Rubicon – The Truth Will Out
Nay, indeed, if you had your eyes, you might fail of
the knowing me: it is a wise father that knows his
own child. Well, old man, I will tell you news of
your son: give me your blessing: truth will come
to light; murder cannot be hid long; a man’s son
may, but at the length truth will out.– The Merchant of Venice
We’re getting close to a serious confrontation between Will and Ingram. Â Will continues to update Ingram on his latest discoveries in his investigation and Ingram seems less and less interested in hearing them. Â Will’s taunting question, “Who do we work for?” hangs in the air and requires repetition before Ingram finally answers it, with perhaps the most unconvincing attempt at a platitude of all time: “The United States Government.” Â Will follows that with another impertinent (yet pertinent) question: “How do you know?” Â Again, Ingram avoids answering
Will is getting more bold in pursuing his investigation now, taking it right into Spangler’s own files, but he better be careful. Â The FBI lockdown of API shows a few important things: (1) Someone outside the agency is watching API; (2) Spangler is not as powerful as he thinks he is; Â (3) Whoever is bugging Will’s office is very good. Â My vote for #3 is Ingram.
Meanwhile bugs are also being planted at Catherine’s place and she apparently leaves it for good in this episode. Â Can’t tell where she’s headed.
I’m not sure what to make of the polygraph tests administered by the FBI. Â We don’t get to find out much about the results, except that Grant is clearly stepping out on his wife or wants to very badly, while at the same time he wants to convince the whole world that he would never do such a thing. Â He is deeply troubled, but it’s hard to tell if that’s because he has now been discovered, or if he has just now discovered this about himself. Â Either way, he’s pretty messed up. Â Miles is a wreck over the lost file, his separation and the translation chick. Â Who would have thought that Tanya would end up being the most stable person on Will’s team?
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I’m finally caught up.
My thoughts, in no particular order:
* Kale Ingram is becoming one of my favorite characters. “I have a resting heartbeat of 46. I’m always relaxed.”
* I don’t think that Grant is cheating on his wife, or even thinking about it. Consider the context: As the episode opened, Grant was in an uncomfortable phone conversation with his wife and feeling very guilty about not being there for family events. He promised her several times that he wouldn’t miss his daughter’s school play. During the entire lockdown, he was concerned about what his wife would say if he missed the play without even calling first. When the polygrapher asked him the question, it could have sparked an involuntary response based on the guilt he was feeling about his wife and his daughter’s play.
* Spangler is one scary guy, but the actor playing him does a brilliant job.
* Miles, for me, is a great source of comic relief. His polygraph was laugh-out-loud funny.
* At this point, Will’s character could use a little bit more depth. Brilliant, sullen, laconic and paranoid will only get you so far. I feel like I need to understand this character better. Also, he’s at risk of being one of those characters who is supposedly brilliant, but acts in ways that seem stupid. He took a huge risk by going into Spangler’s office, and I think Ingram’s response was absolutely justified.
* Katherine Rhumor is pretty smart, and surprisingly tough. She was able to spot the bug without anyone tipping her off. So far, most of the time when we have seen her moping around her unbelievably luxurious home. It had to take a pretty strong force of will to give that up and strike out on her own.
I like your thoughts.
The thing with Grant was fascinating, and I don’t know much about polygraphs, but it seemed to me that there was more going on there than guilt about not making the play. Think about how Grant described his wife earlier in the episode. “She will eviscerate me.” He wasn’t going to the play because he wanted to. He’s scared of her. That’s not a loving relationship, and on some level, he wants out.
Love the music in this show. All that bass.
I want Ingram to be a good guy.
I don’t care if Ingram’s a good guy or not. He’s hilarious and steals every scene he’s in.
I’m really glad the pace is picking up with this show and that they’ve finally let Miranda Richardson’s character out of the house.
…also, Grant may or may not have cheated and/or thought about it, but I can see the “she will eviscerate me” remark happening in a perfectly healthy relationship, especially under the circumstances.
I finally caught up and am halfway through this episode. Dang I love this show. It’s weird the influences. At times I swear there are some strong Twin Peaks influences. Tinker Tailor Solider Spy is an obvious one. (And a fantastic 70′s mini-series) Even the Prisoner is a influence.
What I love is how nearly everyone in the company is dysfunctional and many probably are borderline autistic. It’s funny because I know people like these guys. (I used to work at Los Alamos in a classified area – although not the kind of classification these folks deal with)
That’s funny, I was thinking the other day that Miles is a kind of Asperger’s candidate. Probably helps somewhat to be that way in his job.
Allison, what circumstances are you talking about? Not showing up for a school play because of work issues? Those circumstances justify the remark “she will eviscerate me”? If so, you must have a very different definition of the term “perfectly healthy relationship” than I do.
“Allison, what circumstances are you talking about? Not showing up for a school play because of work issues? Those circumstances justify the remark “she will eviscerate meâ€? If so, you must have a very different definition of the term “perfectly healthy relationship†than I do.”
Wow, you must have a perfectly idyllic marital relationship.
I think my wife (hi, Allison!) will back me up on this. Put into context, this is the way I see it. There was obviously some tension in that one-sided phone conversation that opened the episode. If we could hear the other half of it, it probably went like this: “This is important to her. I know it’s not a big deal, but she’s counting on you being there. You need to take time to be with your family. You promise? Really? How many times have I heard that? Okay, but please. Show me that our family is important to you. You’ve been spending an awfully lot of late nights at the office. I know your job is important, but your family is important too. Oh, and if you do get held up, at least call and let me know.”
To me, this is a pretty normal and easy-to-relate-to conversation among the married-with-children crowd. And then Grant not only doesn’t show up, but doesn’t even call or email his wife. I can totally see someone say, “My wife will kill me.” Grant just has a bigger vocabulary. It doesn’t mean he doesn’t love his wife.
“I can totally see someone say, “My wife will kill me.†Grant just has a bigger vocabulary. ” <– This.
Of course, I could be wrong, he might have bigger problems than being a family man with a job that keeps him from seeing his family (not that that's not a big problem). I'm sure we'll find out over the next few episodes.
I guess it’s the word “eviscerate” that made me think differently. Why choose that word? And why repeat over and over again how she’s going to kill him. I got from that something much different from the usual “you need to be at this play honey” type of deal. Maybe I’m reading something into it, but it sounded way different from how most normal relationships operate. That’s why Tanya says sarcastically “She sounds lovely!” about Grants wife.
I also think Grant’s reaction to the polygrapher’s comments was way different than most people’s would be.
Greg, you seem to have a more than adequate vocabulary, but I bet you would never say, in all seriousness, “she will eviscerate me” about Allison. That’s not normal.
I think “She will kill me” and “She will eviscerate me” are more or less equivalent. However, since we’re arguing what is or isn’t “normal,” something which differs from person to person, I can’t see this ending in any kind of consensus. Or would the word “agreement” be more normal?
So now you want to talk about whether YOU are normal? I can’t see that ending in any kind of consensus either.
Late post, but I just watched this and the next episode last night…
Did anyone else notice the camera focused on Grant’s briefcase in that scene at the beginning when he was talking to his wife outside API? I don’t know why this stood out to me.
Seems to me Grant feels he is doing the equivalent of cheating on his wife by working for API, the lockdown being a prime example. He has one foot in each world and it’s clear from pretty much every other character, that isn’t possible. Myles is already separated (greatly) from his family, David was killed for what he knows, Will has no family or time even for his new obsession with David’s death.