‘Blindspot’ Review: How Archie Panjabi Might Help Avoid That Sophomore Slump

‘Good Wife’ veteran joins cast just as Jane Doe’s problems are heating up

Who knew having her body covered in mysterious tattoos would be the least of Jane Doe’s problems when NBC’s “Blindspot” returned for a second helping?

The showrunner has long held a second — and third — season plan in his back pocket for the serialized FBI series, and the time has finally come for him to put that plan in motion.

When the series picks back up in a special preview Wednesday, it’s been three months since Weller (Sullivan Stapleton) arrested Jane (Jaimie Alexander), and those months have not been kind to Jane at all.

Thanks to some underground CIA operatives there’s been plenty of torture; meanwhile the FBI team under Weller’s leadership has grown complacent and bored–they miss working the tattoos.

[...] seasons for these types of shows are always hard.

[...] more than that the producer is taking some pretty big story swings with this premiere, swings that will pay off for established fans while also serving new viewers in a clever way.

By the end of the premiere it’s clear that while there will be another sweeping serialized arc a la Daylight or Orion, the show is just as ready to hop back into that tattoo-of-the-week mystery as avid puzzle-solving viewers are.

“Blindspot” returns Sept. 14 at 10 p.m. and moves to its regular time period on Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. on NBC.