Blindspot is pure guilty pleasure television. The first season of this series set up an interesting premise that seemed like it would be impossible to carry on past its first season. Jane Doe, a woman with tattoos all over body that carry coded secrets for the FBI to follow shows up in New York City’s Times Square with no memories of what happened to her. The only way forward from there is to expand the world of the series, which is what the writers tried to do with a conspiracy tied to not only Jane’s past, but Kurt’s as well. The feasibility of the story they tell sometimes stretches one’s ability to suspend disbelief, but various side stories keep this popcorn action series interesting. This season adds in a subplot with one of the team members struggling with suppressed memories of child abuse and the subsequent spiral into substance abuse that causes. Another side story involves a mole from Sandstorm at the FBI and of course the usual intra-office sexual relationships.
The production values keep the series visually enticing and the acting is top-notch across the board thanks to a strong cast, but I still remain unconvinced that Blindspot has the goods to become a long-running hit the likes of 24.
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The Video
The AVC 1080p encodement of Blindspot framed at 1.78:1 on Blu-ray has good color reproduction and contrast with strong nuance in the shadows, which works for this series that has a lot of scenes set on dark sets or nighttime stakeouts. There is color banding, however, that can be spotted throughout the run of the season. That said this presentation is still very satisfying and completely blows away any streaming or broadcast version you can get.
The Audio
Blindspot get a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 mix as its only audio option. The dialogue drives the series, but there are some mild atmospheric effects mostly in the form of the electronic musical score that fill the channels. The low-end come alive when there are some explosions and some gunfire.
The Supplements
- The Writers’ Conspiracy: Breaking the Season (HD, 11:18) – The writers of Blindspot reveal the secrets of crafting season 2.
- The Writers’ Conspiracy: Premiere Revelations (HD, 11:16) – Creator Martin Gero and members of the writing team discuss the shocking disclosures from the action-packed season 2 premiere.
- The Writers’ Conspiracy: Family Secrets (HD, 11:46) – Creator Martin Gore and members of the writing team explore the shocking family secrets brought to light for Jane Doe and Kurt Weller.
- Conspiracies and Cover-Ups: Zero Division (HD, 06:37) – Go behind the scenes with the creator and cast of Blindpsot as they reveal the shadowy origins of the mysterious Nas and Zero Division.
- Conspiracies and Cover-Ups (HD, 09:51) – The mysteries of Sandstorm’s shadowy operatives and destructive methods are explored by the Blindspot creator and cast.
- My Crazy Comic-Con Experience (HD, 03:23) – Ashley Johnson (Agent Patterson) shares personal video footage and crazy stories from the world’s biggest fan event.
- Blindspot: 2016 Comic-Con Panel (HD, 34:33) – Scratch-and-sniff tattoos, “Jeller”, and a sneak peek of season 2 are some of the fun topics discusses by the cast.
- Bound and Gag Reel (HD, 06:17)– Blindspot Season 2 Gag Reel
- Deleted Scenes
The Final Assessment
This is a solid season of Blindspot that ramps up the conspiracies for this guilty pleasure action thriller and keeps the production top notch. While it is pure popcorn fun that can be a bit mindless at times, the Blu-ray offered up by Warner looks great and does make for a good binge viewing experience.
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