The proverbial genie was out of the bottle and H.G.'s recourse was to follow John to Paris, 1918 and bring the man back before irrevocable damage to history can set in. I thought the writers did well by not wasting time for H.G. to explain the whole negative repercussions to Jane,(and viewers) although it was quite puzzling to hear her biting remark to H.G. as a "sexist pig" when he only meant her to be safe away from war trodden Paris. For a historian, Jane somehow fails to see the difference between foolhardiness of rushing off to danger (personal injury notwithstanding) just so not to miss the next adventure to be content as his backup in the meantime should things go south and things went south. Director Marcos Siega appeared to be aware of the built-in time constraint & kept the pace up through the scenes. I liked how he handled the meeting between Henry and John. The dialogue in those few scenes was concise and direct. The age-old debate of nature VS nurture gave me goose bumps. I definitely liked the broadening of the other characters too. One, Vanessa took an active role here and no longer the philanthropist hosting parties as we've seen her in several episodes. I hope the writers can break away from her world a bit and make Vanessa's presence to the team more substantial. Next, Griffin & Brooke's ulterior motive was shown too. I liked that there was a power play going their scenes and already, it looked like Brooke has the energy to take their revenge plot to the next level. I would have liked if the intensity was heightened a bit more between these two opposing camps to keep the audience teetering to the edge. Nevertheless, this was so far one of my favorite episodes.
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