This episode begins in Dubai, Samar meets a man named Kian. Kian felt down from the hotel on a car he died instantly. Liz wants more information from Tom. Samar killed Kian Nouri on her Mossad mission. Liz and Ressler captured John Reese he is a target of The Scimitar, ressler got in a gun fight but Liz and Ressler escaped. The car turned upside down, Liz ans Ressler are in a fake hospital. Ressler is in a bad condition. John Reese is ubducted by the Iranians. Red has a conversation with Zoe who might be his daughter Red poisoined her. Liz knocked down the guard. Red and Samar paying Ali a visit. Samar and FBI arrived at Liz and Ressler. Rivera threatens a woman. Liz found Rivera but he escaped. Liz found the woman. Red has Rivera as hostage. Rivera's body was found at a lake Red executed him. Red has a meeting with Berlin. Zoe is Berlin his daughter. Amazing episode of The Blacklist Season 2, this series keeps evolving and is still one of the best shows in the USA. With the combination of Drama, action, crime, mystery and thriller you have a perfect series.
5 Reviews
Smoke and mirrors at its best
foamythefearsome27 August 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I've always had a weak spot for storylines where everything you see is eventually revealed to be a facade, as long as it is done well. If done poorly, it is obvious from the get go.
Here, it was not - it was very well obscured. It was even layered: you might start to suspect the hospital is off fairly early on, but then it turns out so much more of what they were working on was a carefully laid out plan, and the moment you find out is the moment the characters have their epiphany.
To add to that, it brings more depth to Samar, a character introduced earlier in this season, of whom at this point one is still not sure what her connections to Reddington are.
All in all an awesome episode.
Here, it was not - it was very well obscured. It was even layered: you might start to suspect the hospital is off fairly early on, but then it turns out so much more of what they were working on was a carefully laid out plan, and the moment you find out is the moment the characters have their epiphany.
To add to that, it brings more depth to Samar, a character introduced earlier in this season, of whom at this point one is still not sure what her connections to Reddington are.
All in all an awesome episode.
One the best in the series
A_Different_Drummer19 April 2015
If you have been following my style of reviewing (OK if you have not) I have tried to establish "baseline" episodes for the top series of the day.
Usually there are two baselines per series, one at the bottom, and one at the top, and most individual episodes are scatter-shot somewhere between.
For the Blacklist, this seemingly simple episode is anything but. It is a baseline for the high end of the bar.
No goofiness, nothing outrageous happens, just a near perfect blending of the long and short arcs done so seamlessly that you don't even realize you are watching two stories at the same time.
The key is characterizations. There are many many subtle and wonderful things happening here. In fact subtlety is the key to the success of the story, especially the way Lizzie manages to interpret some excess makeup on a phone as perhaps ... a clue? At the exact same time the audience does.
Perfect.
Usually there are two baselines per series, one at the bottom, and one at the top, and most individual episodes are scatter-shot somewhere between.
For the Blacklist, this seemingly simple episode is anything but. It is a baseline for the high end of the bar.
No goofiness, nothing outrageous happens, just a near perfect blending of the long and short arcs done so seamlessly that you don't even realize you are watching two stories at the same time.
The key is characterizations. There are many many subtle and wonderful things happening here. In fact subtlety is the key to the success of the story, especially the way Lizzie manages to interpret some excess makeup on a phone as perhaps ... a clue? At the exact same time the audience does.
Perfect.
Superb Plotting
Hitchcoc9 November 2022
One can nitpick all one wants over any espionage thriller. The movement through time at an instant is enough to dismiss almost all movie fiction. Here we have Keen and Ressler having their car flipped and ending up in what is announced as Bethesda. But a small clue puts lots of other stuff in motion. Once again, Berlin is the target, so obsessed that he can't see past his nose. There are great action scenes as well as Red's subtle though harsh manipulations. Once again we are taken in. Anyone who has watched this show long knows that things are often not as they seem. The final moment in the warehouse is quite striking, to say the least.
Been ignoring huge plot holes, but this...
trace35 February 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Oh come on, two people on a motorcycle take out an SUV driven by "trained" FBI agents who can't remember the whole "let's protect this guy" protocol and run the motorcycle off the road? That must be where GoT got telling Rickon to run straight to Jon Snow and not serpentine came from. Sloppy. A. F.
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