Last night, the fight between Red and Ian Garvey reached it’s end, and it was…something. I don’t know if I went into this episode with inflated expectations for an epic conclusion to a fight that’s been driving this whole season,…
‘The Blacklist’ 5×18 Review: ‘Zarak Mosadek’
This week’s new Blacklist “Zarak Mosadek” dropped an absolute bombshell. After Liz and Aram followed a lead on Ian Garvey, they discovered that he checked in on the same woman at a restaurant every day. Liz thought this meeting had…
‘The Blacklist’ 5×17 Review: ‘Anna Gracia Duerte’
In “Anna Gracia Duerte” The Blacklist tackled the sensitive topic of child brides and arranged marriages. “Anna Gracia Duerte” a 17 year old girl, was the target the Task Force was after. She had been a child bride, forced by…
‘The Blacklist’ 5×16 Review: ‘The Capricorn Killer’
This week’s episode, “The Capricorn Killer” may have been the most gruesome one that The Blacklist has ever delivered. The woman who Liz thought was just her FBI psychologist assigned to evaluate her for reinstatement into the bureau, turned out…
‘The Blacklist’ 5×15 Review: ‘Pattie Sue Edwards’
This week’s Blacklist, “Pattie Sue Edwards” was a solid episode. Not one of the season’s best, but still enjoyable. The most shocking moment came at the end of the episode when Detective Singleton was kidnapped and murdered by his boss, Ian…
‘The Blacklist’ 5×14 Review: ‘Mr. Raleigh Sinclair III’
The Blacklist returned last night with, “Mr. Raleigh Sinclair III” and they hit the ground running. Towards the end of the episode, Liz brought Detective Singleton into the Task Force’s headquarters to prove that her relationship with Reddington wasn’t something…
‘The Blacklist’ 5×13 Review: ‘The Invisible Hand’
Last night’s new episode “The Invisible Hand” was a somewhat lackluster “criminal of the week” episode that still managed to drop a couple of bomb shells and had a lot of enjoyable moments. Perhaps the two biggest revelations of “The…
‘The Blacklist’ 5×12 Review: ‘Tommy Wattles’
On this week’s The Blacklist “Tommy Wattles” Liz finally confronted Red about what he knew about Tom’s death and the secret he had uncovered. Red did his trademark evasion of the question, but a short talk with Dembe convinced him…
‘The Blacklist’ 5×11 Review: ‘Abraham Stern’
Last night in “Abraham Stern” The Blacklist celebrated 100 episodes. The tone of the episode reflected the celebration and happiness of the occasion, as we were treated to a much more lighthearted episode than is the norm for the series.…
‘The Blacklist’ 5×10 Review: ‘The Informant’
Ressler was front and center in almost every single scene of “The Informant” making it one of my favorite episodes of the season so far. Things finally came to a head with Henry Prescott, as Ressler had to decide whether…
‘The Blacklist’ 5×09 Review: ‘Ruin’
In last night’s all new The Blacklist, “Ruin,” Liz returned with a vengeance, single-handedly dispatching five members of a crime family who dared to attack her at her cabin in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness. In order to mourn…
‘The Blacklist’ 5×08 Review: ‘Ian Garvey’
Last night in the fall finale of The Blacklist “Ian Garvey” we said goodbye to Tom Keen for good. Viewers had an idea that it was coming due to all of the foreshadowing and ominous signals from the first half…
‘The Blacklist’ 5×07 Review: ‘The Kilgannon Corporation’
Last night’s emotional tour de force “The Kilgannon Corporation” was the best episode The Blacklist has ever done, and no I’m not exaggerating. The characters were perfectly balanced, the writing was spectacular, the plot was intense and emotional, and the…
‘The Blacklist’ 5×06 Review: ‘The Travel Agency’
Last night’s new episode of The Blacklist, “The Travel Agency” held steady with the blacklister-centric theme, focusing on a defunct crime ring of for-hire murderers. The blacklister was a former member of this crime ring, but after a job gone…
‘The Blacklist’ 5×05 Review: ‘Ilyas Surkov’
Last night’s new episode, “Ilyas Surkov’ was another enjoyable installment, potentially setting up some big revelations for the rest of the season. The promotion for “the death of one of our own” in “Ilyas Surkov” was a misdirection, as most…
‘The Blacklist’ 5×04 Review: ‘The Endling’
Last night’s new episode of The Blacklist “The Endling” was probably the most disturbing installment of the fifth season yet. It opened with the completely unnecessary and cruel murder of a race horse and his trainer in a barn fire.…
‘The Blacklist’ 5×03 Review: ‘Miss Rebecca Thrall’
Have The Blacklist writers finally listened to fans and returned to the old style of the show that focuses on everyone in the task force and a new blacklister every week? It seems like they might have, as “Miss Rebecca…
‘The Blacklist’ 5×02 Review: ‘Greyson Blaise’
Wednesday’s new episode “Greyson Blaise” proved once again that The Blacklist is at its best when it focuses on blacklisters and the task force, not family drama. Pretty much everyone had equal screen time, and the entire task force even…
‘The Blacklist’ 5×01 Review: ‘Smokey Putnam’
The Blacklist finally made its return last night, with the season 5 premiere, “Smokey Putnam.” The episode opened with Red stealing cars and generally having the time of his life. Now that his criminal empire has been destroyed, a huge…
Dave Gibbons Talks ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ and ‘Doctor Who
Following the unexpected but thrilling success of the first installment in the Kingsman franchise, fans were clamoring for a sequel. After about a three year wait, Kingsman: The Golden Circle finally hits theaters this coming Friday. In this film, The…
‘The Night Shift’ 4×09 Review: ‘Land Of The Free’
Last night’s episode of The Night Shift, “Land Of The Free” was an entertaining hour of television with an unexpectedly poignant story. The prisoner who was lose in the hospital trying to kill people was from an immigration detainment center.…
