The Blacklist

The Blacklist – The Freelancer: Part 2

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The Tenth, and final, Season of The Blacklist continues to revisit former Blacklisters with the return of Alban Veseli (Daniel Sauli) who makes an attacks on a New York ferry and high-scale hotel. Believing someone onboard was targeted by Veseli for Wujing (Chin Han), the team investigates but Reddington (James Spader) comes to believe there was no specific target in either instance but rather an attempt to confirm Reddington’s connection to the FBI through a photographer (Kristopher Kling) capturing the FBI’s response to each attack.

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The Blacklist – The Dockery Affair

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“The Dockery Affair” is the rare episode of The Blacklist that doesn’t focus on either a Blacklister or a direct threat to Raymond Reddington (James Spader). While the episode’s B-story does continue the season thread of Wujing (Chin Han) putting together a gang of aggrieved parties by recruiting Vesco (Stacy Keach), a thread which conveniently does not show us how Red responds to Vesco’s questions, the main storyline involves the death of a judge which Red’s evidence guy Herbie Hambright (Alex Brightman) finds suspicious despite overwhelming evidence pointing to an obvious suspect. Turns out he’s right as the true killer has far more bodies buried than just the judge. It’s a fine standalone episode, but being only marginally tied to the season arc there’s nothing of note you’d miss skipping this one.

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The Blacklist – The Four Guns

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The third episode of the latest season of The Blacklist continues the old home week theme, bringing back another character from the show’s 10 years on the air, but takes a break from the Wujing (Chin Han) season arc when the team discovers a threat to Senator Panabaker‘s (Deirdre Lovejoy) life. There are some nice twist and turns here involving a notorious group of pickpockets (who give the episode its title) and in the identity and motives of the assassin who hires them for the job. It is an interesting choice to cutaway at a few crucial moments in the episode to allow us to wonder just what actions Panabaker took off-screen prior to her rescue (and whether or not the career politician may have found a way to turn some vital information to her advantage).

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The Blacklist – The Night Owl / The Whaler

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  • Title: The Blacklist – The Night Owl / The Whaler
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The Blacklist returns for its Tenth Season, it’s second without Megan Boone, in a two-part episode centering around Wujing‘s (Chin Han) mission of revenge against Raymond Reddington (James Spader). “The Night Owl” alerts the task force to Wujing targeting former Blacklisters who Raymond fed to the task force, including the latest being held in an international black site on U.S. soil, and recruiting them to his cause. The second focuses on Wujing building up the money for a prolonged fight against Red making use of private poker games and corrupt officials to get his hands on his old resources.

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The Blacklist – Marvin Gerard, Conclusion

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  • Title: The Blacklist – Marvin Gerard, Conclusion: Part 1 & Part 2
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Season Nine of The Blacklist concludes with a two-part finale revealing Reddington‘s (James Spader) lawyer Marvin Gerard (Fisher Stevens) to be the man behind Elizabeth Keen‘s death and the recent attempts to steal Red’s criminal empire from under him. The first episode fills in the gap explaining reasons for Gerard’s choices, mostly jealousy over Red giving away what Gerard saw as rightfully his, through a series of flashbacks while Reddington and the task force both search for the man only to get in each other’s way. The two-parter ends in typical Blacklist fashion with Red getting his revenge while still helping the show reset the status quo and, as a bonus, lay the foundation for next season’s threat.

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