Digger is shocked to learn of the death of one of his oldest friends, who has died in a car accident when he ran in front of the vehicle. When John sees Digger's picture of him in colour, he investigates, only to find a hospital where remote viewers are being held captive.

A mixed bag of an episode, as we once more get a Digger/John bonding session, something that really should stop now, as they're about as close as they're likely to get. Once more, we're given another clue to link John to something, but as we still don't know what that something is by the end of the episode, the colour photo thing is getting a little bit tiresome. Just one answer at one point would be nice; why can't we get something sometimes?

The story of Digger's blood brother is more a catalyst for John's presence, and adds little to Digger's character. Indeed, it's not an especially well investigated part of the episode, as it's not clear when Digger's friend was inducted into the remote viewers in the first place. It serves to make Digger promise to John that he'll always back him up, but I was hoping for something a little more substantial.

The rest of the episode is merely a runaround, concerning John and Digger visiting the hospital, rescuing one of the remote viewers, taking him with them, losing him, and watching as the hospital goes up in flames. It's especially telling that they give chase in the same small bit of street no less than three times in the same episode. We also have the return of the NSA agent John met in Ashes to Ashes, who provides nothing more of any use and doesn't provide much of a reason for being involved at all, aside from wanting to keep an eye on John.

More interesting is the ending, where the Phoenix Group has managed to capture the remote viewers and is using them to find John, but considering he's hardly low profile, and indeed has a permanent home, I'm not clear on why they can't just send some people round to pick him up. If he's wanted by them so much, why go to all this trouble to not have him about? Unless his presence in the world is all part of some kind of experiment of theirs. Maybe next week's season finale will start to explore some of these points and bring us some answers. I'm not holding out for much, but I'm hopeful that there will be something that makes me gasp.

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