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…
‘The Blacklist 4×21 & 22 Review: ‘Mr. Kaplan’ & ‘Mr. Kaplan: Conclusion’
As The Blacklist does best, last night’s two part finale, “Mr. Kaplan” and “Mr. Kaplan: Conclusion” gave us answers without completely giving us answers. In “Conclusion” it seemed like they had finally answered if Red is Liz’s father or not,…
‘The Blacklist’ 4×20 Review: ‘The Debt Collector’
Last night’s episode “The Debt Collector” was the last before the 2 hour season finale next week. Ressler was out of jail on O.R. (own recognizance) which was a term that I wasn’t familiar with, so I looked it up…
'The Blacklist' Renewed for Season 5
As we continue to reel and seethe following NBC’s decision to cancel the well-performing Timeless, the network continues to hand out renewals following the pickups of Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Chicago Med, Taken, and Blindspot on Wednesday. The latest show…
‘The Blacklist’: 4×19 Review: ‘Dr. Bogdan Krilov’
So, those of you who regularly read my reviews will know that I love Ressler more than almost anything in this world, and I have so many feelings about what happened to him in “Dr. Bogdan Krilov” last night. I…
‘The Blacklist’: 4×18 Review: ‘Philomena’
So I was expecting a lot from “Philomena” and I guess for me, it kind of fell flat. I was expecting things to really start escalating with the fight between Kate and Red, but it was pretty much just another…
