Great Episode!
A little recap: Don't read if you don't want to be spoiled.
Lots of info in the flashbacks of Vincent's time in Afghanistan. The scenes between JT and Vincent trying to put him into these "flashbacks" was plausible. He has to go into the cage each time because he beasts out sometimes. Cat's Mom was instrumental in this whole experiment but also in monitoring the soldiers and helping them with any side effects that arose. The only thing that bothered me was when Cat's Mom was talking to Vincent, I just felt like she wasn't talking to him like he was a Doctor. She shared info with him but not quite like a scientist talking to a Doctor.
Anyway, it seems that Vincent and Catherine have been apart for awhile. Of course we see the scene where JT wants Vincent to tell Catherine about her mother and JT calls Cat and they give her the news. She is not surprised because the Muirfield agent showed her a pic of her mom with other Muirfield scientists. JT and Vincent are a little upset that she didn't tell them that. She didn't know if the pic was fake or not because they wanted her to spill the whereabouts of Vincent.
The procedural case is a young pop star (Jake Reilly?) who has an assassination attempt. He is young, and brash and has a crush on Tess.........so funny. The manager of the young star thinks that someone (another young star) has it out for Jake.....because of a Twitter War that has been going on. Tess has to babysit Jake,....Cat goes to help Vincent.
Cat goes to her father's house for answers to her Mom's research etc. Dad has stored her Mom's stuff downstairs and tried to keep things from Cat and her sister to protect them. Mom's work was classified. He gives Cat the key to the storage area. Cat goes and looks through cartons of files. JT is on the smartphone and helps her locate a green book that Vincent remembers her writing notes in. JT says that he can see that the book has a possible serum formula that may help with the fugue states the soldiers were experiencing.
Vincent's flashbacks recall how much energy and strength they all had. They feel great. Then a female soldier freaks out and breaks a table and they take her away. Vincent witnessed this and gets concerned about her. He asks Cat's mom if they will all get like that. The mom shares info that she doesn't know but she is trying to help prevent those fugued out states. The next scene you see is Vincent bloody, he is hiding........Cat's mom is talking to an Officer and he is upset with all the soldiers out of control and they are going to kill the soldiers and shut down the project. Cat's mom gets upset with what he is doing and he pulls a gun on her and Vincent protects her and attacks the officer. The officer pulls out a knife and cuts Vincent's cheek....Vincent is in full beast mode. Vincent knows that Cat is not the cause of his blackouts/fugue states but it is a side effect of the experiment.
JT tells Cat that he can't duplicate the possible serum antidote because he needs certain equipment that actually a police forensic lab would have.........Evan's lab. So Cat works it (Gets Evan out of the lab to help her with investigating the Pop stars managers office) so that JT can get into the lab to make the serum..............SUPER Scientist JT makes the serum in like 5 minutes!! Love it. Anyway Tess and the Jake kid go to the morgue (Tess is showing the kid something gross... he gets sick) but they see JT, who pretends to be a lab worker or so.
JT. goes back to the warehouse and sees that Vincent has broken out of his cage......Vincent is in Beast mode but he is reliving the fight scene protecting Cat's Mom....Vincent is coming after JT. then Catherine comes in ...pulls the gun and talks to Vincent. Promo Scene.........Cat says...."I need you.....after everything I've learned....I'm here, Stay here with me" (a little paraphrasing but it was very loving) Vincent calms down and the transformation effects were very good. Now would have been a good time for an embrace or something but all we got a little "arm touch. " Boo!
Also, Vincent injects himself with the serum to see if it stops the blackouts.
Cat finds out that the Pop Stars manager was writing a novel and the last chapter was "How Jake R. died".....they realize that the manager might have set up the assassination attempt to finish writing the book. So Cat and Tess tell Jake and he gets upset and they plan a set up to see if the manager will attempt the murder again as Jake is on his way to a radio interview. A "hitman" attempts to kill Jake as they go to the limo and the manager darts out of the way before the "hitman" even pulls out the gun. Cat and Tess arrest the manager and case closed. The Jake kid gives Tess a Large amped up sound system for her squad car and records a song for her. What did he call Tess throughout the episode "Man-eater"?? Someone correct me.....
** Correction: Young Jake calls Tess "Man-slayer" and he nicknames Cat, "Cat in the Hat".......lol!
Anyway, Cat's Dad comes to her apt. they have a conversation about letting go of the past. Dad says that Mom would of been proud of Catherine........Father-Daughter Moment. Still these two are about as close as oil and vinegar........Sorry, I just don't like this guy......no father- daughter hugs!! Really?
Cue night graveyard scene...........(Smallville flashback
......Lana,er....Catherine is talking to her Mom's gravestone.......very sweet.....says she has to "make this right" (can't remember the exact words) Says she loves her....tears! Kristin does this emotion so well. She walks away and Vincent is there. He smiles at her..........and honestly I can't remember what he said.........really I can't ..........I was just waiting for a kiss and I just checked out. Anyway.....Vincent smiles....sweet understanding words and Catherine smiles.......lots of cold air coming from their mouths.....Vincent steps close to Catherine.....Wait for it......Then.....pull away camera shot........ and Vincent puts his arm around Catherine and they walk together.........Turn to Black.
I liked it.........I wouldn't call it "juicy" but it was packed full of info and back story which we have waited for.
The only thing I would say is that they could have had a few nice "close" moments between Catherine and Vincent. These two care a lot for each other and it was really purposeful they kept them from touching each other. There were touchable moments in this episode but ....nothing....disappointed.
Next week better deliver ........just saying.
Hope you all didn't mind my recap......sorry if it is jumbled or I forgot some things. A bit tired....good night all.
One more thing.....the serum that Vincent injected himself with (that JT made) did help stop his blackouts so he was happy to tell Cat that at the graveyard!! YAY!!