Zero Day
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Up until this episode, Georges public and private selves have been equally self-possessed.
His equanimity is the basis of his whole character.
He even enjoys an easy rapport with Valerie herself.
George is not a saint; like everyone else, hes made mistakes.
His appeal comes from his seemingly unshakeable ability to rise above them.
But the emergence of the Reapers rattles him.
He has the gun will he shoot it?
In their pursuit of the Reapers, the commission is arresting people right, left, and center.
I love her already.
Whatever it is, its not what they had planned.
George holds fast hes the one in charge of the investigation, not the CIA or anyone else.
About Proteus, all Jeremy has to say is: If its a threat, it wont work.
This thing with Proteus is actually going to drive me crazy.
From his mansion in Oyster Bay, Evan Green is happy to throw fuel to the fire.
It looks really bad.
Youre going to get on aboatwith a guy who is threatening you?
If he doesnt, Lyndon will go public with those screenshots.
You said [George] suspected this girl, I wanted him after Green.
I figured this ought to do it, he explains matter of factly.
Meanwhile, the commissions aggressive approach is scaring everyone, and people are out on the streets demanding answers.
Its the job of the oversight committee to see to it the commission will provide said answers.
Well, she tries, but to no avail.
George promises to be nimble in case hes wrong about the Reapers but refuses to testify.
Looks like Alexs accomplishments will continue to be doubted.
The Reapers dont operate under any organized structure, which is seriously slowing down progress.
Too bad, because George is deporting Isar.
Its not technically torture, but it sure isntnottorture.
As he recomposes in the bathroom, George can hear the Sex Pistols song again.
But the Hayes-Green link meanssomethingto George, who hates Green with every ounce of his being.
More than that, he even has the impression that Green can see and hear him from his office.
Throughout this episode, Georges mysterious symptoms have continued to worsen.
He searches for the source of the music, which he cant stop hearing.
He double-checks his prescription list.
), who announced that he was vanishing and advised George to do the same,stat.
Theyre not the only people unhappy about this, either Alex and Richard immediately see red flags.
Alone in Georges office, Roger commits the unpardonable offense of reading his notebook.
He is, in effect, deep in conspiratorial thinking, perhaps deeper even than Green himself.
When the episode ends, we see George at his most menacing yet.
Looking down at a cowering Evan Green in a dark cell, he asks, Whos the idiot now?
The main problem with arresting Green is that itll give legitimacy to his tinfoil-hat theories, of course.
It might just also announce to the world that George Mullen has lost his mind.
He pushes envelopes and says ominous things, but hes clearly only there as an expositional tool.
Roger corrects her hes in Narcotics Anonymous, not Alcoholics Anonymous.
Im keeping my eye out for clarification on this point in the next few episodes …
