Directed by Michael W Watkins
Written by JR Orci
Frederick Barnes (No. 47) provides examples of:
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California Doubling: Frederick Barnes puts a briefcase full of a toxin on a train in the Washington, D.C. Metrorail subway system (which in the background you can hear them announcing Washington subway stations over the Public Address system ["Woodley Park", "Dupont Circle"]) which kills dozens of people. Only thing is, the trains and stations are not from Washington. They're probably from Baltimore (the nearest city to Washington that also has a subway) or someplace else. The reason being is that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ("Metro"), which operates the D.C.-area system, has a policy that they will not permit filming of any program or movie that shows violence committed on a Metrorail train or in a station. Also, while train operators do announce their train and its destination on its internal speakers and the train's external loudspeakers when they arrive at a station, Metro does not announce train arrivals on a station's PA system, that's reserved for system-wide announcements like general train delays (when there is a big game or a major public gathering) or when there have been service disruptions due to train or track problems. - Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Barnes’ motivation is finding a cure for his terminally ill son.
- Psycho for Hire: Reddington is concerned that Frederick Barnes has become this, but it turns out he's a Well-Intentioned Extremist with Moral Myopia who believes that A Million Is a Statistic.
- Would Hurt a Child: Barnes had no problem with releasing a deadly disease that killed a child. Ironically, he did so as part of a plan to save his own son.
- Xanatos Gambit: If Barnes' victims all die, then public awareness of the disease that his son is dying from will rise, and pharmaceutical companies will be motivated to research a cure. If someone survives, he has an avenue of investigation to find a cure himself.
