Episode 31 - "The Mother" Review

This week Andrew and Ted sit down to discuss the Netflix original ... "The Mother" ... starring Jennifer Lopez (The Mother), Lucy Paez (Zoe / The Daughter), Omari Hardwick (Agent William Cruise), Joseph Fiennes (Adrian / illegal gun dealter), and Gael Garcia Bernal (Héctor / illegal gun dealer #2). J'Lo portrays a former Special Forces / Sniper type who turns to the illegal gun trade after leaving the service. Her character is literally, while not shown, in bed with both arms dealers and is pregnant with one of theirs baby. The hitch is ... J'Lo's character (The Mother) has been caught and to save herself has agreed to work with Federal Government to put these arm dealers behind bars. While at a safe house being interviewed by the feds Adrian comes after her, taking down all the feds protecting her and as well as stabbing her in an attempt to silence her. Before Adrian can finish her off an improvised, made by J'LO's character, device goes off disrupting his actions and severely burning Adrian. Found by authorities, J'Lo's character is taken to the hospital for treatment and while there doctors perform a necessary C-Section to save both the mother (J'Lo) and child's (Lucy) lives. It's decide at that time, for the protection of the child, that the kid will be put up for adoption and J'Lo's character will be placed into the witness protection program. J'Lo's character agrees to the adoption but opts out of government protection and will fend for herself having the survival skills she possesses thanks to her street smarts and military training. Well it comes to J'Lo's attention, via her connection with Agent Cruise, that both Adrian and Héctor know about the child and will use it to draw J'Lo out of hiding. Let the Jason Bourne esque games begin. Recently coming off an at time harsh assessment of Lopez's performance in "Shotgun Wedding", what do Andrew and Ted think about not only J'Lo's performance but the movie itself. Tune it to find out!