Con-Text 2.10

Eames can’t stand all the “father-son bonding” so she goes in another corner of the crime scene.

Goren tosses his shoes to a lackey and does a nice spin on a dead guy’s desk.

Eames is the long-suffering housewife, talking away while husband-Goren isn’t even listening. But Goren didn’t sleep through Girls 101 cuz he not only states that he does care what his Alex has to say, but repeats her last sentence back to her! *The man’s just perfect*

GE are offered scrub booties by a chain smoking mother, but (oh no) there are not enough for the two of them. Eames defers to Goren– by the look he gives her, he assumed the honor would fall to him. Eames is flabbergasted when Goren refills the classy lady’s alcoholic beverage. She just about takes Goren’s head off, but Eames interferes and speaks the woman’s language (aka $$$$).

The subject is cults and motivational speaking . . . and it’s gobbledy-gook to Goren. Shuuunnn the nonbeliever!

Alex invites Goren to go on a “psychic drive” with her. Four hours later, she has to pee and he’s still not convinced.

It’s undercover time! BA are bickering marrieds. “Honey” gets thrown around a lot. But they’re made pretty early in the game. They do, unfortunately, bring their undercover work home with them, as they have quite the hollering match in Carver’s office. Carver wishes they’d take their domestic disputes elsewhere. And we notice that Goren gets really unsure of himself really fast when he knows Eames isn’t backing him up (interesting foreshadowing when they have their big blowup in season 7). Then they pretend fight out in public.

Ginger (whose lawyer is hilarious) tells Goren that he's 'not clear'. “Clear” is a condition in which a person is no longer influenced by any previous memories, traumas or negative emotions. More foreshadowing.

Clothes Call: That pumpkin-orange sweater on Ginger throughout the episode and Eames’ peacock feather blouse at her desk, and Carver’s hat.

Quotable:

[Pausing from giving background on the murder victim to watch Goren poking the corpse's eyeball]
Eames: Having fun?
Goren: No, go on. I'm listening.

Carver: It's gobbledy-gook.
Goren: It's high level gobbledy-gook.

Carver: Is it a cult? Mind control?
Goren: Yes.
Eames: No.
Carver: How reassuring.
Goren: They use the same psychological coercion as cults.
Eames: So did the guy who sold me my car.

Carver: [to Goren] Must be frustrating. A mind that even you can't unlock.