This episode begins with Red who seems ubducted in Cameroon. Red is in Cameroon for a business deal, Red sets money on fire and some houses and mini planes. The task force is still looking for Berlin. Lord Baltimore is the new name on The Blacklist, he is connected to Berlin. Berlin almost drown one of his man and tells him that he wants Reddington within 24 hours. Red pays Harold Cooper a visit he threatened him with a tape he has from Kuwait. Red got ubducted at his hotel by Samar Navabi. The show introduced Samar Navabi this episode. Naomi Hyland, Red's ex is Berlin's new target. Ressler found the corpse of Nora Mills, Rowan her twin killed her she is Lord Baltimore. Liz got tazered by Rowan her gang. Liz arrested Rowan. Naomi Hyland is ubducted by Berlin. Liz discovered that Rowan is Nora, Nora killed Rowan and pretended to be Rowan. Harold Cooper is back at the task force. Berlin sended Naomi's finger to Red. Really good episode of The Blacklist Season 2, this series keeps fascinating me with the star of the show James Spader.
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Many Cooks
Hitchcoc8 November 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I'm not the most patient viewer, but I am loyal to shows I like. This one has been a joy. As we embark on the second season, we have the continued effort to bring down "Berlin." He is a fascinating character because his enemies aren't necessarily easy to identify. Lizzie is back but quite damaged at present. Soon a whole bevy of characters with unique histories are introduced. They are connected to Berlin. The bureau is all over the place. That's my criticism. Without a scorecard, keeping up with the non stop explosions and attacks is really hard. And, of course, Lord Baltimore is the focus and I'm not even sure about where he fits in.
When the package wrapper is more interesting than the contents
A_Different_Drummer28 February 2015
Warning: Spoilers
Leaving aside the awkward 2-part ending, Season 1 of Blacklist was one of the most promising debuts in recent memory. I reviewed many individual episodes, something I do only when I am gob-smacked.
Season 2 is starting on an awkward note and contains some serious flaws which work against the overall viewer experience.
First, and the most serious, is the key scene when the team correctly identifies the potential victim (Red's former wife played by Mary Louise Parker) well before the Blacklist baddie can get to her.
THAT was a nice twist because frankly audiences are getting tired of the good guys always being a day late and a dollar short just because of the invisible "3 Acts and an Epilogue" rule in TV drama. Seeing good police work properly done and timely is ... unexpected. And welcome.
So far, so good. But then the writers make an error you can barely believe. When the good guys (the US marshals) arrive to whisk the ex-wife off to safety, she decides to resist and throw a hissy fit and grab a soapbox and give a long boring lecture about how difficult it is to be Red's ex-wife. TICK TICK TICK.
Which hissy fit wastes just enough time for the bad guys to arrive and successfully kidnap her ANYWAY, putting her in the hands of a madman who seriously wants to dissect her.
I MEAN C'MON GIVE THE VIEWER A BREAK. Was this an attempt to manipulate the audience -- a really bad one -- or did the exec simply sign off on a bad script without reading it first?
The irony here is that there was a subplot within the main story about personality dissociation (a la THREE FACES OF EVE) and it was very well done. (In fact, this reviewer "guessed" the outcome of that smaller arc in advance, but this reviewer has been watching TV so long that the Neilson people once brought him down with a tranquilizer dart, tagged him, and then released him back into wild).
Season 2 is starting on an awkward note and contains some serious flaws which work against the overall viewer experience.
First, and the most serious, is the key scene when the team correctly identifies the potential victim (Red's former wife played by Mary Louise Parker) well before the Blacklist baddie can get to her.
THAT was a nice twist because frankly audiences are getting tired of the good guys always being a day late and a dollar short just because of the invisible "3 Acts and an Epilogue" rule in TV drama. Seeing good police work properly done and timely is ... unexpected. And welcome.
So far, so good. But then the writers make an error you can barely believe. When the good guys (the US marshals) arrive to whisk the ex-wife off to safety, she decides to resist and throw a hissy fit and grab a soapbox and give a long boring lecture about how difficult it is to be Red's ex-wife. TICK TICK TICK.
Which hissy fit wastes just enough time for the bad guys to arrive and successfully kidnap her ANYWAY, putting her in the hands of a madman who seriously wants to dissect her.
I MEAN C'MON GIVE THE VIEWER A BREAK. Was this an attempt to manipulate the audience -- a really bad one -- or did the exec simply sign off on a bad script without reading it first?
The irony here is that there was a subplot within the main story about personality dissociation (a la THREE FACES OF EVE) and it was very well done. (In fact, this reviewer "guessed" the outcome of that smaller arc in advance, but this reviewer has been watching TV so long that the Neilson people once brought him down with a tranquilizer dart, tagged him, and then released him back into wild).
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