As Red and the task force search for Liz, she sets a new plan in motion that has catastrophic consequencesAs Red and the task force search for Liz, she sets a new plan in motion that has catastrophic consequencesAs Red and the task force search for Liz, she sets a new plan in motion that has catastrophic consequences
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- TriviaA flashback from Mr. Gregory Devry (No. 95) (2016) of Tom proposing to Liz is included.
- GoofsIt makes no sense for the assistant FBI director to personally go canvassing the train station for a fugitive along with the foot soldiers. It makes even less sense that Keen's swipe to enter the FBI black site card has not been canceled two days after they started a manhunt for her.
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It will never end...
The show has been renewed for season 9. Maybe because they saw how cheap it was to produce, taking place in apartment buildings and parking lots. Therefore, the climax of the story will not take place this season. Maybe not even next season.
You can leave all your hopes that everything will be revealed and resolved this season at the door. There will always be another lazy plot device, one more scheming cabal of international criminals, each more evil than the one before, thicker foreign accents and mysteriously sounding villain names.
A complete waste of a wonderful opportunity to develop Keen's character so that due to the consequences to her own actions, and her stubbornness to pursue he truth she becomes just like her mother - a fugitive running for her life and abandoning her daughter.
Instead, horrible writing happens, she betrays and lies to everyone who believed in her and loved her (betrays some of them multiple times), which the show somehow has the audacity to try to justify.
Remeber back when The Blacklist had a creative premise, with interesting villains, each of which had an interesting motivation and sometimes a tragic backstory behind what makes them tick, with an overarching plot about betrayal, secrets and family?
A show held up by its wholesome cast of lovable characters, each with their quirks and personal struggles, with the mysterious presense of the always charismatic James Spader...
None of this is here now. Red is now reduced to a quip dispenser, who is dying whenever the plot demands it. The supporting cast (hey, agent Park is still here!) are buffoons, degraded to their most basic character traits, and serve exclusively as a tool for Elizabeth to get what she wants.
Welcome to The Keen Show. She's always right, she's always strong, She's better than you, she will win, and goddamnit, she'll be justified, despite being the most gullable character on TV, the worst FBI criminal profiler in TV history (Criminal Minds would be ashamed), and committed actual terrorism literally the previous episode.
At this point it's not about being a show that's not as good as it used to be, it's not about the fact that we're in a pandemic and their resources are limited, and it's not about the story running its course, the actors not having any desire to keep working or problems with the production
It's about a show that is poorly written.
I'd rather watch the animated episode.
1/10
You can leave all your hopes that everything will be revealed and resolved this season at the door. There will always be another lazy plot device, one more scheming cabal of international criminals, each more evil than the one before, thicker foreign accents and mysteriously sounding villain names.
A complete waste of a wonderful opportunity to develop Keen's character so that due to the consequences to her own actions, and her stubbornness to pursue he truth she becomes just like her mother - a fugitive running for her life and abandoning her daughter.
Instead, horrible writing happens, she betrays and lies to everyone who believed in her and loved her (betrays some of them multiple times), which the show somehow has the audacity to try to justify.
Remeber back when The Blacklist had a creative premise, with interesting villains, each of which had an interesting motivation and sometimes a tragic backstory behind what makes them tick, with an overarching plot about betrayal, secrets and family?
A show held up by its wholesome cast of lovable characters, each with their quirks and personal struggles, with the mysterious presense of the always charismatic James Spader...
None of this is here now. Red is now reduced to a quip dispenser, who is dying whenever the plot demands it. The supporting cast (hey, agent Park is still here!) are buffoons, degraded to their most basic character traits, and serve exclusively as a tool for Elizabeth to get what she wants.
Welcome to The Keen Show. She's always right, she's always strong, She's better than you, she will win, and goddamnit, she'll be justified, despite being the most gullable character on TV, the worst FBI criminal profiler in TV history (Criminal Minds would be ashamed), and committed actual terrorism literally the previous episode.
At this point it's not about being a show that's not as good as it used to be, it's not about the fact that we're in a pandemic and their resources are limited, and it's not about the story running its course, the actors not having any desire to keep working or problems with the production
It's about a show that is poorly written.
I'd rather watch the animated episode.
1/10
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- Jan 30, 2021
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