Raymond Reddington (No. 00): Good Night
- Episode aired Jul 13, 2023
- TV-14
- 43m
Series finale, part 2. The future of the FBI's Reddington Task Force is decided.Series finale, part 2. The future of the FBI's Reddington Task Force is decided.Series finale, part 2. The future of the FBI's Reddington Task Force is decided.
- Carolina
- (as Clara Chain)
- Ernesto
- (as Jose Luis Ferrer)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe last scene is accompanied by the song "A Mi Manera (My Way)," written by and made famous by Frank Sinatra. This version, recorded by the Gipsy Kings, is in Spanish and has a less iconic tone than Sinatra's recording, but still makes the point that nothing in life matters more than living on your own terms (and presumably dying that way as well).
- GoofsThe car that Ressler drives in Seville has an impossible license plate (B 25G8 4F): old license plates in Spain had the province initial (B would be Barcelona, quite far from Seville), 4 numbers and then 1 or 2 letters (so B 2548 GF would make sense), but this numbering system was abandoned more than 20 years ago. Current license plates are 4 numbers and then 3 letters (these are assigned consecutively regardless of the province).
- Quotes
Dembe Zuma: After I was shot, lying there on the street - I thought I was dying. And in that moment, I was okay with that being the end. With all the things going through my mind - I also thought of Raymond. More than anyone I've ever known, he's always been at peace with death. He says death is inevitable. It will come for us all. And that inevitability robs death entirely of its significance. What matters are the things that are not inevitable. The things we create. The things we find. The left we take when everything in our life is leading us right. How we live. I've always loved him for that. For his remarkable refusal to "go quietly into that good night."
Harold Cooper: The poem - by Dylan Thomas. "Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
- SoundtracksA Mi Manera
(Comme d'Habitude)
Music by Claude François and Jacques Revaux
French lyrics by Gilles Thibaut
Performed by Gipsy Kings
I believe there was an intent to give the end a poetic touch. And it did.
But on the other hand for those of us that invested 10 years following the stories, the end needed more closure. The series had so many interesting storylines that were left completely unfinished.
Yes, Redington was the star of the show but there were many interesting characters that deserved some closing.
I liked the fact it wasn't a predictable end (like a guns blazing battle or a friend betraying a friend and finally bringing Red to justice), but they went to far to made it just about the end of Red.
Are they leaving things open for a spin off? A made for TV movie to close the loop? Perhaps.
- idrincon
- Aug 9, 2023