Time Keeps Clicking Into the Future: A Review of Silver Wings of Time

As always this review contains spoilers for the last new ep, Silver Wings of Time. If you don't want to be spoiled watch it first.  I do not own the picture here, wish I did.

Plot: After a bomb kills it's one intended target Jane realizes that a man on death row is innocent and the killer is living in the victim's house.  Lisbon's relationship with Pike heats up as Jane finds himself unsettled with it.

If I Could Save Time in a Bottle:
Time is the huge theme of this episode.  Not only is Jane short on it in relation to the case but it actually helps stop the execution.  The concept of time also serves as a metaphor throughout.   The bomber checks his watch.  The time on the bomb in relation to the bus schedule.  Lisbon arrives to the crime scene late, Jane shows her his watch to indicate that.  Wiley's computer keeps telling the time.  The alarms go off at a scheduled time.  The Doctor and Mae have their watches, cell phones taken away (time passes).  Jane shoves his watch in Mae's face.  Then we have the overall theme of time in relation to Jane and Lisbon.  Is time up for Jane to make a move?  Has he lost Lisbon to Pike who has taken her time away?  Can Lisbon wait forever for Jane to be ready?  So much time has been wasted when they could have been together.  If not the 12 years than at least the last two.  Is Red John still stealing time away from Jane?  I like how the theme and the episode made me question a lot of things.

Jane and Edward:
Edward was a great character for Jane to play off of because like Jane he likes to be the smartest guy in the room.  His ego is huge.  And like Jane, Edward can't see the truth in front of him.  For Doctor Ed it is that his wife is a killer.  For Jane it is that he loves Lisbon.  Sometimes the smartest people can be the dumbest (my gram always said that). Edward let the attention he was getting from Mae cloud his judgement and it led to the death of his wife.  Jane feels guilty that the attention he gained got his wife and child killed.  Jane seems to want Edward to feel guilty, to realize that he led to Sarah's death by that ego.  Is it Jane wanting to stick it to a bad guy or is it because Jane still feels guilt?  Until Jane can learn to love himself again, and feel that he deserves happiness can he truly be with someone?  

When Jane says to the doctor that Cruz's death didn't bring back his wife it is such a telling moment.  Killing Red John was suppose to be sweet revenge but all it did was end a psycho's life.  Jane still ended up losing a lot.  He lost his CBI family, he lost his new home and various places to sleep in.  Jane had to say goodbye to his true friends and whatever was building with Lisbon.  He had to stop conning, stop being the smartest in the room, say goodbye to crime fighting for two years.  Jane continued to lose with Red John's death and he still is.  Now he realizes he is losing Lisbon, too.

Don't Let Her Go:
Lisbon is always so kind and selfless so it was interesting how blatant she was around Jane this episode.  Jane is a lonely guy so it would make sense for her to try to protect his feelings.  The first scene shows her arriving late by cab which is a non subtle "Hey, Jane, guess who I was doing last night."  Then we have her taking the phone call with Marcus in front of Jane, making plans.  She could have texted him or answered him later.  At the end of the ep, a dress wearing Lisbon loudly grabs her keys waking up the non sleeping Jane.  Now is Lisbon being cruel?  No, not at all.  But I think subconsciously she wants Jane to realize that he is losing her and if he wants to do something about it now is the time.  As she heads for her date (at Sunset,  now she is the one leaving) she looks ready to cry.  Jane doesn't tease her or provoke, his defense mechanism.  Instead he is open and honest (sort of) telling her that she looks beautiful and that Pike should treat her well.  He doesn't add that he wishes he was the one bringing her out.

Lisbon has a right to be happy as does Jane.  What they seem to have to learn yet is that it is time for them to be happy together.  For right now Jane is back on his couch, a sad man, without a life mourning the loss of his love.  The difference is this time the woman he cares for is not dead she is just mere steps away.  He couldn't do anything to save Angela but he can stop Lisbon from leaving with Pike.  But will he get over his fear in time to do so?  Yes, the suave con man with the great ego is afraid.  He doesn't want to lose the one person he most counts on, most needs.  He doesn't want to open his heart again.  He doesn't feel he's worthy of her and she will eventually tell him that.  Lisbon is also fearful of entering in something with Jane.  With Jane it would be all encompassing.  Plus Lisbon is never sure she can trust him.  With Pike she gets trust, romance, a hot guy..it makes sense she is jumping into it.  After seeing Rigsby and Van Pelt so happy together it is almost like Lisbon has changed her mind and wants that too- someone to come home to.   Lisbon has changed in those two years- buying a house, being more "grown up", doing things for herself.  Now she is ready for the next stage of life but she needs a partner willing to enter that journey with her.

Other Things:
-How awesome was the girl power take down?  Kim and Lisbon were leading the guys and being nicely bad ass and funny.

-Cho wins for best line of the night with his "my head would explode".  In a lesser actor's hands the lines wouldn't work so well.  Luckily we have Tim Kang.

-The scene with Abbott and Jane is so great.  There is the nice callback to Seeing Red and then Abbott tells Jane it was emotional giving a man his life back.  Jane has been in prison, the prison of his heart for years but now he might actually get out of that jail and live again.
-Wiley's computer saying the time- genius comedy and kudos to Joe Adler for being so funny.
-Can we just give both Robin and Simon Emmy's for that last scene?  I mean, come on, that was Oscar caliber acting there.

Next Week:
-Jane is on fire.
-Jane might not be able to hold back Lisbon for long.
-Pike is back with an offer.