Good to see Robert Knepper (Prison Break) again. I wish they would have utilized his talent a bit more in the episode. I’m still watching.
I’m still watching as well, but Liz’s wig is driving my wife crazy. Why do the producers have her wearing that thing? Why not just start the show with her regular hair - or at least let her have a haircut in the show?
I should have known Lizzie’s husbands story wouldn’t get wrapped up. If anything it’s even more complicated now than before. I hope she hasn’t been totally fooled into thinking he’s a patsy.
I am having trouble believing any agent could go through what the husband has. Tortured, knifed, and then held in the FBI’s ultra scary interrogation unit. This guy never once blinked. That has to be one very dedicated agent. In some ways he reminds me of the way Reddington responded to the FBI interrogation unit. Somebody pretty smart seems to be out maneuvering Reddington. They’ve neatly framed Reddington so that Liz hates him.
I rolled my eyes when newbie agent Liz goes into the bathroom to fight a terrorist assassin. The same assassin that beat the living crap out of the male FBI agent in the elevator. Agent Liz had a snowballs chance in H of winning that fight.
So, bets on who hubby is? There are two options. Firstly, he is innocent. Or secondly, he is some super knowledgable guy who knew what was going to happen and played it well. Otherwise, if he was just ordinary CIA guy, he would have broken.
Oh that was such bullshit. First, who let’s the stupid bitch run in there with a picture of him and second, who is stupid enough to let him go on the super-terrorist simple denial that she knows him. If I didn’t like James Spader so much I’d be tempted to shitcan this show.
I think the writers have taken “innocent” off the table by having the Apple Eating Guy (a really lame shout-out to Mulder’s Cigarette Smoking Man) wonder aloud who he works for.
The whole thing played out as Tom realizing his cover was blown (which was easy because Liz really, really does suck) and his confrontation with Liz was him getting ahead of her investigation, and reversing Red’s play to expose him.
Firstly, the whole initiating argument was stupid. He’s upset because he found a box containing guns, money, and numerous fake IDs with his picture?! What diabolical scheme could my wife be up to, with this box that has no apparent connection to her, and numerous links to me? It’s like Liz came home and found a strange woman in the bed, and Tom walks out of the bathroom and demands Liz explain who the woman is and how she got there. “What? I was in the shower! Which I had to take after doing the breakfast dishes! The breakfast I <manly hipster sob> made for you!”
I get that Tom was stabbed, but when did Liz suffer the debilitating brain injury that makes her buy this crap? Is it related to her throwing a damned tantrum every week as well?
The list may be black, but they can color me gone - I’m out.
Yeah, I’m starting to doubt that the writers have a plan. There are now at least three secret factions on the show. Reddington and his group with whatever their master plan is, Tom and whoever is pulling his strings, and the Apple-Eating Guy and his group, since his statements confirm he is watching Tom but not working for Reddington. He might be a part of the government, but if so, he’s not affiliated with Lizzy’s bosses.
Also, my wife made a really great point that everyone on the show missed: There is no way Tom was going on an interview at an exclusive prep school in that photo, wearing a windbreaker and baseball cap. Those were clothes you wear to blend in, not impress a headmaster. That pokes a massive hole in his story.
I can’t believe Lizzie still hasn’t checked her house for surveillance equipment. I cringed when she got romantic with her husband. I’m glad they didn’t show the apple guy watching. creepy
So Lizzie finally gets chewed out for her mistakes. Letting a mass murderer escape to save one hostage was inexcusable. She needed a good butt chewing.
Why did Red wait all these years to blow up his old house? That seemed to come out of nowhere.
It seemed like it only recently came on the market. Seems to me he wouldn’t blow the house up with some other family living in it.
Yes, the lady mentioned that when she was trying to cheer him up.
Though why a man with his resources couldn’t have acquired it long ago, I dunno.
I assumed that the “let’s remodel!” thing was going to lead to finding the bugs. Apparently not. Or not yet, anyway.
Well, Red killed someone on screen. No question now that he’s a redeemable character. They’ve hinted that he was a really bad guy but there’s no doubt anymore. Not only did her kill Liz’s adopted father but he used the death to worm himself back into her personal life.
I hope the goofs at the FBI monitor Red’s database queries. They should keep up with who he’s looking up in their files.
It’s kind of predictable that a big enemy is coming out of the woodwork. Red’s in danger next week. At least for one episode. I bet by the next one he’s back to his old smug self.
They more or less telegraphed him being her real father this episode. Makes me think he in fact is not.
Also, who was the girl whose record he was checking?
If you listened to the dialog, I think you will pick up on the fact that adopted father asked to be put out of his misery, and Red did it as a favor. Plus, it was obvious this was not something he wanted to do.
Also, at the end, when he asks her for nice memories of the father, my guess is he too needed some kind of closure and wanted to hear good things about his old friend.
So yeah, not exactly legal nor fun, but I don’t think it was a cold blooded murder for nefarious reasons.
I agree with DMark - I think Red is perfectly capable of cold-blooded murder, but I don’t think that was an example of it.
ETA: I loved the scene with Red and the husband, with Red letting the husband know that he knows exactly who he is and what he’s doing, and Red is watching his every move. 
Didn’t see last night yet …
Question about the gun. OK, more a question about the writers.
No pro is going to keep a gun from a murder like Angel Station so the fact that hubby has it is practically proof-positive it’s a set-up. Or is it a cheat by the writers to get us suspicious of the husband?
And who is the girl in the pic from the Stewmaker. I don’t think it’s Redd daughter otherwise it would have come up. Speaking of that, where is Redd’s family? No one in the FBI is thinking of asking them about Keene?
The adopted dad’s killing may of been a mercy killing. The writers made it clear he didn’t want to suffer needlessly for six weeks. But, Red also said, “I can’t let you tell Lizzie anything”.
I can’t help liking Red. Spader does such a good job of playing him and keeping us guessing about his real motivations. Spader is the reason I watch the Blacklist.
I’ve wondered about the Angel Station gun too. Also the husband wasn’t dressed formally for a important job interview. So far the writers have ignored that. I’d like to think the CIA lady is still suspicious of the husband. She kept glaring at him when he was released from custody. I’m just not sure if the writing on this show is that sophisticated. We’ll find out as things move along.
I’m not sure about the writing, either - I think every one of us was calling Red as Lizzie’s father from the first five minutes of the show - if they go that way, I will be severely disappointed.
So was the girl who Red looked up (using a number he got as payment for decrypting the email for the Chinese) the same one in the photo he got from the Stewmaker?
That’s was my question and assumption too. I’m was assuming that they swapped kids but the fact that there was no mention of this girl as the dad was dying would seem to argue against that - well, maybe.