I read this book a few years ago and while it is far from perfect it certainly has potential. And yet somehow this tv series has taken a group of very talented people and made something utterly mediocre. There's zero excitement or energy to this episode. Almost nothing happens and I don't mean that things are developing slowly or that they're setting the stage for future events, that would be fine. Just... nothing is happening in this episode. Oh we get a bit of a look at the larger picture but the entire episode could be cut down to about four minutes without losing anything important.
And then we have the main characters being stupid. That's what turns this from a 6 or 7 rating down to a generous 4. Everyone knows when you have someone go undercover and you bust the group they infiltrate that you arrest them along with the rest of the group to keep their cover. It is THE most basic principle of undercover work that the most amateurish police group in the world would understand and follow. And yet in a ham-fisted decision by someone involved with the show, the characters decide to make it blazingly obvious to the villains who among their new recruits is working against them. They couldn't have been more obvious about it if they'd called her up in front of the group and thanked her for her help. And we're supposed to believe these guys are experienced and high ranking police? A good writer could have found a way for the villains to figure it out without making the cops seem like clowns. It's hardly the only mistake they make in their attempt to arrest the bad guys, the whole bust is one /facepalm after another, it's just the most obvious and annoying.
