Blindspot (TV Series)

Back to the Grind (2017)

Audrey Esparza: Tasha Zapata

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• Tasha Zapata : Okay, okay, so we've been drugged for God knows how long.

  Edgar Reade : Which means we could be pretty much anywhere in the world right now.

  Patterson : But why capture us in the first place? Why us?

  Tasha Zapata : [Reade gives her a look]  What?

  Edgar Reade : Kidnapped, drugged, and disappeared to another country? This has CIA written all over it.

  Tasha Zapata : You think we did this?

  Edgar Reade : Either you or somebody you pissed off during one of your sketchy-ass ops.

  Tasha Zapata : They kidnapped all three of us, genius. You think that's a coincidence? No. This clearly has something to do with our time at the FBI. I don't know what you're trying to insinuate here...

  Patterson : [trying to diffuse an argument before it starts]  Okay, okay.

  Tasha Zapata : ...but I find it really insulting.

  Patterson : We can figure out whose fault this was once we all get out of here.

• Tasha Zapata : Where the hell are we?

  Edgar Reade : I'm not sure yet. I just woke up an hour ago. I heard the guards talking Spanish outside, and our cell's locked with plenty of water and MRE, so whoever took us plans on keeping us for a while. That's all I got so far.

  Tasha Zapata : It's good to see you. Even if it takes getting kidnapped. Can't believe it's been a year.

  Edgar Reade : It hasn't been that long.

  Tasha Zapata : I just crossed 365 at the CIA. You haven't talked to me since I left. It's been a year.

• Boss Guard : I want whatever's inside this.

  Patterson : The data on that thing is for sure mega-encrypted. I couldn't hack it even if I had months.

  Boss Guard : No, we paid for the best computer specialist in the FBI.

  Tasha Zapata : But she hasn't worked for the Bureau in over a year.

  Patterson : Yeah. I make video game apps, man. I'm not up to date on this stuff.

  Boss Guard : I don't believe you.

  Patterson : Well, I don't know what to tell you.

  Boss Guard : That you will do it.

  Edgar Reade : Wait. If this is just about hacking a computer, what do you need us for?

  Boss Guard : To kill if she refuses. You have six hours. And then I come back and I'll start killing your friends. Then six hours after that, I'll finish killing them. I suggest you give me what I ask for.

• Patterson : I might have an idea. But it's just, like, a little bit crazy.

  Tasha Zapata : Crazier than getting killed in six hours?

  Patterson : Well, it involves Mexican-style chicken stew.

  Edgar Reade : Oh, great, so "all the way" crazy.

• Patterson : MRE. "Meals Ready to Eat", as in "Hot... and Ready to Eat". Made for soldiers with no stove and no fire.

  Edgar Reade : And apparently no taste buds.

  Patterson : Every meal comes with a packet of magnesium heater powder. Just add water, and this stuff gets real hot. Does anyone care to guess what the primary explosive component of flash bangs is?

  Tasha Zapata , Edgar Reade : Magnesium powder.

  Patterson : This CIA desktop is liquid cooled. We just add a bunch of this stuff...

  Tasha Zapata : And make the world's biggest flash bang.

  Edgar Reade : Distract the guards, overpower 'em, take the weapons... it's not bad.

  Patterson : I think someone owes Mexican-style chicken stew an apology.

• Patterson : Okay, seriously, what the hell is going on?

  Edgar Reade : Yeah, and where are we?

  Tasha Zapata : And how did you find us? And where have you been?

  Jane Doe : It's a... a long story.

  Edgar Reade : Well, damn it, we got time. This tank is slow as hell.

• Edgar Reade : Okay, so we're gonna form...

  Kurt Weller : A joint task force. Solve the new tattoos and go after Roman.

  Edgar Reade : Yeah. Now, I can't force you guys to join, but...

  Kurt Weller : I'm in.

  Tasha Zapata : Me, too.

  Patterson : [everyone turns to look at her]  I have a lot of people counting on me back in California.

  Edgar Reade : Come on, Patterson. You know I'll reinstate you in a heartbeat.

  Patterson : [thinking about it]  I will help you get set up, but after that, I'm gone.

  Edgar Reade : That's fine. We'll take it. All right, let's do it. Jane's waiting on us. Rich is gonna brief us in Stuart's lab.

  Patterson : Uh, Stuart's lab? Since wh... wait, did you just say "Rich"?

• Rich Dotcom : Okay, so, Jane's new tattoos are a bit of a mindcuss, if you'll pardon my French. It's very different this time.

  Stuart : The new layers also seem to interact with the original tattoos like some giant game of 3-D chess. With puzzles.

  Rich Dotcom : It's gonna take a bit of time to crack.

  Patterson : Yeah, well, for you, maybe.

  Rich Dotcom : Hmm.

  Tasha Zapata : I thought you were just helping us get started.

  Patterson : Oh, I'm in. I mean, there's no way that I'm leaving this to Rich and Stuart. No offense, Stuart.

• Tasha Zapata : Hey. You see this yet?

  [handing him a tablet, she zooms in on a tattoo of a dragonfly] 

  Jake Keaton : This gonna be a problem?

  Tasha Zapata : No. Not if they don't find out.