The Bear Mask
- Episode aired May 6, 2022
- TV-14
- 43m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
1.2K
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Feeling the weight of recent pressures, Aram turns to an unusual outlet for release.Feeling the weight of recent pressures, Aram turns to an unusual outlet for release.Feeling the weight of recent pressures, Aram turns to an unusual outlet for release.
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Mozhan Navabi
- Samar Navabi
- (as Mozhan Marnò)
Justin Andrew Phillips
- Assistant M.E.
- (as Justin Phillips)
Natasha Murray
- Michelle LaCroix
- (as Natasha A. Murray)
Carolyn Holding
- Receptionist
- (uncredited)
Robertson Michaud
- FBI Agent
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- Trivia(In Memory of Kurt Perez 1972-2022): Kurt Perez was a crew member, who whilst driving on the Taconic State Parkway on 26 March 2022, his car lost control, hit a tree, and lost his life. Police believed wet road conditions contributed to the crash.
- GoofsWhen aram gets to his office he puts one finger on the box but in the next scene he has his whole hand on it but in the next scene he has one finger on it again.
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Unnecessarily convoluted
This has to be my least favorite episode of the series, and this coming from the fool that actually likes the "Groundhog Day" episodes in series. They're usually filler, but generally bring comic relief and pose interesting scenarios, and how different actions can have different consequences. This episode did none of those things.
But worst of all, the whole Bear Mask story took away the focus from the season's main storyline. It progressed, but because the lucid nightmare was so incomprehensible, it hogged all the attention and made anything else hard to follow, so for this episode it would've been objectively better - be it boring - if it was the team going on a picknick instead of the bear nonsense.
I love Aram as a character, but in this episode he couldn't really deliver, even though Arison tried. I generally think giving him the lead wasn't the best call, as he's much better as a tech-spec. Making him whiny and insecure about it also didn't help - this kinda fit his previous role, and even then, he has established he can be a badass when necessary, but in his new role he has only done one thing worthy of his character. But then again, who else would you put in charge? Drug addict Ressler? Not-fit-for-duty Park? Criminal Dembe? Cooper was the only one with leadership capabilities within the team, and it worked as such, but not when you take him away and have to fill the void with someone unqualified to lead.
Making that call gave us the interesting observation that everyone in the team fulfills their role but that some members are simply irreplacable, but honestly, Id rather they'd let Panabaker call the shots in the meantime (or at least after an episode or two when it has become clear that it does not work this way).
In either case, this episode was a swing, but mostly a miss for me.
But worst of all, the whole Bear Mask story took away the focus from the season's main storyline. It progressed, but because the lucid nightmare was so incomprehensible, it hogged all the attention and made anything else hard to follow, so for this episode it would've been objectively better - be it boring - if it was the team going on a picknick instead of the bear nonsense.
I love Aram as a character, but in this episode he couldn't really deliver, even though Arison tried. I generally think giving him the lead wasn't the best call, as he's much better as a tech-spec. Making him whiny and insecure about it also didn't help - this kinda fit his previous role, and even then, he has established he can be a badass when necessary, but in his new role he has only done one thing worthy of his character. But then again, who else would you put in charge? Drug addict Ressler? Not-fit-for-duty Park? Criminal Dembe? Cooper was the only one with leadership capabilities within the team, and it worked as such, but not when you take him away and have to fill the void with someone unqualified to lead.
Making that call gave us the interesting observation that everyone in the team fulfills their role but that some members are simply irreplacable, but honestly, Id rather they'd let Panabaker call the shots in the meantime (or at least after an episode or two when it has become clear that it does not work this way).
In either case, this episode was a swing, but mostly a miss for me.
- foamythefearsome
- Jun 29, 2022
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