NBC's ''The Blacklist''

[Hunter Rider]

pretty much how I feel, I ended skipping to just the Tom/Liz/Red scenes just to see what happens there.

also Ive noticed that over the last 3 episodes there has been very little of James Spader

I wonder if it anything to do with Ultron? I wouldn't have thought so but it seems odd how little of Red there's been.

The hippo thing doesnt make him look like an idiot when you consider he was caught off guard and had to sweep that whole floor for evidence and burn it in less than a minute and hide himself. He isnt Bourne or some superspy. A slip-up like that is actually the most believeable thing about that whole scenario.

He leaves behind a gift from his wife, the very person he knows is in the building and will fully investigate? I don't see any competent operative doing that given it's a direct link to him, it was just a limp plot device to move the story along.

 

[Dark Raven]

So Liz will see the obituary in the paper and find out that "Jolene" is dead?

I can see that Tom would be saying that he can't believe it, and will ask how she died. Ironically, he'll probably say he can't believe Jolene isn't even her real name, that he worked alongside her and that you think you know someone but never really know what they're hiding or what kind of a double life they're leading.

Now didn't Tom say something to this effect like I predicted?

At the beginning of the episode, it was like Ultron was taking over all the computers and starting his quest to wipe out humanity.

Why was Rachel Brosnahan in the credits? I thought we'd get a scene with her in flashback but all we had were pictures of her and no actual appearance.

And I've also noticed we haven't had much James Spader. He can't be that busy yet with the Avengers and these episodes would've been filmed a few weeks ago anyway.

 

[Marvolo]

I wonder if it anything to do with Ultron? I wouldn't have thought so but it seems odd how little of Red there's been.



He leaves behind a gift from his wife, the very person he knows is in the building and will fully investigate? I don't see any competent operative doing that given it's a direct link to him, it was just a limp plot device to move the story along.

I see a human making that mistake in a situation like that. That hippo was likely not even a thought next to the pictures and everything else. Panic and adrenaline cause mistakes like that. And I can think of a number of far more ridiculous plot devices and mechinations of this show. This hippo thing is a nitpick at best. If it were a Bourn movie or something like that Id call it out, but in this show where this rent a cop spy told his wife his pasports and stash were for play or whatever his BS excuse was and she believed him Im just inclined to let it go. Its par for the course in a show like this.

 

[Hunter Rider]

I see a human making that mistake in a situation like that. That hippo was likely not even a thought next to the pictures and everything else. Panic and adrenaline cause mistakes like that. And I can think of a number of far more ridiculous plot devices and mechinations of this show. This hippo thing is a nitpick at best. If it were a Bourn movie or something like that Id call it out, but in this show where this rent a cop spy told his wife his pasports and stash were for play or whatever his BS excuse was and she believed him Im just inclined to let it go. Its par for the course in a show like this.

He's not supposed to be a "rent a cop spy," he's been undercover for years, living a lie, guys like that don't make mistakes as stupid as leaving a piece of evidence that links them indisputably to the scene, they thrive under pressure. I never claimed the show is realistic but this was clumsy and lazy writing that shortchanged both characters IMO.

 

[chamber-music]

Weak episode, having the central case turn out to be some kid hacker who also happened to be a creepy stalker with no social skills was lame, and I'd rather Liz had shot him than talked him down.

I felt no sympathy for the hacker either.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Well.... Tom made a call to his handlers at "the Berlin group" and he stated that he had been compromised and mentioned "liquidation". I think I can throw out any isea that he has real feelings for Liz. Dude is a stone cold killer.
I had no problem with the "hippo" reveal. As was stated by another poster it was a heat of the moment miscaculation. People make mistakes, especially ones under duress. The real miscaculation though was Tom not thinking that Liz would take a personal interest in Jolene's missing person's case out of guilt that her work had put her home life in danger, and so use FBI resources to follow up on the MPD investigation. And really, how would he know that? Because of that, out of the blue Liz shows up on his safe house doorstep giving him a couple of minutes at best to clear out and hit the ole dusty trail.

I will say, that the kid who played the stalker/hacker did crazy eyes real good.

I am happy to see that they didn't forget about Liz's scar or the fire. But just what the hell is Red's real connection to her?

 

[Donut]

But just what the hell is Red's real connection to her?

He is her father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate

 

[chamber-music]

He is her father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate

Nice Spaceballs reference

 

[Hunter Rider]

I felt no sympathy for the hacker either.

His actions led to the death of one guy and who knows what else with the blackout, plus he clearly had unwanted intentions towards the daughter from Hostages.

I had no problem with the "hippo" reveal. As was stated by another poster it was a heat of the moment miscaculation. People make mistakes, especially ones under duress. The real miscaculation though was Tom not thinking that Liz would take a personal interest in Jolene's missing person's case out of guilt that her work had put her home life in danger, and so use FBI resources to follow up on the MPD investigation. And really, how would he know that? Because of that, out of the blue Liz shows up on his safe house doorstep giving him a couple of minutes at best to clear out and hit the ole dusty trail.

He should have known that as he's been profiling her up close for years, it's exactly what she would do, but he really should have known as she told him to his face the night before that she was going to track down Jolene and find out what happened.

 

[X-Ray]

weak false blacklister of the week. the lunch scene was creepy though.

Red's lack of emotional to Jolene's body pretty much kills the daughter theory. she must have been a former trusted associate in his close knit circle at one point.

as for the hippo thing. no biggie. Liz was outside the building. rush mode kicked in. no time to think clearly. it is kind of silly that he even took that thing to the place. one thing's for sure. there's no love story here. he isn't some agent who fell in love and has decided to protect Liz.

 

[kvz5]

 

[Hunter Rider]

Awwwww!

 

[Kaleb]

Isn't that just precious


One bit that I hated in this episode was why didn't Tom just run inside the building and go out the other entrance instead of hiding behind the door while Liz was behind the clothes line, it just seemed like he could of avoided hitting her and would have saved timed while she was searching for him outside.

 

[Dark Raven]

Well it's nice that Megan made that comment, but why would people be giving Ryan heat in real life? It's not like he actually goes around punching her in the face on set or plotting against her.

 

[kvz5]

Well it's nice that Megan made that comment, but why would people be giving Ryan heat in real life? It's not like he actually goes around punching her in the face on set or plotting against her.

Because sadly some idiots can't differentiate actors from the characters they play. Very common mentality unfortunately for some fans.

 

[Rowsdower!]

The hippo thing didn't bother me, but... wouldn't Tom's fingerprints be all over that building?

 

[chamber-music]

I knew 'Tom's brother' was going to do that.

The undertaker's nose is the stuff of nightmares. The Undertaker reminded me of Jim Carrey in a weird way, I think it was his mannerisms.

I hope Tom dies a grisly death.

 

[Marvolo]

The hippo thing didn't bother me, but... wouldn't Tom's fingerprints be all over that building?

Late response, but I thought I'd respond anyways. Unlike what CSI would have us believe fingerprints aren't the easy go to bad guy catcher. I've heard they are hard to collect and the database isn't some super computer that scans the print and pops out a face. That could be why the show didn't bother with it. Or it could be that fingerprints, hair fiber, and sperm seem to be copyrighted by the creators of CSI.t: They are always finding one of those three things on that show.

 

[Kaleb]

Much better episode compared to last week.



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Good luck Liz in explaining what happened to all the broken photo frames and lamp you destroyed to Tom.

 

[Hunter Rider]

I filed The Undertaker with The Stewmaker and The Judge as great villain concepts that I'd love to have seen fleshed out over multiple episodes.

I wasn't a fan of how Liz found out about Tom, or at least gave up her denial, but I loved how strong she was this week, taking charge of the situation. I think Megan Boone played it really well, with just little reactions where you could see that she was hurting underneath while going into full agent mode on the Tom case as an emotional shield.

I'm glad Red doesn't know everything about Tom, it gives them an interesting overarching case to work on together. I am also certain Berlin is not the City in Germany.

Red takes everything in his stride but that dude jumping out of the window rather than giving up anything on Berlin was a great way to create an aura of dread around him/it.

The undertaker's nose is the stuff of nightmares. The Undertaker reminded me of Jim Carrey in a weird way, I think it was his mannerisms.

He actually reminded me of Ty Burrell.

Late response, but I thought I'd respond anyways. Unlike what CSI would have us believe fingerprints aren't the easy go to bad guy catcher. I've heard they are hard to collect and the database isn't some super computer that scans the print and pops out a face. That could be why the show didn't bother with it. Or it could be that fingerprints, hair fiber, and sperm seem to be copyrighted by the creators of CSI.t: They are always finding one of those three things on that show.

I think they have to share the sperm copyright with SVU, they'd only have 5 eps a season without it! t:

 

[Kaleb]

I got a Dean Ambrose vibe from the latest blacklister.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Liz looks to be right. This is going to be a wild ride.

Great ep, with both the A and B plots working great. Props to Boone big time this week. I do think that after Tom's "brother's" warning and having him turn up as street pizza right before he was going to meet him at the hotel, that Tom has to know Liz is on to him. Does he step up the liquidation process as alluded to last week?

The Blacklister was a solid case of the week type. All the best ones on the show would make for deeper stories than one and done installments, but that doesn't take anything away from what we've gotten either.

I have a theory about Liz and Red now, so everyone tell me what you think. What if Liz is the child of Red's wife, but not Red? So far there's been not much said about or even hinted at concerning his marriage. Let's say that Red's wife had a child at a very young age, long before she meets Red, say 16-17 yrs old. The baby is put up for adoption. Some where along the way, this is revealed to Red by his wife. She feels guilty, she feels remorse, so Red uses his government job at the time and it's resources to find the child, and when he does the wife and he decide to secretly support the child in any way possible. When Red's family is destroyed he continues supporting Liz as best he can and takes a strong interest in her life as she is the only living reminder of the woman he loved, even if she is not his own flesh and blood. Thus as he alluded when he saw Liz this episode, she's an unlikely chink in his armor that his various enemies may try to use against him.

 

[kane9321]

the undertaker's nose....scared the me

 

[carrrnuttt]

I have a theory about Liz and Red now, so everyone tell me what you think. What if Liz is the child of Red's wife, but not Red? So far there's been not much said about or even hinted at concerning his marriage. Let's say that Red's wife had a child at a very young age, long before she meets Red, say 16-17 yrs old. The baby is put up for adoption. Some where along the way, this is revealed to Red by his wife. She feels guilty, she feels remorse, so Red uses his government job at the time and it's resources to find the child, and when he does the wife and he decide to secretly support the child in any way possible. When Red's family is destroyed he continues supporting Liz as best he can and takes a strong interest in her life as she is the only living reminder of the woman he loved, even if she is not his own flesh and blood. Thus as he alluded when he saw Liz this episode, she's an unlikely chink in his armor that his various enemies may try to use against him.

But it doesn't explain the fact that Megan Boone literally looks like she could be blood-related to James Spader. There HAS to be a reason why the show was casted that way. Unless it's some crazy coincidence (though I doubt it).

 

[Gort Baringa]

I don't know if this has been mentioned before, but . . .

Does anyone see a strong resemblance between Megan Boone and the female character that is in the Lego movie trailer?

Uncanny!