"Limitless" Recap: "Close Encounters"

​Written by John Edward Betancourt

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Our parents taught us a great many things in our youth, and one of them was the principle that if we lie and deceive, eventually all of it will catch up with us and the truth shall be revealed...with plenty of consequences. It's a lesson that holds plenty of weight to it and when it comes to Limitless, I think we all knew that it only was a matter of time before Brian Finch's web of deception would eventually be revealed to everyone he loves and cares about. 

Would the grand reveal of everything come forth in the season finale? Season two? We never quite knew because everything has been going so well for Brian for so long, but as it turns out...last night's episode was when Brian's world came crashing down around him and while "Close Encounters" didn't reveal every single detail of Brian Finch's wild ride in life, enough came to light that relationships were severely damaged and hearts were broken, especially when it came to Brian's family. 

Now, I have to admit I was a little concerned with Brian leaving his sister alone in his apartment in the last episode where he went off with Sands to save Sands' son's life but at the time is seemed like nothing would come of it...and I'm glad the show decided to push any repercussions from that under the rug until this week because man, Rachel's discovery of the two NZT pills turned out to be some powerful stuff. That moment when Brian was confronted by his mother was excruciatingly painful to watch and you easily see Brian's heart shattering over this impromptu betrayal from his sister and edict from his mother and man, I never expected to see his world unravel this quickly.  

After all, things only went from bad to worse with Rebecca as well. She has always been the only person in his corner day in and day out, so to see her turn her back on Brian because he lied to her about his stash of NZT pills and even have his place ransacked was equally as devastating for Finch and well...for me as well. Nothing about this episode felt comfortable. It was one sucker punch after another and I know I'm not alone in saying that I was left stunned when Rebecca asked Naz to get Brian another handler after everything they have been through together.  

But all heartbreak aside, this episode's ending left me wondering exactly what Brian is planning to do. He has his NZT back from Mike, which was classy by the way, and it's clear he's planning on heading to Canada to track down Piper...but why? Is this some kind of grand scheme to bring down Eddie Morra once and for all? Because that would serve Brian's personality of trying to do as much good as possible, and I'm equally curious what will come of Mike and Ike's independent questioning of Rachel regarding Sands. Either way, it's obvious nothing will ever quite be the same for Brian on this show ever again and this stunning episode completely threw me for a loop and I cannot wait to find out what Brian is up to. Until next time.

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