What I’m Watching: The Company You Keep

The Company You Keep: Season 1, Episode 5 “The Spy Who Loved Me” (B)

Things are accelerating fast here, and the way that Emma found out who Jack really was ended up being even more jarring than how Jack learned what she really did for a living. To be fair, they were both honest with each other when they initially met but mutually assumed it was a joke, and Emma telling Jack she loved him was enough of a red flag for him to know that he was in too deep and her to be upset that he didn’t say it back. It’s also Charlie’s own fault for going to Connor in an attempt to weaken Daphne, something she’s well aware of and is prepared to lord over his head for the foreseeable future. It’s a dangerous position for him and his family to be in, and the idea of leaving enemies out there with just a bit of leverage keeping them at bay is definitely worrisome. Take the old-school fixer played by Paul Blackthorne, who I first remember watching on “24,” who saw who Charlie was, pieced together the familial relationships, and is only not going to kill them because he feels like the woman he loves would be in jeopardy. I’m still surprised that Charlie didn’t have any sort of record when the CIA ran a background check on him, meaning that he’s apparently good enough at cleaning up his messes that he’s never had a documented brush with the law. I’m curious to see how Emma proceeds now with this new knowledge and the likely realization that Charlie is an asset she needs.