Red Widow- The Recorder

"Even dangerous people need reason to kill."

My predictions were right and the Russian mafia proved it; Schiller has the hots for Marta. While she proved to be trustworthy and capable to Schiller on this weeks Red Widow, she also is putting herself in grave danger. Its one thing if your drug lord boss has jobs for you, its another when he has the hots for you. It will end up causing him harm because he will let his guard down eventually and Marta will either take advantage of that or fall in love with him as well. There is only one thing that Schiller's been successful at doing and that's taking Marta out of her comfort zone. 

I take back everything I said about trusting the cops. While they want to protect Marta, sending her in to Schiller's office bugged is just dumb and way too risky. They want her to help them build a case against Schiller, but if he had found that out, he would have shot her right than and there. For now he needs her because the only reason's he's getting any shipments is through her. She's persuasive, but she also has Petrova blood and that intimates people. I have to give this girl props, while she's being a mom and taking care of her kids with mediocre life problems, she's also living this double life. What is stupid though, is allowing the drug smuggling to happen on your marina and than taking your little son's class on that same marina. Stupid. Just thoughtless. That place is crawling with dangerous people. But, that stupid move revealed the location of the stolen coke. If Marta can give all of that back to Schiller, maybe he will let her off. Yeah, I doubt it too, but it was worth a try. She's too deeply involved and too knowledgable about Schiller to be able to make a run for it now.

Her father hates rats and he's ruthless. He acts surprised that Evan was working with the police, but he is also trying to convince Marta that Schiller is responsible for her husbands murder. In reality, I don't think thats the truth. I think that her father is responsible for her husbands murder, I just don't know why. Was Evan a threat to him? Did he know he was working with the police? Both the father and his security guard act way too intimidated by the picture and the fact that Boris is remembering things from that night.


The relationship drama is actually what adds spice to the drama. Mike dug himself into a huge hole and his only way of getting out was working with Marta on those shipments. Without the money and the missing coke, he's basically done for. Dina did a smart thing by leaving him because as much as it hurt her, she would eventually end up being ransom or something for her husbands mistakes. Young love in the air, fueled by hormones is always troublesome. Gabriel is experimenting with not only sex, but drugs, with his older girlfriend. Gabriel is an interesting character because he takes care of his family, but at the same time has to grow up and experience things for himself during this confusing time. I'm sure sex and drugs aren't the answer, but it brings back Marta into the "real" world, with children being children. If I was a mother I would never allow that girl back into my house because of her horrible influence on my kids. She's around so much, I feel like she knows too much and she's actually woking for someone.

The most surprising relationship was that of Kat and Agent Ramos. While Kat's wedding was just weeks ago she's already feeling like it was a mistake. She seems like one of those free spirits that met someone an than just hopped on the wedding train. She regrets her marriage cause her husband isn't understanding. He doesn't accept when she's helping her sister through a hard time. She can't tell her husband about anything going on in her life and she finds a deeper connection with agent Ramos, who deals with drug lords and families all the time. She secretly has had a crush on him, but when he was sitting there feeling horrible about not being on watch when Evan got shot because his wife was overdosing, that was the part that got her. He really feels like its his fault Evan died. He puts his life on the line for the Petrova/ Walraven family despite all that he has to deal with at home, which is a wife that loves drugs more than him. He works to protect people from it, because he knows what happens because of it. 

Next week looks to be quite interesting because Natalie gets kidnapped. Why someone is targeting Marta's children is beyond me. Could it be Mike trying to get revenge on Marta for firing him? No one else really has it out for Marta and we can rule out that its Schiller because in the preview she calls him for help. I'm really rooting for this show and hoping it doesn't get pulled off the air because the storyline seems promising. There are definitely faults and loopholes with the plot and characters that need more development, but I feel that once it picks up momentum, we will see the improvement. 

Memorable Quotes

• Schiller's father: I want to look her in the eye and see is she's trustworthy.
• Schiller: She isn't.
• Schiller's father: Slave labor never is.
• Alexandra De Costa: This is a celebration
• Schiller: What's the occasion?
• De Costa: Its Tuesday.
• Alexandra: You were married to long to see how another man looks at you but be very careful. If he has feelings for you he will hate you for it.