Cal takes Naomi as his date to the gala, making pointless small talk about art until Torres comes over to say hello. (She asks him if his tux is a rental; without a beat, he says he stole it. That's funny.) As he chats with Torres, Cal realizes from the time at the hospital that Naomi knew the janitor, and tells her to keep her eyes open for the guy. He doesn't let Naomi out of his sight, and drops the first hint to her that he's on to her scheme. Unfortunately, we have to endure her trying to shove her tongue down his throat again. I like Tricia Helfer, but not in this heavy-handed role.
Loker and Torres are trying to spot the janitor. "Old white people all look alike," Loker ruminates, to which Torres responds, "You just now figured that out?" Gillian also arrives at the party just in time to banter a little with Cal. Nice to see that their relationship seems to have mended from the previous episode.
Everything is interrupted when a Congressman's been poisoned and the burglar alarm goes off immediately thereafter. Something's indeed been lifted, but it's not the Statue; it's a really big emerald. Cal races out front just in time to see Naomi's accomplice getting away in a local taxi. She's gutsy enough to be standing there when he comes back to the museum, telling him the history of the emerald and that Jack was her partner, before he turned on her. It's a nice sob story, but he isn't susceptible to her charms any further. Although he admits she had him fooled. Really? Seriously?
Gillian asks Cal why he let Naomi disappear. He tells her that Naomi's team stole a fake emerald; he had the curator switch out the real one. She is angry that once again, she's out of the loop. I can't say that I blame her. Sometimes, this show does seem like a one-hander. Let's just hope we don't see Naomi make a return appearance. Cal might not have had her read, but I had her predicted every step of the way. It's because of that, that I have to say "Double Blind" is not going to go down as one of my favorite episodes. Better luck next time, show.
Lie To Me is off next week, so it'll be two weeks before I see you again. Until then, don't get too attached to people you meet in hospitals.
I agree, thought it was kind of an odd episode. The tattoo is Tim Roth's by the way and he has several others as well.
Oh, thank you. I figured it was, but I didn't want to assume.
Yes, not a fan of this episode. It was really obvious from the moment she was on screen that Naomi was involved in the con, and yet the normally near-perfect Cal can't figure her out? Not to mention, he finds a way to tick off Foster again for a pretty lame reason in my opinion? I know he can be socially dysfunctional, but this season is pushing that.