I’ve been pretty forward about my desire to see Gus (Dule Hill) find love. He only has one-episode interests anymore. I was really hoping for something to come out of tonight’s new episode. Nicole (Diora Baird) seemed like another one-episode interest, but it would have been interesting to see if the writers could have stretched things out and bring her back in the near future.
Now as for the bulk of the episode, I actually enjoyed the cult scene even though I felt like we had already done this sort of setup a few years ago with USA Network’s Monk series having an episode that was quite similar.
I was willing to overlook some of my criticism regarding the similarities to Monk because I was having so much fun watching Shawn (James Roday) scramble to piece together the murder case and try to get Gus out of there.
Dule Hill, Diora Baird
As the murder case eventually got pieced together by Shawn, Juliet (Maggie Lawson), and Lassiter (Timothy Omundson), I gradually hated the episode because of the predictable fact that the cult leader, Eli (Deidrich Bader), was the one who was responsible for the death of Dan Cooper and the attempt on Nicole’s life.
Suzanne Krull deserves credit for putting herself out there in the role of Dot. She was not only helpful to the investigation, but she was hysterical. She really made Shawn uncomfortable with the flirting and talking about her dreams. Add to the fact that Juliet was present, well, it really made Shawn feel like he was on the hot seat.
The fall season finale slated for next week looks like a possible highlight for this season. I have high hopes after this somewhat disappointing episode.
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