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Old 06-21-2020, 03:40 AM
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Absentia Episode Discussion - 3x05: Quid Pro Quo

3.05 Quid Pro Quo
(Engl.: this for that)
Original air date: July 17th, 2020



"Quid Pro Quo"
Emily complies with Dawkins' requests in order to be taken to Nick, and orchestrates a clever ruse along the way. Meanwhile, as Nick's guilt and paranoia threaten to overwhelm him, he finally puts a rest to the personal demons that have haunted him.


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Ok - seriously. I mean, I don't know how much Stana remembers from her lines from Castle, but this one could have been familiar to her: 'If anything happens to me or to Nick, these files will go public systematically.' And yet again, she doesn't really have anything, actually
I have a feeling in this show this will be more significant somehow.

Huh, Nick's hallucination is rather cunning - tried to erase her - I assume Emily?

Oh, that's why he was watching private home videos - which we still don't know how he got those.
What German word? I had to put on subtitles for a moment there.
So, I learned a new (old) German word

Wait, what?! Emily knows people in Germany? Interesting... That's who she called.
And really nice (sarcasm) they pulled her call log. Can they even do that? They don't investigate her? Or can the FBI do that for no reason at all?

Were they really there for filming in Berlin? hmmm...

Oh, Crown has something... the leak uses Radford's old access - as if that wouldn't raise flags in the data processing unit there. Oh well, I'll go with it

Nick's hallucinations are good for one thing - he finally grieves for Alice.

Man, more drugs? What exaclty is this woman's goal? Does she need him blacked out or something? Or is this maybe truth serum?

That licence plate is not real The H at the end is only used for cars older than 25 years - that car is relatively new. Someone didn't do their research correctly... the stuff before the H is ok, though.

Oh, I guess this is where Emily's old TP comes in - huh, maybe she called her? Why would she be in Germany, though?

The other licence plate has a K at the end? Don't know what that is... we generally have no letters at the end except for a few, but K isn't one of them.

Em is abducted?!

Ok, so now also Cal has a German good friend - wouldn't it be funny if it was the very same as Emily's
Now that I think about it, she just might be because of what she said that we don't know if we can trust her. Right now the same counts for Cal, unfortunately so, it really might just be the very same.

Tourist visa?! You don't need that here for US citizens. Unless you intend to stay longer than 3 months, I guess.

Hmm... Gunnarsen seems now more by the book, or not by the book, than evil. Right now... but who can say she's not just playing/acting.

Ok, sorry for being so nagging - that third licence plate was a correct one

Ah, there is Rowena
I guess the abduction was staged?

Heee, a GPS tracker in the USB drive - nice Well, he could be elsewhere and the drive in place.

Yes, the abduction was staged - I see

Rowena knows people who would be interested in those files? Oy.

Oh geez! That woman is doing the talking for the hallucination And I guess that's what the drug does - make the 'patient' suggestible and hallucinating.

Huh, Nick is able to fight through the fog - I see more or higher doses coming

Ah, stay strong, Nick - don't let the psycho games get to you.

YES, he stayed strong!
And now 'Alice' isn't working anymore - will they use 'Emily' now?!

Thompson seems a bit too eager, yet fresh enough to do the job right Crown asked her to do.
Could you leave first? Oh my. Well. It was my first thought, too, that she might think he wants 'private time'.
His face is priceless when she explains her concerns
Millenials omg, I love it.

Ok, so Cal is in Berlin now, because those were German police sirens. And the people were talking real German. So they actually shot this in Germany?!

And I see, my speculations were wrong - not the very same good friend Emily has.
When Cal said to Gunnarsen 'we have history' I assumed it was a female friend. Gunnarsen probably did, too - she was threatening Cal with his past just seconds before, so that was a bold move from Cal, wow.

Aw, another nod to last season with mentioning Holt.

Hm, maybe not, maybe they just got a German police sound and real German extras to Bulgaria - that waitress was not a German person.
Cal said 'Eine Bier, dankeschön' - one beer, thank you. (should be 'Ein Bier, dankeschön', though)

Cal asking for help to find Emily. Sweet? I hope so...

Who's watching Emily shower?! Eh, the music doesn't help reassuring me
It was Rowena - her phone interrupted her.

EXUSE ME?! Did Rowena and Emily have a thing?! Oooooh.
ooooh, Rowena's phone interrupted her actually staring at Emily in the shower?

Oh no, why does Emily owe Rowena? Maybe Rowena had to leave Quantico because of Emily?

Dawkins at the event! Well, he was there, but I was still surprised to see him

Brigitte is very blunt - 'are often at events you don't know anything about?' (something like that)

Sasha - did she use that name in Moldova, too?

And that is definitely not a German building - we don't have these door handles here. So yeah, not filmed in Germany, then. Case closed, promised.

Ah, there is confirmation about who that woman was with whom Gunnarsen met up for dinner. Cool.
Haha, of course Crown has been noticed Loved his reaction, though. He has funny lines in this episode

Ah, dammit. I guess Dawkins found out that the drive was useless and destroyed it?
But good thing Emily actually knows it now.

*gasp* OMG! Stuttgart HBF - aaaww, that's me

Ok, I think next stop is Austria, then... I didn't catch the name of the city, though. Maybe Salzburg?

But Cal won't find Emily then

Well, that was clear - message received that you don't wanna see Cal anymore.

Cal found Emily. He is glad he didn't kill her, haha.
I don't like them not being honest with each other, though. Not at all.

Their banter, though Thanks, dear

And off they go to find Nick. Together. But Emily's way
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I thought for a while that Cal’s source would be Emily’s too but I guess not

Interesting scenes with Nick and “Alice”, I guess deep down Nick knew Alice’s insecurities about Emily but never said anything. I liked how they moved between obviously being interrogated by that woman while hallucinating and about his relationship with Alice as well. I’ve never been a huge Alice fan but I do really like Cara so it was nice seeing her back.

I want to trust Agent Thompson because she’s funny but Crowne’s logic is warped that it couldn’t possibly be her because she’s new.. that’s exactly a reason why it could be!!

I think I like Julianne now, I guess when you think about it everything she’s done (including with Alice) was just what she had to do in the rules of her job. I’m glad she was less rigid in this episode and allowed Cal to go to Berlin.

I’m scared to know what Cal did.. He seems torn up about it. I think the biggest reason why he went to Berlin though was for Emily.

Rowena and Emily.. what is their history?! Like practically half the characters on this show I don’t know if I trust her. I like that we’re seeing more of Emily’s past, we really don’t know all that much prior to her abduction (well we know about her childhood but not about her as an adult).

Stana looked so pretty in that dress I felt bad for that waitress that she pushed over though

Loved that callback to Holt and to Emily’s alias as Sasha from last year.

That Emily and Cal scene at the end I just love their flirting so much

Kathrin, love your Germany observations, I’d be the same if they were in England
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So, I'm sorry, I have to correct one statement - the third German licence plate is iincorrect, as well. I read the B as an 8 yesterday, and just saw it was, in fact, a B.

Ok, now I'm done

Also, for a potential 4th season, in addition to that favor Emily ows Rowena - I really wanna know if they had a thing when she was Emily's TO (or something like it). The scene at the mirror suggests so, but... oh well
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Loved the Nick/Alice scenes. I think "Alice" was right when she said he loved Emily more though. I'm glad Nick's staying strong so far.

Interesting that they staged the abduction and that the usb drive was actually a tracking device.

I laughed when Agent Thompson asked Crown to leave the room first, that was a great scene

I don't know who to trust at this point.

Loved the Emily/Cal scene towards the end of the episode.
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