his master plan to get what he wants and in the process, do some good. 

He asks Naz for a task force and two weeks to do what has never been done before...bring in every single criminal on the Ten Most Wanted list and surprisingly, Naz gives him the chance to do it. A couple of them are brought down quick and easy with a little coercing and simply Detective work. Others require a little more effort as Brian sends his now nicknamed "Bruntouchables" into various parts of the world to bring the rest of them in and while it seems everything is going smooth, that's when the show does what it does best and makes things interesting by way of fugitive Lawrence Drake. 

This particular felon on the Top Ten List was originally imprisoned for murdering his wife before escaping with another member of the Top Ten and when Brian finally catches up with Lawrence, he discovers that there is a fair chance the man is completely innocent. After all, Mister Drake has spent every single waking moment since he escaped looking for the man who murdered his wife in a nice homage to The Fugitive, but that's as far as the homage goes since Brian proposes they give Lawrence NZT to remember that night and by giving him the drug...he is able to recall by sense/memory of touch the man who murdered his wife and is cleared of the original charges. 

Brian's ambitious plan is shut down before he can catch all of the Top Ten, but he gets most of them, and his office and well, this was a fun a little episode simply because it let Brian shine in spectacular fashion, putting all the good within him on display since everything he did this week was about making the world a better place and it made for a nice change of pace for the show. Heck we even got resolution between Brian and his father since Brian finally took the time to tell his dad what's going on. But the fact of the matter is...this was a filler episode through and through and really just a tiny break because by now we all know the grand Eddie Morra conspiracy is the heart of this show, it's just a matter of time before we get back to it.

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