Special Ops: Lioness
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Truth Is the Shrewdest Lie.
It matches the tenor of these special ops, wouldnt you say?
Thats ops plural, you understand, thanks to that asshole Kyle.
This guy done shit-eating-grinned his way through to the completion of this whole Wild West side quest.
Is it even a side quest anymore?
We open on Cruz the morning after the whole mess in the Hamptons.
Now lets get the fuck out of here.
The ongoing soapy vibes of this whole Kate in the hospital arch?
Joe and Kaitlyn arrive at the hospital just in time to get the news from the attending doctor.
Kates surgery went well; the femur is saved.
Theyre not sure how itll affect her long-term.
Joe wants to be there when Kate wakes up.
Can she have two hours?
Yeah, Kaitlyn says.
But you cant have three.
Ooof, thats an icy good line.
Kidman hits it like a pro.
Saldana gets plenty of room to cook, and cook she does.
When she gets through to Kate in a way Neil couldnt in the previous episode, you believe it.
But theres an emotional wisdom behind her words, a simultaneous air of compassion and regret.
Life snuck up and took a bite out of you.
And now Im just here to give you advice.
Damn, those two hours come and go quickly when youre a spy with a modern soap-opera family.
After a quick hug from younger daughter Charlie (did we really need this younger daughter in here?)
and an awkward I love you / … You keep giving answers to questions he hasnt even asked, so SHUT THE FUCK UP.
When we want to hear you speak, we will tell you to fucking speak.
But the satisfaction of this verbal spanking is short-lived.
Naturally, this smug fuck is going to get his way.
Theyve gotta make lemonade out of this op for CYAs sake anyway.
Like Westfield says, the intel is actionable.
So the behavior, however diabolical, is rewardable.
For her part in defying Westfields authority, Joe gets the bigger slap on the wrist.
Next stop: Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio.
Whats she doing here?
Cant have her on the news coming out of a safe house.
I was told there are six targets in this house, Bobby tells Joe.
With you, were just six.
What are we in the business of fair fights now?
Its not what they do.
So many shots fired at San Antonio SWAT in this scene, dude.
Joe reluctantly acquiesces, and Kyle gives everyone the lowdown.
Its a capture-only mission, nonnegotiable.
Looks like this waystation might actually be the endpoint for these guys.
So now the plan is to take them all out, quietly, in the safe house.
On the way out, a local police officer lays a, Well played, agent, on Joe.
Its not a game, sir, she replies.
In her mind, Joe is at a crossroads with her job, the role shes chosen for herself.
But the intel remains actionable the nagging infernal truth, wrapped in a web of lies.
Is it all too little too late?
One special op wraps just in time for the other to come back into view.
Cruz needs to reestablish contact with Aaliyah, who is somehow still chillin on the beach in the Hamptons.
Even when he tells her Joe still takes his breath away, he doesnt seem convinced thats enough.
Thats all pretty believable, and the ambiguity of it tracks emotionally.
Its Neils reaction to the San Antonio op that struck me more as vague.
Did ISIS come to Baltimore Joe or am I married to a fucking hitman now?
Motherfucker, what do you think being in the CIAis?
Do you even go here?
When Westfield says to Kyle, Down here.
Something about Joe holding Kaitlyns marriage in high regard really throws Kaitlyn for a loop.
What do you think about becoming a station chief?
Somewhere you’re able to take your family?
We have to think of something because my marriage shouldnt be your goal.
When Kaitlyn arrives home from San Antonio, Harold gives her the all-seeing eyes cold shoulder.
A little heads up wouldve been nice.
Do you know what this has done to oil prices?
But Kaitlyns in no mood for work talk.
Shes going to have their daughters over for dinner, play house, and feel human for a change.
