Eli Stone Takes Natasha Bedingfield's Advice - 02x03 Recap

In Tuesday's Eli Stone, "Unwritten" a lot is at stake for Jordan Wethersby. Jordan is headed to court to defend himself against the other partners, Posner and Klien, to prove he's not suffering Post Traumatic Stress. And starting off, the two lawyers Jordan has chosen to represent him, Eli and Taylor, are arguing about everything - including the time.

Around the office, most of the associates are upset and questioning Wethersby initiatives.
And right on cue, Taylor is acting the bitch. I really am enjoying season two, and how it fits into season one, but I feel like Taylor's character has been rewritten a bit. Last season she was a lot more empathetic. I don't like her as much this year.

Nate then enters to talk Eli into taking a case against paint companies who manufactured lead paint. One of Nate's patients, at a clinic he's volunteering at, is suffering from lead poising and the apartment is most certainly older than the 70s. Nate took up volunteering some hours a week because he feels it's the least he can do to thank Eli, and the universe, for taking the aneurysm. Nate's patient, Lacey, is six.

Nate's also been reading their dad's "prophecy manifesto" and Eli is pissed about it and tells Nate to stop having "vision fever." Eli takes the journal and takes it to Dr. Chen. Dr. Chen performs a darker style of acupuncture on Eli, one that was written about in the book, and Eli "learns" that Jordan's case goes wrong if he stays on it - so he leaves in in Taylor's hands.

I say "learns" with the quote marks because as the story goes on, the question of who or what should Eli follow, vision-wise, is called into question. One change here, another there, upsets the future in this way or that, and in a bold move Eli burns his father's note book.

At the end, the future seems to have veered off course, with Maggie working for just Posner and Klien in the newfuture. That's not to say that the future can't be put on track again, but Eli realizes that he cannot change or control the uncontrollable.

Jordan does win in court, without Eli, and after Eli's clients settle, Eli gives his lead case to an opposing lawyer from season one - because Eli realizes that as brilliant as the lead paint case would be to go all the way to the supreme court, it can't be his fight.

Eli chose to live his future unwritten. He'll make his own way - but I still wonder if the darker style of acupuncture didn't lead Eli down a left turn rather than a right one.