Blindspot - 'Bone May Rot'

"Do I have something on my face?"

When Patterson's boyfriend sneaks a look at the tattoos, he gives her a clue which allows her to crack another puzzle, sending the team to a CDC facility where decon procedures reveal UV tattoos with the vial numbers of several missing disease samples. One of the senior scientists triggers a lockdown and goes missing, even as Patterson links the stolen vials to plague outbreaks in areas that the scientist had visited. The team track and contain a weaponised virus bomb at the New York port, and Weller and Jane subdue the woman's colleague when he tries to turn himself into the new delivery device.

Mayfair's CIA colleague asks to be allowed to question Jane, but is rebuffed. Meanwhile, Jane tries to adjust to being Taylor Shaw, only for Patterson to discover based on tooth enamel analysis that Jane appears to have been born in sub-Saharan Africa. Both tests are conclusive, but one must be wrong.

This week's revelation once more shows the depth of the Tattooist's knowledge, but is at least less absolutely time critical, and the accelerated timeline is a more natural response than episode 2's laughable piece of prognostication. I currently suspect that the tattoos are linked to 'Daylight', and that this will turn out to be Blindspot's equivalent to the Machine in Person of Interest. Sadly, the people in Blindspot are less interesting, and in particular the revelation that Agent Zapata has bad gambling debts was a total non-event because of it.