The Irrational - Now You Don't
Love, and magic, is in the air in "Now You Don't" when Alec (Jesse L. Martin) taking Rose (Karen David) on a date to a magic club ends in murder. The Irrational's use of psychology is more about explaining magic tricks than solving the case involving a magician friend (Carmel Amit) of Alec's whose volunteer dies on stage. While I like the magic bits of the episode, including the fun moments from Simon (Max Lloyd-Jones) and Phoebe (Molly Kunz), the writing of the episode (relying mostly on the cops being too dumb to think things through and Alec stumbling into a solution rather than finding it through his talents) leaves something to be desired.
"Now You Don't is an episode of hits and misses. I do like the show spending time with Alec and Rose together (even if it does perhaps sow a possible seed or two of potential problems in the future). And, while I appreciate an episode that doesn't start with an FBI case from Marisa (Maahra Hill), the episode's B-story is pretty lackluster as well involving Kylie (Travina Springer) doing some cyberstalking that ends well for everyone allowing her, with Marisa's help, to recover the stolen phone of the woman she's been seeing but it's hard to see Joyce (Bethany Brown) not somewhat concerned about the situation (and the script certainly would play even worse if Kylie's character was a man).
- Title: The Irrational - Now You Don't
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