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Season 5 episode titles
TLDR: I have a few ideas for each ep but all together they don't really make sense. I'm expecting all the puzzles to go together to give some sort of joint message like the other seasons.
Okay so I had the feeling that they didn’t all follow the same pattern because some popped out to me as matching previous puzzles. I have a few train of thoughts for some episodes and used some of the ideas people had mentioned on here that made sense to me.
Previous season patterns included anagrams, palindromes, double letters, 3 letter pattern and TV episode titles. This is pretty much what I’m going off of to solve these. The brackets next to the episode titles is a basic note about what each episode was about.
Ep 1 - I Came to Sleigh (Rich rescue & Reade dies)
· "Ice might lose a" or "some ice alight" (anagram)
· Slay as a homonym of sleigh
Ep 2 - We Didn't Start the Fire (Bill Nye Finland)
· Billy Joel song title
· “T” (double letter)
· “I” or “S” (3 letter pattern)
Ep 3 - Existential Ennui (Dabbur Zann guy in bunker)
· N (double letter)
Ep 4 - And My Axe! (First Day at FBI)
· Lord of the Rings quote
· A few anagrams that don’t really make sense “and ex may” “man day ex” “ax may end”
Ep 5 - Head Games (Weller drugged & Jane surgery)
· I mean Ivy is pretty much toying with Weller’s mind so the title is pretty much an episode synopsis
· Foreigner song title
· “A mega dash” or “aged shame” or “he damages” (anagram)
Ep 6 - Fire & Brimstone (Gardner paintings episode)
· Bible expression referring to God’s Wrath or torments of hell and damnation. The Garner paintings were found in a monastery
· The Mentalist season 6 episode 6 title is "Fire and Brimstone"
Ep 7 - Awl In (Tracking Zip & Allie caught)
· In law (anagram) either like family relationship (in-laws) or justice (actual law)
· All in (homonym) new type of puzzle, like the game Mad Gab. Tried with other titles but unless you know what it’s supposed to sound like it’s very hard to solve
Ep 8 - Ghost Train
· “A thing rots” or “staring hot” or "sharing tot" (anagram)
· “T” (double letter)
Ep 9 - Brass Tacks
· “S” (double letter)
· Expression that means essentials or basic facts – maybe the team goes back to the start of their info on Madeline and find something to use on her
Ep 10 - Love You to Bits and Bytes
· Bits and Bytes are computer terms. Either Rich and Patterson fall in love or Patterson gets news on her adoption process.
· There’s a game called “Love You To Bits” which is a love story and this space explorer falls in love with his robot girlfriend but they get separated. Anyways made me think of Patterson and her “Girls Who Code” bit in one of the episodes.
· Spoiler
Ep 11 - Iunne Ennui
· Nothing, nada, ZIP (pun intended lol) no puzzle to solve. It’s a perfect palindrome with no middle letter and signifies the series finale
· Or I guess “N” or “E” or “N” (double letter)
Ep 3 Existential ennui is anagram for Insinuate next lie
Ep 8 Ghost Train is anagram for straight on
That's all new ideas I have. But still can't figure out any pattern. I was just thinking if pictures and clues in title sequense have some kind of point about solving this title puzzle?
The 5x04 title also has the word "exam" hidden, it could be a hint to the episode plot. I liked this idea of double letters, a lot of episodes this season have one or two that repeats through the title, but I can't see a path to follow yet... there are a lot of song titles too, maybe the singers first letters form a phrase?
So this puzzle was apparently intentionally disappointing. For those who come here for the solution and want to do it yourself. If you google a couple of the odd words you'll get to a
The Solution ultimately works out to be:
Which is very dumb considering that letters are missing and it's not a message you would expect.
What would have been better is if they had left a message as to which ending of the series was the "true" ending. That would have made this epic. Of course for those of us that are following the finger we know the truth...
(They explained everything in a youtube video. This was posted by other people, I'm just adding it here for completeness https://t.co/jneNzefq92)
The last title might be the clue to the puzzle. Since it's a palindrome it suggested that the key to the puzzle was both sides of the titles.
I took the first and last letters of each title and treated them like an anagram. What I came up with was "She wishes in a big finale" (or "She wishes big in a finale") or "His wishes begin a finale."
I can't say it's the right answer, but it's the sort of wrong answer a teacher would give marks for coming up with.
It sounds like something we would only know after the next two episodes, but I think it makes sense! I really enjoyed this one!
love this! so it would either be
ihweeiaehsfeangnbslsii
or
ihweeia!hsfeangnbslsii
where "And my Axe!" uses the exclamation instead of an 'e'
using https://wordsmith.org/anagram/advanced.html i found that the phrases "finish line" and "bag" along with he/she/we can be made, but can't quite make all the letters work.
It's also possible that if ! is used instead of e then it could be "His wish begins a finale!" But I don't see that as an expression requiring an apostrophe. And it looks from the preview that it will be focused on Jane.
I got to this:
Lies when she is FBI again!
It uses all the letters and makes a little sense, but I'm not sure it's the right answer.
Dropping one of the "e"s and adding the exclamation point I was able to get:
See his final wish begin! A
The code was quite genius but the underlying message was disappointing. Wish it gave away the real intended ending, such as "it was a dream" "jane lives on".. They are all 11 letter phrases off the top of my head.
The key to the code is
The writers wanted us to google the strange words in the titles and happen upon this poem. But that seems foolish because once they released the title names, the words kept linking to blindspot articles.
And the words correspond to alphabets from the poem which gives us:
They should have made it Bazinga Fans and that would be more satisfying. This was much too convoluted.
Those wanting to see the full solution:
EP1 I Came to Sleigh - D is for Desmond thrown out of a sleigh.
EP2 We Didn't Start the Fire - R is for Rhoda consumed by a fire.
EP3 Existential Ennui - N is for Neville who died of ennui.
EP4 And My Axe! - K is for Kate who was struck with an axe.
EP5 Head Games - Y is for Yorick whose head was knocked in.
EP6 Fire and Brimstone - R is for Rhoda consumed by a fire.
EP7 Awl In - O is for Olive run through with an awl.
EP8 - Ghost Train - V is for Victor squashed under a train.
EP9 - Brass Tacks - L is for Leo who swallowed some tacks.
EP10 - Love You to Bits and Bytes - T is for Titus who flew into bits.
EP11 - Iunne Ennui - N is for Neville who died of ennui.
PS: The post is amalgamation of other answers in the thread and my input, just wanted to have all the info in one.
Blindspot - Episode 5.11 - Iunne Ennul (Series Finale)
Hmmm, are they certain it's IUNNE ENNUL? If the second word is actually ENNUI, it becomes a palindrome.
pretty sure it's supposed to be "iunne ennui'
at least that's what the Writer's Guild of America website has listed https://directories.wga.org/project/1101787/blindspot
So SpoilerTV just replied on twitter that "iunne ennul" is the title they were given. So maybe dantesque17 is right about it being Tamil for "not me"
I dunno, WGA getting it wrong seems unlikely.
They got "And My Axel" wrong...
I don't know if this means anything or not, but I typed in "iunne ennul" into google translate and hit the "detect language" tab, and I got back a Tamil phrase that apparently means "not me" in English.
It seems they decided to give the titles all at once.
01 – I Came To Sleigh
02 – We Didn’t Start The Fire
03 – Existential Ennui
04 – And My Axel
05 – Head Games
06 – Fire & Brimstone
07 – Awl In
08 – Ghost Train
09 – Brass Tacks
10 – Love You To Bits and Bytes
11 – Iunne Ennul
Given the way the season was affected they might have decided not to use a code since they couldn't be certain how many episodes will air. It was suppose to be 13 episodes but appears to have been cut back a couple of episodes. It's also possible they mixed patterns.
It does seem that jobs can be associated with most of the titles.
1 Santa (delivery person?)
2 Firefighter
3 Ennui means boredom, but there are a lot of boring jobs like a security guard.
4 Mechanic
5 Psychiatrist or psychologist
6 Chef or baker ?
7 Blacksmith
8 Engineer
9 Carpenter
10 Computer programmer or a similar computer job
11 ?
What if the songs are in TV shows. https://www.tunefind.com/shows
Head Games by Foreigner / Tv show : Cobra Kai
We didn't start the fire- Billy Joel / Tv Show: Goldbergs
Other possible artists /// I came to slay: Beyonce? // Ghost train: Gorillaz? // Love you to bits: No Man? // Existential ennui: Jay Hollywood?
Ghost Train is an old country song recorded by Hank Snow. But a quick search doesn't show any song for most of the titles.
What if the episode titles are just lyrics in the song? Not the song title? Not a big music person so I wouldn't know.
I happened to find a playlist on Spotify named we came to sleigh, and it was authored by Kurt. Anyone else seen this?
Interesting, this one? It could be a nice easter egg haha
That's the one
who is going to solve the puzzle first
Is there one?
I don’t know why there would not be one
I dunno why but the one that stood out to me when I first read them is 5.07 "Awl In" sounds like "All In" - like a homophone and they're all in it together
"We didn't start the fire" is a song by Billy Joel
Well I'm not really great with this kinda stuff but episode 4 I think is Existential Ennui which I Googled and means...
"Wanting to do something different than what you're doing (which you consider a static condition) Existential ennui – not wanting anything at all."
Ennui also means boredom and its also in the last episode Iunne Ennui. I put it in Google translate and means "A boredom" but it also corrects to another version which is "Un Ennui" I think that means "a problem"... It's also possible they didn't do a puzzle for this season but I could be wrong 🤷🏻♀️
Ennui is literally a French word for boredom, and it's often defined in English to be very similar to boredom.
But, especially in connection with its earlier meanings, it can also mean “a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction," a sense of weariness with the world and lethargic disappointment that nothing matters. (Pretty good description here.) This interpretation might be emphasized by further labeling it "existential".
Perhaps consistent with how the team felt during much of this episode, wishing they were home with family, frustrated that they're not getting anywhere, that nothing they're doing seems to matter...
So the 4th episode title is now "And My Axe!" Not sure if that helps much in solving the titles.
"And my axe!"
Quote from Gimli in the Fellowship of the Ring
https://www.spoilertv.com/search/label/Blindspot?m=1
Also Spoiler TV seems like it might be the most accurate place to get updates since they have all the sneak peeks and promo pics
Are there threads to the puzzles from the other seasons?
I asked David Kwong and Martin Gero for a hint.
They confirmed there's definitely a puzzle: https://twitter.com/davidkwong/status/1276239273168166913?s=20
and also that each episode might not be following the same rule.
Despite trying for more clues, they didn't help with anything else.
My friend and I have noticed some titles have homophones, but not all, some are music titles, but not all, some are episode titles, but not all.
We also noticed that some follow previous season's rules (awl in is an anagram of 'in-law'), we DIDnt start the fire has a sandwiched I, iunne ennui is a palindrome, and all the episode titles)
My friend also said that taking just the first letter or just the last letter and making anagrams kind of works, but it doesn't use every letter.
Anyone have other ideas or suggestions?
I've seen a Twitter post saying that "Awl In" (5x07) was an anagram for "In Law", then I googled for anagrams of "Fire and Brimstore" (5x06) and this site came up with "Morbid fate, sinner?". Maybe, their fate was
For "In Law" maybe it was for
interesting. I didn't consider that the episode titles could relate to the episode. In the past they didn't necessarily. fire and brimstone, and love you to bits and bytes have so many anagram options its hard to find a correct one. this is my favorite site to use because it gives all possible combinations https://wordsmith.org/anagram/advanced.html
I'm not good with anagrams, but I'll try this site, thanks!
About Kwong's reply, what if he really gave you a clue?
"There's definitely something going on ..."
The three-letter pattern from the third season! The 5th episode, "Head Games" could be an anagram for "He Damages", that also has the three-letter pattern. In the first season they used titles that didn't necessarily have clear meanings, they seemed weird, because they were anagrams. In the current season, the 1st and the 7th look like those.
Maybe books are also involved, as "Existential Ennui" is a blog about books, "And My Axe!" is a quote from a movie that came from a book, "Fire and Brimstone" is an expression from Bible and this thread finds elements from an old book called "The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine".
The reply from David and the reply from Martin both ended in '...' which made me suspicious.
The 3 letter pattern is also present in we DIDnt start the fire.
I noticed many have homophones: Sleigh/Slay, axe/acts (kinda), awl/all, tacks/tax, bytes/bites. I thought maybe the letter of the new word could be used? but it doesn't work for all of them...
Yes, this '...' might be a hint too! They don't work for all of them, but maybe this is because some episodes have a type of code, some have another one. I was trying an anagram for the first episode, the best I got was "Ice age lost him", but it's odd.
The series finale press release says nothing about the episode. Instead, it has a quote from the Beatles song 'Tomorrow Never Knows'
I feel like it's a clue for the titles, maybe? Since so many other titles had relation to music?
The quote is:
Turn off your mind relax and float down stream...it is not dying...it is not dying.
The answer was revealed and it's just plain stupid.
https://www.reddit.com/r/blindspot/comments/hwqdv3/season_5_puzzle_revealed/
For others that don't want to watch the video and just want to solve it, look up Edward Gorey Gashlycrumb Tinies - each episode title is a clue to a letter the gives a disappointing message that has nothing to do with this show.
I can't view the video. I get a message saying "Video unavailable". Can you please tell me the season 5 title code solution.
Have you seen the movie Christmas Story? This is a reference to an incredibly funny part of the film. I highly recommend the film if you haven't seen it yet.
To be honest, I kind of love it and feel in retrospect like I should have been able to get it. One of my elementary school classrooms had a poster of the Gashlycrumb Tinies, and Olive getting pierced with that awl is basically the only thing I even know awls for. So what, fine, it's a crummy commercial. Son of a bitch.
"I Came to Sleigh" rearranges to "Mesolithic Age". Significant?
Updated episode title "And My Axe!"??? Well that makes WAY more sense.
It's a quote from the Lord of the Rings movies. Fellowship of the Ring - By the character Gimli!
So... Movie quotes themed?
"Awl in" in Google translate it's arabic " الاول ان" which means "the first that"
Just to muse on one of 'em...
5.11: Iunne Ennui
Odd episode description: "Turn off your mind relax and float down stream...it is not dying...it is not dying."
As others've noted, this is a quote from "Tomorrow Never Knows", a song by The Beatles, 1966.
That song and lyric was inspired in part by "Whenever in doubt, turn off your mind, relax, float downstream.", a quote from The Psychedelic Experience, a book by Leary, Metzner and Alpert, 1964, and also in part by a supposed transcendent "ego death" psychedelic experience of John Lennon's while on LSD per instructions from that book.
Iunne Ennul is starting to feel like reflecting/meditating on a sense of restless or despondent wishing that one was somewhere else doing something else (ennui), accepting and going ("floating"?) with what is, and it'll be okay ("not dying").
That something else could be our heroes wishing to get back to their previous life-saving careers at the FBI, or it could be we viewers wishing we could continue following their stories, or...
Or it all could mean something entirely else and I'm just amusing myself for the moment. ;-)
Could it be the title (sorry new here).
Blindspot and is [stay tune] "in part" the blindspot.
11 preview gives the main clue and plays directly to the title of the episode and title of the them. The French language is only part of it who loves puzzles.
Fail safe is going to be revealed? FBI key player reveal is going to make us go how did we miss that?
Final clue we each have a blidspot and she did not develop her Jane personality she has always had the blindspot in her and each supporting role played out very well their own blindspot.
Ok who is going to go back and watch what all the blindspot"s" we missed? (LOL)
I will miss the the family bond, laughs and suspense.
Just posted by NBC Blindspot on twitter. Doesn't seem to be working though. I'm in canada but maybe it works for any of you in the US
Time to solve some #Blindspot puzzles! What hidden messages did @MartinGero and team leave behind in each season’s titles? Click to watch!👇
Just posted by NBC Blindspot on twitter. Doesn't seem to be working though. I'm in canada but maybe it works for any of you in the US
Time to solve some #Blindspot puzzles! What hidden messages did @MartinGero and team leave behind in each season’s titles? Click to watch!👇
Just posted by NBC Blindspot on twitter. Doesn't seem to be working though. I'm in canada but maybe it works for any of you in the US
Time to solve some #Blindspot puzzles! What hidden messages did @MartinGero and team leave behind in each season’s titles? Click to watch!👇
https: //t.co/jneNzefq92
Edit: had to add a space to the url to get it to post
Managed to watch the video and I like my answers better. :(
i have never been more disappointed tbh
Yeah, this is up there with disappointment
Same I really like the first and last letter thing a few of us had going on
https://twitter.com/karina_lopes87/status/1286446962502504448?s=19
I can't watch the video because I get a "Video Unavaiable". Can you please tell me what the official solution is to the Season 5 title.
Frankly they did a very sloppy job. Google changes and isn't reliable for answers. And their answer was missing letters so it wasn't apparent even if one got the right answer.
They shouldn't be proud of the fact that nobody got it. A good puzzle should be solvable. It's like a DM that always tries to kill the party.
The funny thing is that "She wishes in a big finale" sort of works. Granted that they're hallucinations, but they are the sort of thing she would wish for.