Will Liz Keen turn bad?
Does she have the capability to go evil?
At the same time, Liz finally has the family she has always craved.
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However, that void wont be empty for long.
He is still withholding his real agenda from her.
Read our full interview with Bokenkamp below to get the scoop, and read our interview with Megan Boonehere.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Where are we picking the new season back up?JON BOKENKAMP:Its pretty immediate.
So, we come back in the immediate aftermath.
He told her in the pilot, Think like a criminal.
It may come easier to you than you think, and weve seen aspects of that.
She murdered the Attorney General and has been on the run in the past.
How do you think shes a different character now knowing this?I think shes telling herself shes not.
I think shes telling herself that shes even more of who she was.
Yet, through that, shes kind of trying to maintain her morality.
How do you think this particular news affects her dynamic with those around her?
Tom and Liz will quickly reunite.
What is that like for them emotionally?Thats interesting.
Elizabeth Keen is kryptonite to Tom.
She is the thing that keeps him alive.
Tom is obviously in possession of this mysterious suitcase.
We revealed this paternity issue and in a way, its ultimately not why Reddington is there.
Its not his big secret.
He is still withholding his real agenda from her and that is a little bit of a new dynamic.
This suitcase is out there with Tom and floating around, and Reddington doesnt know where it is.
And he feels that it represents a real danger, not only to him but perhaps to Liz.
There is a bigger agenda out there that shes still completely unaware of and that hes quite concerned about.
Would you say shes even more loyal to Red now following the news?Totally, 100 percent.
Thats part of the baggage that shes dealing with, with Tom.
I think she trusts him more.
I dont know that Red trusts her more.
I think that hes always mistrustful of her simply because shes an FBI agent.
And so, theres a certain amount of distance there that he keeps.
But yeah, I definitely think that she is really trying in earnest to make this work.
His entire empire has been destroyed; he has nothing.
Hes just in a chill moment and having a real blast.
Because his organization was totally blown apart, how does that change the cases this year?
And yet, theres not this emotional baggage that casts a darker shadow over the season.
Nobodys stolen a baby, nobodys hunting Liz, and that allows Reddington to open up.
What are the obstacles that hes encountering in trying to rebuild?
What creditors are after him?
What people see him as weakened and want to take a shot at him and actually take him out?
Theyre fighting the forces that come in to take over the void left by Reddingtons absence.
I dont think so.
I mean, I think we still dont have the whole truth.
I would say that.
I certainly hope theres a long life in the show.
But yes, since day 1 weve been plotting our way toward an end.
I think it would be impossible to write the show without that.
The Blacklistreturns Wednesday at 8 p.m.
