You are not the only one with this opinion! 

When I first heard it regarding her actions before Beginnings (BB – I might need the acronym, I’m hoping Beginnings was our pivot point for this season), I didn’t agree. Mostly because I thought that Lin wasn’t going to be a huge character this season (best way to acknowledge last season was an especially meaningful elevation of Batman-like awesomeness), but also because she isn’t so much Lin this season as she is the Police Commissioner. In this season’s Mako plot, where he’s the detective that doesn’t play by the rules, there are certain actions expected of a Police Commissioner, and one of them is to be down on the Rouge Detective.

However, after the show had Varrick end up a grand manipulator, I’m considering that I might have underestimated the degree of subtext in this season. With that on the table, I guess a Long Con from Lin is too, I just find it unlikely.

-Da7e-