This episode is back in the thick of what made the first two seasons sensational. It's an independent story that ties nicely into the bigger picture with well written plot and solid acting.
I like that no matter how lovable Walter is he can't outrun his past with the cortexifan trials and his experiments on kids; how he and Bell fundamentally changed people, sometimes for the worst, no matter how noble their intentions were. It follows that government weapons testing has multiple outfalls. Even a successful project is likely to have casualties, and in this case those causalities are skilled and motivated soldiers able to extract vengeance for what was done to them. Again, what was done to them was possibly with good intentions originally, but regardless the puppet masters are still held accountable for their part in it. As are the people who are funding the project, the key managers, and the doctors who worked on it. People who have wonderful public appearances and who do a lot of good but still can't escape that deep dark shadow of wartime experiments.
I also find it interesting, and truthful, that the FBI has difficulty finding information about a Top Secret project. Even with compelling circumstances and one piece of a soldier's resume the organizations that hold the rest of the pieces aren't going to just hand over the info. Even when danger and death are imminent for their own people. I like how realistic that part of the episode was. At first I thought, "Hey, we know there are two others. Why can't we just go get his file and cross check what units he was a part of over the past few years?" Because it's not that easy. Particularly when what they were a part of then is having negative consequences now.
It's all about accountability: Walter, Project Jellyfish, even to an extent Peter and Olivia. Your past actions have uncertain future consequences.
I like that no matter how lovable Walter is he can't outrun his past with the cortexifan trials and his experiments on kids; how he and Bell fundamentally changed people, sometimes for the worst, no matter how noble their intentions were. It follows that government weapons testing has multiple outfalls. Even a successful project is likely to have casualties, and in this case those causalities are skilled and motivated soldiers able to extract vengeance for what was done to them. Again, what was done to them was possibly with good intentions originally, but regardless the puppet masters are still held accountable for their part in it. As are the people who are funding the project, the key managers, and the doctors who worked on it. People who have wonderful public appearances and who do a lot of good but still can't escape that deep dark shadow of wartime experiments.
I also find it interesting, and truthful, that the FBI has difficulty finding information about a Top Secret project. Even with compelling circumstances and one piece of a soldier's resume the organizations that hold the rest of the pieces aren't going to just hand over the info. Even when danger and death are imminent for their own people. I like how realistic that part of the episode was. At first I thought, "Hey, we know there are two others. Why can't we just go get his file and cross check what units he was a part of over the past few years?" Because it's not that easy. Particularly when what they were a part of then is having negative consequences now.
It's all about accountability: Walter, Project Jellyfish, even to an extent Peter and Olivia. Your past actions have uncertain future consequences.
