The Catch: The Benefactor – Triangles (Review)

In “The Catch” this week Margot’s brother shows up and it turns out he is “The Benefactor.” Rhys calls the shots and is the head of the “firm,” something that Margot expected to be when their father died.  Her brother is also even deadlier than she is. It appears that the siblings have more in common than the family business  they are involved in a triangle and this episode if full of them.

Alice Vaughn and her company Anderson Vaughn  take on a job for the first female Army Ranger, Nia (played by “Orange is the New Black” actress Samira Wiley) who is getting death threats.  This storyline follows the peripheral storyline of a budding office “triangle” between Sophie (Elvy Yost), Danny Yoon (Jay Hayden) and Agent Shawn (Caleb Smith). Shawn recommends that Nia use the P.I. company.

The main story is the arrival of Rhys (played by the superb Leeds actor John Simm: “Life on Mars,” “The Village”) who demands the necklace that the team stole last week.

Felicity (Shivani Ghai) is revealed to play for both sides when Margot and Ben catch her in bed with Rhys. Agent Dao stops by Alice’s office to apologize for bugging her house and as a piece offering he shows her pictures from the party where the bracelet was stolen. This photographic evidence proves Christopher was there during the theft.

Margot asks Felicity to help her get one over on Rhys and more is revealed about another triangle, Benji (Peter Krause), Margot (Sonya Walger) and Rhys, the “benefactor. “While this latter triangle has nothing to do with sex it does deal with relationships.

Yet another triangle exists between Alice (Enos), Agent Dao (Jacky Ido) and Benji/Christopher.  One could even say that there is even a three way split between Valerie Anderson (Rose Rollins), Alice and Dao.  Later Valerie and Dao end up connecting and the FBI agents asks “how do I know you’re not just using  me?” Valerie responds that she is. 

Apart from triangles and relationships, and the con, the storyline is all about how deadly Rhys is and how much he missed Benji.  Most important is that despite his “devil may care” attitude, Rhys is very murderously inclined.

By the end of the episode Rhys the benefactor has a body count of two; Mickey Shive and, somewhat shockingly, Felicity.

Before that, Ben and Rhys tend to  Mickey in order to retrieve the necklace while dressed as the local police . Ben is shocked when Rhys kills Shive in cold blood.

Dao, who believes that “Christopher Hall” (Benji) killed Mickey and the woman in Paris, as the ballistics proof the same gun was used on both victims. Alice is angry with Christopher, as she is now an accessory to murder but agrees to help him to retrieve the bracelet.

“The Catch” is all about “the con” and this episode has several cons occurring, on top of the triangles, romantic and otherwise. Alice teams with Benji/Christopher to retrieve the real necklace and she leaves a fake one with the unconscious “victim” for Dao to find.

Margot renegotiates with her brother to have the debt written off and Rhys decides to stay in Los Angeles.  He then  gets a lead from Felicity, who gives up Alice Vaughn, and Rhys kills Felicity  as he  searches for and finds Alice on the Internet.

Before Felicity is despatched by bullet, the end of the episode features a lot of sex, Dao and  Valerie, Felicity and Margot and Alice and Benji/Christopher.  Of course after leaving Margot’s bed things end badly for Felicity. The other two couples may not end up dead, but one does get the impression that this whole thing will end in tears.

Simm is brilliant as the charming psychopath and will, hopefully, become a fixture as the series really needs some charisma, even if it is of the murderous variety.

“The Catch” airs Thursdays on ABC. This really does feel like an updated reimagining of “It Takes a Thief” but despite this it is quite enjoyable. Tune in and see what you think.