I can't stand when people comment to someone elses' post by creating a new topic rather than using the comment feature ("My comment is so important I don't want it to get lost in the comments section..."), but I have to reply to Vertus' recent posting to make one point.
Its a good posting, but let's clear up something that people have been stating as fact for two weeks now.
It is not accurate to say Reed is giving Bertram an order when he says, "It's your job to know the answer." In fact, while it is possible it could be an order, it is much more likely it is not. A much more likely explanation is like when a subordinate doesn't have enough information and says to a commander/superior, "You need to be giving me the info I need in order for me to do my job. You are the one in charge after all." That seems much more likely. Even if that isn't the case, the point is to stop using that scene as clear evidence that Smith is ranked higher than Bertram. He truly appears to be deferring to the person in the group who is likely to be most in the loop and who has more responsibility than the others. Also, BLAKE is not a military group, my guess is that there are not clear distinctions at a lot of different levels of hierarchy. It does seem reasonable to think though that Bertram has a higher standing than Reed. I doubt either is the head or even the number 2 in the organization.
Reed was just some druggy cop they turned into an errand boy to cover up his mistake.
Either way, neither of these guys is RJ.
