And she (SPOILERS) lost that fight for a very clear reason: Once John was able to establish control he was able to throw her around. You can be tough, but one good hit will daze you and leave you open to getting wrecked.

Andrew Lincoln and Richard Armitage! Plus Orla Brady. Season one had a great cast.

"All you need is love…"

Did you ever read the official comic sequel, Shattered Visage? Not entirely satisfying, but a decent one. The main arc of it had some weak stuff, but the McGoohan/McKern character scenes in the miniseries were fascinating.

Hey now, Worthington was great as Macbeth and in The Debt. You want dull, let's talk Jai Courtney.

My thoughts exactly (did a bit of a longer comment above before seeing your one). It came into its own the first Elias episode (7 I think). If Blindspot can get there around episodes 5-7, it should be okay.

I just started watching PoI on Netflix, and I'm hoping Blindspot follows its approach. I was enjoying the show for for the most part, but by episode 5 was worried it would be really procedural and case of the week, then got to the first Elias episode and the greater plot, or at least the more arc-heavy stuff friends…

Crackpot theory: Blindspot and The Player are both part of the Strike Back 'verse, Scott and Stonebridge are deep undercover trying to take down some conspiracies tied to the finale of Legacy, and at the end of this season we'll get a scene of Kane/Winchester/Stonebridge sitting in a car and Weller/Stapleton/Scott…

Do it, it's quite good. Haven't finished the final season yet, but some friends have and raved about it.

I think Alexander's talented and certainly badass, but never got the fandom for Sif, just because she seemed like a minor character and her fights didn't wow me (although I'm mainly recalling the Destroyer fight which did nothing for me overall).

Yeah, Stapleton can fight. Well. But bad choreography can ruin anything.

Did you ever see John Wick? They handled that well. Adriene Palicki (haven't seen Agents of SHIELD season 2, even the backhalf of season 1 couldn't win me over) plays a badass hitwoman and even though she's clearly smaller than her opponent, holds her own. Lots of grappling and judo-like moves to compensate for the…

I can already see the Blindspot-Player crossover:
Kane (Winchester): Are you always such a dick?
Weller (Stapleton): Only to people I like, buddy.
Jane: Are you two married or something?

Richard Armitage, the lead from the first season (playing John Porter, who showed up to get killed in the season two/Cinemax first season premiere; Armitage was in a season called "Chris Ryan's Strike Back" adapting Ryan's book, the Scott-Stonebridge seasons were when Cinemax joined in, and started with season two,…

I just realized that, counting Hannibal, all three leads of Strike Back have been on NBC TV this year. One as a lead, one as a supporting lead, and one as a villain. Weird.

And then get really sad because his life kind of sucks in general. And then make a joke with Mikey.

Exactly. I finally watched the show (had the last season spoiled, still need to see it though) and loved it. Clever, smarter-than-it-had-any-right-to-be, good performances, and excellent action.

Scott meets Wesley Snipes, hilarity ensues. Stonebridge face palms, but then joins in the hilarity.

Yes, exactly. Haven't seen the Blindspot pilot (I'll check it out and the second episode, because, really, pilots are terrible in general) or this one (I want to though, Snipes and Winchester? Hell yes). But yes, they were awesome on Strike Back. That show had clever writing and great performances from the two of them.

Winchester's American, I believe, and I don't think either are bland actors (Strike Back was better than it had any right to be), but I am confused why NBC is putting so much into aping the Blacklist. That itself seems like a standard procedural, but now every show is "From the creator/producer/assistant caterer…