"Limitless" Recap: "The Assassination of Eddie Morra"

Written by John Edward Betancourt

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I've made it no secret that I am a huge fan of Limitless the show and Limitless the movie. It was a unique concept on film and the weird world of NZT has only managed to become all the more fascinating courtesy of Brian Finch's adventures week in and week out on CBS, but let's be honest...Eddie Morra has become the grand mystery on the show and I've been waiting with baited breath to finally get some answers on what kind of man Eddie has truly become after the motion picture came to an end. 

This week's winter premiere of the show, "The Assassination of Eddie Morra" finally gave us all the answers we could ever need or ask for when it came to the titular character, but I have to admit that I was unprepared for the consequences that came with it all. This is an episode that showed us just how much Eddie has evolved after all these years and unfortunately none of it is for the better since, at least in my mind, there is no more doubt he's the true villain of this story and it's also a little scary just how smart he has truly become on NZT in what was one of the show's finest episodes to date. 

As the title indicates, someone came after Senator Morra and that opening sequence with him figuring out who it was that was preparing to fire a gun at him from 3,300 yards away was impressive and this is what I meant about how smart Eddie had become since he was able to not only time the shot but know exactly when to avoid it. It was downright freaky how he was able to pull that off and that intense opening led us into a different kind of episode for the show. This particular episode actually felt like it was ripped right out of the movie of the same namesake with a little bit of spy drama thrown in for good mix with the cat and mouse game between Brian and Piper, the girl who tried to put down Eddie once and for all.

But while Piper's story was fascinating, and while I enjoyed all the back and forth and the double cross that Brian put together to keep Piper alive and keep Eddie satisfied that she was dead, none of it compared to the moment when Eddie and Brian met in Finch's tiny office for a short but loaded scene. It's here where Eddie asked Brian the all important question as to when he was going to let go of the man he used to be and embrace the one he was becoming and that's when I personally had a big question answered. I've speculated for some time as to whether or not NZT changes the personality of someone in addition to their intelligence and well...it does, with a little willingness, since Senator Morra was happy to explain how the drug allowed him to finally be free of his former "loser" self and allow that particular Eddie to become nothing more than a distant memory so he could evolve into a "better" person.

That subtle revelation was quite disturbing to say the least. It means all the clues that Eddie might be the one pulling the strings and making sure people disappear from this earth are fact now, and it means that the future of the world on the show is murky at best with Morra announcing his bid to become president. But it's obvious Brian knows stopping him will be difficult to say the least and as of right now, the man is untouchable. But I do like the fact that Rebecca seems to be putting the pieces together on her own time about Eddie and who he is and I am an even bigger fan of the fact that Brian is staying true to himself in every single way. Either way, our villain is finally out of the shadows and this story will never quite be the same. I can't wait to see where we go from here. Until next time.

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