# The Blacklist Season 1 thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 24, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blacklist-season-1-thread/669561 "2013-09-24T03:10:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blacklist-season-1-thread/669561/101 "2014-01-10T23:23:27Z")
AFAIK we’re jut continuing season 1. I plan to post next Monday, the 13th after the new episode. > [@Bains\_Fan](#): > > Hope this isn’t off topic but, will this thread carry over into Series Two starting on the 13th? > > I missed most of Series One due to football, but definitely looking forward to the next!! ---
**Author:** ![Bains\_Fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Bains\_Fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bains_Fan)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blacklist-season-1-thread/669561/102 "2014-01-12T01:06:18Z")
> [@Zago](#): > > Bains Fan, if you have Comcast you can watch the Series One episodes on On Demand for free. > > So far I’m hooked but it’s because James Spader is so much fun to watch. I hope the writing and acting is better next time around. Appreciate that, but I don’t have the “on demand” function. I agree about Spader. He is the reason I started watching the show. See you on the Series Two thread! ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blacklist-season-1-thread/669561/103 "2014-01-14T04:55:50Z")
I thought the psycho tonight was the best one yet. So clever having a victim of abuse inflict the identical injuries on the assholes that beat their families. Reddington turned into a serial killer in this episode. I wonder how the cops overlooked all those bodies? I hope Reddington doesn’t turn himself in again and get that tracker chip. I like him better running free to investigate. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blacklist-season-1-thread/669561/104 "2014-01-14T05:06:14Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I thought the psycho tonight was the best one yet. I’m assuming you did that on purpose. I was gonna go with something like --Norman Bates called. He wants his plot back. I could really do without the graphic violence. Not sure exactly what they showed for the eye torture–I chose to go let the dogs out while that was going on. Who was the guy Red killed with the plastic bag? Had we seen him before? I’m wishing I hadn’t deleted the last episode now. Wasn’t Alan Alda involved in torturing Red? And now he’s a Senator? What’s up with that? That said, the bulk of this episode was Spader being awesome. I chuckled when he shot the guy with the cigar in his mouth. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blacklist-season-1-thread/669561/105 "2014-01-14T05:21:19Z")
The violence was pretty graphic. Thankfully I was in the kitchen loading the dishwasher when Norman started the torture of that last guy. I heard it and that was bad enough. Plastic bag guy was the traitor in Reddington’s organization. I don’t recall seeing him before. They did steal quite a bit from Psycho. Except wasn’t the mom still alive? I think her eyes were moving? I wonder how Reddington plans to deal with Alan Alda? He must know Crowley is a Senator. He can’t just walk up to a Senator and shoot him. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blacklist-season-1-thread/669561/106 "2014-01-14T05:48:11Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > They did steal quite a bit from Psycho. Err, not really. Other than the son living with his mother, I don’t see any similarities between Frank Whaley’s character and Norman Bates. (And in Norman’s case, it was his mother’s dead and mummified body.) They didn’t show anything for the eye scene. Whaley held up some instrument close to the guy’s eye and then the camera cut away as he screamed. ---
**Author:** ![Bains\_Fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Bains\_Fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bains_Fan)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blacklist-season-1-thread/669561/107 "2014-01-14T17:14:31Z")
I’ll just say this. It was one bad ass opener! Red was killing everybody!!! ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blacklist-season-1-thread/669561/108 "2014-01-15T03:44:34Z")
I can’t remember the last time I had to close my eyes for a show or movie, but this one definitely did it. The torturer (who was he, by the way? I recognized his face) collapsing lungs and such… and then the detached retina… arrrgh. O.O Based on the series up until now, I’ve just sorta accepted that this occurs in an alternate D.C. where body counts are not really much of a thing to anyone, so Red’s killing everyone is barely noticeable. I mean, seriously, did you notice the piles of corpses from the first half of the season? Meanwhile, James Spader continues to be the reason I watch this show. I really could do without everyone else, but watching him be a bad-ass? Spellbinding. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blacklist-season-1-thread/669561/109 "2014-01-15T09:30:49Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > I can’t remember the last time I had to close my eyes for a show or movie, but this one definitely did it. The torturer (who was he, by the way? I recognized his face) collapsing lungs and such… and then the detached retina… arrrgh. O.O Actually, considering some of the horrible gore so far on this show, this episode was pretty tame. The lung collapse was shown from the opposite side of the body so you hear the impact and the scream but don’t actually see anything. The retina detach was a scene of a tool headed for the guy’s eye and then a scene change. When we come back to that victim his eye is bloody but not mangled. The Good Samaritan was Brett from Pulp Fiction. I always knew he was a smart muthafucka. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blacklist-season-1-thread/669561/110 "2014-01-21T07:12:33Z")
The Alchemist had quite a few plot holes and as usual, turned the FBI into the Keystone Cops. The worst was when the agents rush to the guy’s ex-wife house and didn’t instantly see through the charade. Switching out victims and taging crime scenes is what the The Alchemist does for a living. I’m curious who sent the substitute teacher to Liz’s house. Is this Apple Guys new attempt to track her? Did Red send her? Lots of possibilities. So Red learns who the mole is in the final seconds. Come back next week to learn more. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blacklist-season-1-thread/669561/111 "2014-01-28T04:49:48Z")
It’s straining credibility that Red could get away with killing Diane Fowler, a United States Assistant Attorney General. Killing or making such a high ranking Justice Dept official just disappear will create a major shit storm. Red’s clean up lady may be good, but if anyone checks those walls with luminol. They’ll find blood splatter. It’s amazing how deaf, blind and stupid the press is in this blood thirsty show. I liked this episode. It was so much better than last weeks hot mess. At least the FBI seemed some what competent. Ressler was a crash test dummy again this week. That guy shows pain so well. LOL I’m not sure why bad guy in a suit stuck around to fight with Lizzie. He should have snuck out the back door. Did the Fertility doctor die from his gunshot? Such a creepy ending with that smirking about making all those surrogate babies. I think the show is making a lot of mistakes. So far every person on The Blacklist has died or been captured. Once in awhile one of the bad guys should get away. Also, I think the show really needs experienced actors like Jane Alexander to play against a great actor like Spader. It’s a mistake to just casually kill off a two time Emmy winner for the shock value. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blacklist-season-1-thread/669561/112 "2014-01-28T06:18:13Z")
I found a Blacklist Wiki. They have a character list, dead character list, people Red killed and episode list. > **[Season 1 Characters](https://the-blacklist.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Season_1_Characters)** ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blacklist-season-1-thread/669561/113 "2014-01-28T12:32:13Z")
They have taken lots of risks. Theyvhave succeeded. Anyway, Alan Alda is enough. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blacklist-season-1-thread/669561/114 "2014-01-29T15:29:45Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > It’s straining credibility that Red could get away with killing Diane Fowler, a United States Assistant Attorney General. Killing or making such a high ranking Justice Dept official just disappear will create a major shit storm. Red’s clean up lady may be good, but \*\*if anyone checks those walls with luminol they’ll find blood splatter. \*\* Um, so what? People knowing she was killed has nothing to do with Red and as far as anyone knows he’s not connected to her in anyway, so who’s coming by to ask him any questions (even if they could locate him)? And no body, murder weapon, or definite suspect is a hell of a stumbling block to an investigation. Heck, take the chair and the rug beneath it, replace them with similar used items, and there’s no reason to think she died at home. And if this was a Friday night on the show, it’s days before people notice she’s missing. The press would speculate for about a week, do another round of stories when she was replaced, and forget her. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blacklist-season-1-thread/669561/115 "2014-01-29T16:52:32Z")
The biggest problem is still Lizzie. The character isn’t well written (possibly the worst profiler on tv ever and it’s a pretty low bar) and the actress is mediocre and doesn’t have the ability to do anything with the material than stand around with her chin thrust out and her mouth half open. It’s just so much fun to watch Spader. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blacklist-season-1-thread/669561/116 "2014-01-29T17:54:28Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > It’s just so much fun to watch Spader. Which is what I do. I don’t give a shit about Lizzie’s relationship with her husband, so I putter around on the computer and look up at the TV every time I hear James Spader’s voice. It’s really the best way to enjoy the show. ---
**Author:** ![soulburnz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@soulburnz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulburnz)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blacklist-season-1-thread/669561/117 "2014-01-30T06:52:11Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > The biggest problem is still Lizzie. The character isn’t well written (possibly the worst profiler on tv ever and it’s a pretty low bar) and the actress is mediocre and doesn’t have the ability to do anything with the material than stand around with her chin thrust out and her mouth half open. > > It’s just so much fun to watch Spader. I totally agree with Lizzie being lame, especially knowing that the actress is wearing a wig. That makes her seem even more like a “Stepford Agent”. It was also pretty inept when the suspect ran right out into traffic. I think I have seen that “plot device” 3 times in the past few weeks, on different shows. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blacklist-season-1-thread/669561/118 "2014-02-03T06:42:01Z")
Did they ever happen to mention how the woman from the very beginning of the episode managed to get out of Ye Olde House of Breeding in the first place? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blacklist-season-1-thread/669561/119 "2014-02-25T04:11:29Z")
Nice return for the show. Have they given Liz a new background? She seemed very comfortable as a pickpocket and opening up that safe. At the end she was palming that card like a pro. That special team leader never gets any respect. First Diane Fowler bosses him around. Now the high ups shut down his investigation of Fowler’s death. I like Elizabeth Bennet as the super thief lady. She plays off Red real well. I hope we see her again. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blacklist-season-1-thread/669561/120 "2014-02-25T04:21:24Z")
correction: that was Jennifer Ehle. her character on _Pride and Prejudice_ is Elizabeth Bennet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blacklist-season-1-thread/669561.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blacklist-season-1-thread/669561.md?page=7)