Liz Keen may have been kidnapped, but shes not going to take it lying down. MEGAN BOONE:Shes got to find her daughter. Can we believe Alexander Kirk when he says hes her father? Credit: Peter Kramer/NBC I dont think she puts a lot of trust in Alexander Kirk, because hes holding her captive. What does he want from her? Like a lot of the people that crop up in our show, his agenda is not necessarily altruistic....
Warning: This story contains major spoilers from the season finale ofThe Blacklist. Read at your own risk. EW turned to Boone to get her take and reaction to this big reveal. Credit: William Hart/NBC (Read our postmortem with executive producer Jon Bokenkamphere.) ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Red has been revealed as Lizs father. How long have you known this was the plan?MEGAN BOONE:Not very long. William Hart/NBC So I did not know until I got the scripts a couple months ago....
WARNING: This story contains major spoilers from the season premiere ofThe Blacklist. Read at your own risk! The Blacklists light-hearted season premiere ended with a bang literally. Credit: Michele K. Short/NBC Whats really going on in that scene? When might we catch up to that point this season? I mean, I do know how to answer it, but I dont want to give anything away. Its definitely not something were going to drag out all season....
Answers are coming onThe Blacklist. AsThe Blacklistinches closerto revealing exactly who Reddington is to Liz, she will discover a shocking truth. Something you start to realize through season 4 is she was strapped with this from birth. Credit: Peter Kramer/NBC In truth, Boone admits she doesnt even know the real connection between Red and Liz. I always wanted to maintain that mystery for myself. Now the question remains: What exactly does Alexander Kirk want from Liz?...
Warning: This story contains major spoilers from Thursdays episode ofThe Blacklist. Read at your own risk! Who survived the ultimate showdown between Red and Kirk inThe Blacklistmidseason finale? Credit: Will Hart/NBC Well, not really since weve all suspected as much since the beginning of the series. But was Red actually revealing the truth, or just telling Kirk what he wanted to hear? What did he say?! EW turned to executive producer Jon Bokenkamp to find out....
Lets get to know em, shall we? Sometimes spy-babies just have to learn to take care of themselves. And right away, he gets a nice little summary of it from a stranger on a payphone. Credit: Virginia Sherwood/NBC It ends with this fun little salutation: You have no idea whats coming for you. But the man calls back to tell Tom to meet in Washington Square Park. Waiting for him there is Howard Hargrave (OQuinn)....
It finally addresses head on the issue of Tom Keens maybe-mommy Scottie and not-dead-dad Howard. Tom can really only be sure of one thing: He is being manipulated bysomeone. This episode seeks, with varying degrees of success, to figure out who is manipulating him most. Credit: Will Hart/NBC The beginning, however, is… not so fun. Bishop says its a pretty regular practice for the OST, DOE, CDC, etc. Yeah, well hes goingrealdeep on that idea this week....
to work for her company. Tom Keen, superspy! even though hes shown little to no paternal instincts toward Tom thus far. Credit: Will Hart/NBC Stick that in your pocket. Okay, but could it also be that shock torture? Then she negotiates the $1 million they offer up to $4 million. I like Cantaras wife, and so does Solomon: Mazel Tov, Carlos, you married up. Scottie doesnt understand how he could possible know they were there, but orders them to retreat....
There was significantly less clunky exposition. redemption at all because shes a bona fide bad guy trying to start World War III or whatever. So when that story line turned back up in this episode, I was a little anxious. Credit: Virginia Sherwood/NBC The hour opens on a plane full of sleeping people. I worked it out with Howard months ago, he says. What itisis a doozy… And are those… a couple of American police officers?...
Tom Keen & Co. defend journalism, or die trying. They cant all be happy endings. Be proud of what we did out there I am. Credit: Virginia Sherwood/NBC This line from Scottie touches on just about all the highs and lows ofThe Blacklist: Redemptionssecond outing. Its a good idea to set the precedent that these not-exactly-legal Halcyon missions arent always going to work out. plot, and an actual smoke-and-mirrors magic trick was an episode high....
Thursdays episode happens to live between big reveals, meaning its heavy on the… biding. But where the show never stalls out is in the spy stuff. Sometimesall at oncebecause split-screens-are-for-spies! Credit: Barbara NItke/NBC Tonights espio-mission starts with the most likely of premises: a prison break. So there goes that lead. But you may have met Tom Keen? And thats before he evenknowsabout Solomons killer New York accent. The police enter the kitchen to find what looks to be a plumber working on the sink....
Why, its not a thing but adudeof course! And whats Dr. Dude have thats so important? Why, he cracked quantum computing, of course! Credit: Barbara Nitke/NBC But it is not sticking this serialized landing. Liz rightfully asks, And you trust him more than her? For some reason, he does. Too late, buddy, shes on to you! I dont know what to believe! But I understand its a complicated situation. On the other hand, Scottie tells Tom that the matter of national security is preventingHowardfrom getting to Whitehall....
Why will Tom Keen leaveThe BlacklistforRedemption? as well as lethal assassin and Tom nemesis Matias Solomon (Edi Gathegi). On the flip side, however, Scottie is in the dark about the truth. Were playing that I dont know at the moment that he is my son, Janssen said. Also, the source, we have to consider where it came from, which is Red. We dont really know, so theres a lot of intrigue and suspense when it comes to this relationship....
