Last week’s episode ended with Richard tailing Patrick straight to the FBI office. I think we all knew Patrick was not what he seemed, and now we know he’s working with the FBI along with his fake sister and fake aunt. I know from reading the title of this episode that Richard tells someone, because he’s the dumb one and it takes a whole lot of stupid to use Eiffel as a code word for “I.” Well, that and the whole bikini thing. The question we had last week was who would he tell? The rest of the hapless trio of victims (TOV) or Maddie? Let’s find out. I seriously can hardly contain my excite to watch this episode.
We are going to have to wait a little longer for Richard, who really should be going by the nickname, Dick, don’t you agree? We start the episode with Jules who is all alone because Ezra has had to fly home because his dad had a heart attack, and Richard is off chasing down Patrick. Initially he was going to warn Patrick about Saffron/Maddie until he discovered he’s an FBI agent. So Jules is all lost in her feelings and reminiscing about Cici/Maddie and the day they told her parents they got married.
But before the parents arrive, we are jolted back in to present day Jules who is stomping down the street apparently with her luggage, when Dick, a I mean Richard screeches up in his really nice SUV (who paid for that?) to stop her. She’s not interested in whatever Richard has to say. He screams at her back that Patrick is in the FBI. She laughs it off. Richard tells her that he followed him right into the Goddamn Borough of Investigation. This stops her dead in her tracks and she walks back to him and says, “Did you say Borough?” This cracks me up and reminds me of when I am trying to tell y’all some earth shattering information and some fool pops up to point out a spelling error. Two thirds of the TOV embark on a hilarious car ride full of paranoia about their hotel and their car being bugged by the FBI.
Finally we get to see behind the scenes of the FBI investigation. I loved the bitchy aunt at the parties who kept telling Maddie she’s a great judge of character, so I am thrilled she is the boss lady of this FBI sting. She tells Patrick that he is way over budge again and he needs to be in striking distance of THE DOCTOR soon or he can easily be replaced because, “He’s not the only cock on the block.” Patrick says that Jules seems like just a civilian but he thinks that Erza is in on it and he’s looking for the angle. As he leaves the meeting she tells him again to be easy on the credit card. Cut to a scene of him serving Saffron champagne on a private jet.
Ezra Goes Home
Erza is holding on to a little Eiffel Tower statue that I assume was a gift from Maddie when she was his French speaking Belgian wife. Meanwhile he’s in a middle seat where two people are debating whether one should live in Indianapolis with their family ties or flee as soon as possible. I’m for fleeing. I’m currently planning my own escape, to somewhere.
When Erza arrives home, he finds his father, furiously doing a spin workout while singing ( possibly Seether by Veruca Salt, or not. I dunno) the point is that Erza was called home on the pretense that his dad was dying, and clearly he’s healthy as an off key horse. The ensuing conversation with his dad and brother was uncomfortable. But not as uncomfortable I was with his Dad’s random patches of body hair in places I didn’t think possible. Erza is a mama’s boy so their conversation goes much better.
The fake heart attack was conjured up to get Erza back for some big announcement from his father. The blonde girl who Erza had sex with and asked her to speak French who worked with him at his father’s company has been summoned to the announcement dinner. She bought Erza’s dog and named him Ezra. That’s not weird. Neither is her screaming, “Ezra, come! ” She also has his old job now.
At dinner, Erza’s dad announces that mom and dad are going on a six month vacation. Basically, he wants to retire and have the two boys and the whacky blond to start taking over the business.
Patrick and Saffron
After a very expensive private flight, these two land in the woods somewhere. Patrick stupidly reveals his observation skills as they both play that game where you make up a story about random strangers. Ultimately, these two have the same mission. Marry the mark. In case we missed that, we get a whole scene back at their cabin where both of the their bosses call to tell them to get the deal sealed immediately.
Later, in a random moment of playfulness, Patrick whips out a saffron diamond and puts it on her finger. She makes a big deal about it being very rare. Actually, as colored diamonds go, yellow is the most common color. Saffron begs Patrick to run away with her, take the jet and leave. She wants to just disappear and not live by anyone’s rules. Patrick says he can’t do that. He’d miss his family. He’s traditional and she’s not.
Jules and Dick
Jules, who is a rebellious artsy child of the Connecticut country club set apparently, manages to get these two into a snooty club where they are looking for “Laura.” Am I supposed to know who Laura is at this point? Ah, Jules has decided they need a lawyer so they are scoping out the club for someone good.
Jules rounds up a bunch of the top lawyers and explains her “cousins” situation. Because the whole asking advice for a friend thing is never transparent and lawyers would never catch on. We miss the legal advice and next catch up to Jules when she joins Richard again. Richard, being a moron, introduces Jules by her real full name. As it turns out one of the guys he was chatting with has a sister that used to be Jules room mate in college. He immediately accuses Jules of being a thief and stealing from his sister. Richard nearly throttles the guy before they escape. Jules refuses to talk to Richard about the allegations.
Later these two are walking around an amusement park of some sort and Jules lets Richard know that Maddie is looking at around 30-40 years and they could do five. Richard is terrified. Jules says if they work with the FBI they could try for a plea deal with probation and no time. Richard asks if she could actually lock up the woman she loves. She says at least she would know where she is. She could visit her and bring her magazines.
Jules thanks Richard for defending her. Richard asks if that stuff is what was in her envelope that Maddie left in the freezer. Richard alludes to some shady financial decisions he made when he needed money for his sick mother. Jules stonewalls him on her envelope. They decide they have to call Ezra. They worry about wire taps and come up with the idea to text him in code. Here comes the titular moment.
Human Ezra, and whacky blond go off to walk dog Ezra and he gets these texts.
“P is no (angel emoji).” Came in the house and then on the walk,
“Frog emoji, Bikini emoji, Eiffel Tower emoji”
“Fries emoji, bike emoji, ice skate emoji”
“Football emoji, Banana emoji, Eiffel Tower emoji”
Later, Ezra wakes up from a nightmare about taking over his dad’s company when he gets a call from Richard freaking out because he hasn’t been texted back. They call on a pay phone and let him know that Patrick is in the FBI. Shouldn’t they be worried about Ezra’s phone being tapped? Oh wait, it’s the TOV. Ezra catches the first flight out the next morning.
Patrick and Saffron fly home as well. Sitting on separate rows of the plane. Not speaking.
There are only THREE EPISODES LEFT! NOOOO! We have to get more people watching this! In the previews the TOV tell Maddie that Patrick is an FBI agent. TOV teams up with Maddie and Max who go on the run from the Feds and the doctor. Maddie and Max are going to train the TOV. The plan is to “take Patrick” pay off the doctor and elude the FBI. Do they seriously think they are smart enough for that? Wouldn’t killing the TOV and Maddie and Max fleeing separately be the smartest move here? Richard spills the news about Sally to Maddie. The doctor arrives to get his money. The FBI has them right where they want them.
The last bit was cut off but caught on my WWHL recording which I stupidly deleted out of habit. However, Patrick seems convinced that Ezra is in on the scam. That doesn’t make any sense to me. However, in the previews there were huge letters that said,”WHO IS THE MASTERMIND?” And who is the…
And that’s where my recording stopped. What did it say? Victim?
Damn, I forgot to watch again. PVRed, I’ll read the recap after I’ve had a chance to sit down.
Maybe Im just super confused but I don’t understand why the FBI (Patrick) would care about the marks? Why would they have to “do time?” What did they do exactly? This isn’t making any sense to me can someone explain why Jules, Richard and Ezra are now in trouble with the FBI?
I think it’s their own overactive imaginations. They are persons of interest because they’ve been seen with Maddie but really? If they told the Feds the whole story and testified against Maddie, I’m sure they’d have nothing to worry about. But once they give it to the lawyers to think about, of course the lawyers are going to put their spin on things. They’ve conned their way across the country, but I don’t think the FBI would be interested in that.
Yes thank you PJ. They were victims so the FBI doesn’t care about them only the doctor and his crew… That’s why I got really confused and thought I missed an episode.
I am confused about all the emojis..some maybe I can get. Guess that’s why with pictionary.I am the last picked to be on a team.
They’re trying to warn Ezra, but they think their phones are tapped so they’re contacting him in code. P is Patrick (they’re saying “he’s no angel”) The other 3 sets of 3 emojis are supposed to represent F-B-I except Richard thinks “Eiffel Tower” starts with an “I” so he texts “Frog emoji, Bikini emoji, Eiffel Tower emoji ”
If Richard says Federal Burro of Investigation one more time I think I’ll split a gut.
Seems like both Patrick and Maddie are falling for each other. Maybe Patrick goes rouge too?
Love it.. mea culpa on typos also. rogue
Lol! Thank you
It said, “Who is the Mastermind and Who is the Mark?”.
Now I’m confused because there’s got to be a twist and not many episodes left.
Ezra is being investigated by the FBI for a connection to THE DOCTOR. Which makes his first scenes with the noose and the electric oven suicide attempts ….um … plot holes? weird? IDGI.
All of the marks have some sort of crime in their frozen envelopes. Richard mentioned some form of embezzlement. Erza’s dad has a long list of issues. They all have things that could be federal crimes in their past it seems.
My concern is right now there doesn’t seem to be much script for a season two.
TT as always a pleasure to watch TV with you my brilliant blogger/explainer of bravo shows
Thank you for clearing this up!
And yes it seems like a one season show
I thought Ezra’s suicide scene was simply because he’d lost the love of his life, he found out his father is an asshole and could be blackmailed and he’s financially destroyed. He did that just before Richard came pounding at his door saying he was from the “Federal Burro of Investigation”. Ezra is only on FBI radar because he’s been seen with Maddie and he had no idea until he talked to Richard and Jules. He was dreaming about the suicide attempt in this last episode, after they spooked him.
So if he was suicidal about losing the love of his life, being financially destroyed and blackmailed, HOW COULD HE BE INVOLVED?
I really like this show but I found laughing or mocking at someone’s suicide attempts to be offensive. The writers have obviously never lost someone to suicide.
It’s a dark comedy. You should not watch shows, read blogs, are go around people that trigger your offensibilities.
I really like this show but I found laughing or mocking at someone’s suicide attempts to be offensive. The writers have obviously never lost someone to suicide.
Good point
Ezra isn’t involved. He’s a Person of Interest. The FBI don’t know much about his involvement, or lack thereof at this point.
Richard’s envelop had information regarding the payoff he took for throwing a football game. He was the quarterback and there was something about shaving points.
Bet we see ore of Lenny.
These ratings may not be good enough for a second season, however Bravo really wants a hit scripted show.
ir date Episode 18-49 demo Viewers (mil) % change
Tues 2/7/2017 01-01 0.21 0.655
Tues 2/14/2017 01-02 0.22 4.76% 0.661 0.92%
Tues 2/21/2017 01-03 0.22 0.00% 0.627 -5.14%
Tues 2/28/2017 01-04 0.27 22.73% 0.745 18.82%
Tues 3/7/2017 01-05 0.23 -14.81% 0.701 -5.91%
Tues 3/14/2017 01-06 0.31 34.78% 0.872 24.39%
Tues 3/21/2017 01-07 0.29 -6.45% 0.804 -7.80%
Tues
Tues
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Season averages 0.25 0.724
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Bravos first foray into scripted, Girls Guide got five seasons with worse numbers though, I wish I could do more to help Imposters get viewers. If they could hit a million on the finale that would be awesome.
The multi-season pickup for the show, which stars Lisa Edelstein, will ensure the show produces in the neighborhood of 65 episodes, which could make it more attractive for a streaming or off-network afterlife. It’s been a solid but not world-beating performer for Bravo, with Season 2 averaging a 0.3 same-day rating in adults 18-49 and 660,000 viewers.
I wanna know who the doctor is!!
Uuuuuuuu!! What IF Ezra’s mom is the doctor? I know, I’m crazy but it just popped in my head. Wouldn’t that be wild? Wait, doesn’t make sense since she loves Ezra so much she wouldn’t put him through that. Eh, back to the drawing board
They’ve shown that the Doctor is a man, he was working in what looked like a lab of some kind, wearing scrubs, gown and mask. I have a feeling he’s a dead doctor, in other words, a pathologist. Either that or that’s how he disposes of people who cross him. Lenny Cohen delivers, the Doctor does the “autopsy”.
Some of these shows do need to be a one and done type of thing. How long can stories be dragged out?
It seemed pretty clear that the doctor is some kind of trained medical examiner who probably as you say deals mostly in the bodies that are dead as a result of his operation, like you said. We see the doctor in the final episode I think because that episode is called “The Doctor is In.” I don’t think unmasking the doctor is going to be some great reveal that others expect, as someone we already know.
But that’s just my opinion. And the new teasers want us to believe that there are still things that are not what they seem.
Could max be the doctor?
Love this show!
Fun fact/observation: I caught Ezra’s line referring to Maddie as his “so-called ex-wife”. The working title of this show according to Bravo was “My So Called Wife”, but was scratched for “Imposters”.
Also, TT sorry this is off topic but didn’t know where else to put it… There’s another good new scripted show on E! called “The Arrangement” which is about a Hollywood contract marriage a la Tom Cruise/Katie Holmes/Scientology ALLEGEDLY. I highly recommend it! I enjoy it as much as Imposters and worth DVRing. Think Imposter fans would like it too!
I think they accidentally became connected when they posed as brother, girlfriend and bartender at the bday party, Patrick included Ezra into the list of con artists. I do think all of the envelopes contain something that will connect them all. Also, if they are so good at figuring out what to blackmail the marks with, how did it escape the Doctor Patrick was FBI?
Yes, how do they have an FBI agent as a mark?
Sigh. Sometimes we have to suspend disbelief just like when Richard and Patrick go to the FBI and there is vast curbside parking available right out front.
OK – my 2 cents worth – Ezra and/or his family is involved somehow. There is more to Maddie and Ezra than meets the eye. And something isn’t quite right about Patrick. I think the suicide scene was Ezra feeling in over his head, period.
First of all the suicide scenes were dark comedy. I’m not sure they can really be taken seriously.
I agree that Ezra has some sort of connection, and I like the family thing since his envelope was about his dad. Also your mention of there being more to Maddie and Ezra than meets the eye, the TOV has agreed that Ezra’s relationship with Ava the most sincere. They based thaton Ava being more like Maddie. They keep giving us little tip offs about Ezra. He is also the one that started gathering up the others…
Don’t quite have it figured out though.
First of all the suicide scenes were dark comedy. I’m not sure they can really be taken seriously.
I agree that Ezra has some sort of connection, and I like the family thing since his envelope was about his dad. Also your mention of there being more to Maddie and Ezra than meets the eye, the TOV has agreed that Ezra’s relationship with Ava the most sincere. They based thaton Ava being more like Maddie. They keep giving us little tip offs about Ezra. He is also the one that started gathering up the others…
Don’t quite have it figured out though.
Yes!!!! That makes sense and you are right I watch Bravo to escape my crazy life so I’m going to give the writers benefit of the doubt. I’m surprised how much I like this show
Oh next season will find the merry band of grifters conning bad hombres around the world. OR, using those same skills as undercover agents for the FBI.
We all wondered how How to Get Away with Murder could go on after the initial mystery was solved. Whether it’s been successful or not is up for debate, bit it’s still going.
Katherine, so glad you mentioned HTGAWM! That two hour finale was awesome! Viola Davis in that show is appointment TV for me!
I just love Imposters and hope it gets more than just one season. I have loved Brian Benben since that HBO show Dream On. He’s a pro and hope there’s much more surprises in store for his character, Max to come! Lenny aka Uma also.
I will take a good scripted show over the “reality shows” of late any chance I get. The “reality” genre seems to be going out of style IMO. Perhaps it’s just wishful thinking on my part. But now that we are in on the storylines and production interference it’s less entertaining. Again, probably wishful thinking on my part, but I really hope the tide is turning and more good scripted shows start taking the “reality” slots. (But Jeff Lewis must stay! Lol) Look at the mass appeal of This Is Us for example. There’s another good one that’s started on E! channel called The Arrangement.
If Bravo is reading here, Inside the Actors Studio has stood the test of time and is still a great show no matter how rarely it’s aired… would love more of that, too.
Man, I am a total TV junkie. Lol
Hi all…need a clearification on the last scene…the one ezra being offered aomething and he reply in foreign language..
1. What is this mean?
2. Is it a twist plot?
Imposters always have a great ending that left with big question mark…but on this episode i am quite lost
Tq
Not sure what you saw but I don’t recall anything of the sort. Was it in the previews for next week maybe?
wow… then thinking about it, is it me dreaming on is it different from country to country. what is the ending that you watch?