Quantico Season 3 Episode 1 Review: The Conscience Code

On Quantico Season 3 Episode 1, Alex gave up had a pretty great life in Italy once danger came back into her life.This was a very strange premiere. It didn't feel like a brand new season of a show that was re-inventing itself (again). We're thrown into a new mission. Weirdly, no catastrophic event forced Alex back into her old life; there's not even a threat of one.Rescuing Shelby is a big enough reason for Alex to come back, but it's noteworthy that unlike the previous two seasons, there's no terrorist attack in play on the premiere.

Also, thankfully, we're keeping with only one timeline.Perhaps the reason the premiere feels so un-premiere-like is that there wasn't a devastating attack taking place. There's no bang. We're starting out with a whimper.

Rescuing Shelby felt more like a routine mission; there wasn't anything dramatic nor jaw-dropping about it like there was when Alex woke up surrounded by rubble on Quantico Season 1 Episode 1.Yes, Ryan was running around super emotional and distraught, but when is he not?"The Conscience Code" is essentially a preamble to this new black ops team that Owen will be running. We watched the pieces fall into place that led to Alex's pardon and this new team. 

It's not necessarily the most engaging hour of television, but it's not terrible in the way that Quantico Season 2 was