The Blacklist 7x05 Thoughts
Nov. 14th, 2019 07:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
iariaNorman Devane (No. 138)
+ I do like that we are finally getting back to some dropped plotlines - Red's illness and the Stranger. I don't think Red is going to die from this mystery illness but at the same time I could see them doing a temporary fix and them having him die in the final episode. I wonder if the person Katarina hired Devane for was actually a cover and she's trying to help Red. I also can't help but think back to Konstantin and his genetic illness and if Red's relates back to him? What if what he whispered in Konstantin's ear to save his life was "I'm your brother"?
+ Once again such a lack of Red/Liz. They get a phone call and that's it. If this really is Red very purposefully keeping his distance from Liz - because of Katarina, because of Dom's shooting, because of her turning him in, because of Agnes being home, because of his illness or all of the above - than I wish the show would address it! Plus considering how important Red is to Liz and how much she wants him in her life at the very least we should be getting some discontent from her about it.
+ Red accidentally shooting the hacker made me both laugh and go 'wtf!' Everyone's reactions to it were great and I loved the scene but at the same time - what the hell, Red?!
+ This episode did the thing that it keeps doing - leaving Liz behind to deal with some random/unneeded task while sending Ressler off alone to get into a fight with (and capture) a bad guy - and I hate it so much. This time it actually had the reasoning of needing them separate so Ressler could go off and learn a Red secret but there was a better way to do that.
+ I loved Liz being supportive of Aram's new relationship, and her and Ressler's cheerfully gossiping/teasing Aram over it was very cute.
+ Liz being happy for Aram moving on did make me think of how she hasn't yet. Tom died two seasons ago (+ the time jump) and yet there's been no hint of her considering doing the same thing. They even seemed to have stepped back from Liz/Ressler.
+ The whole scene where Red waylays Ressler was great. I loved Ressler handcuffing himself to Devane and then turning Red's own words back on him. Very cute.
+ Aram and Elodie crashing that wedding and 'happening' to get the Bloom name tags was too contrived to be a believable coincidence for me. Either it was bad writing or they're trying to lay groundwork that there is something more to Elodie then it seems. I'm actually hoping it's the former because we're already been here with Aram but at the same, meh.
+ I'm not sure that I buy Ressler didn't peak into Red's file but him keeping it from Liz because she's currently happy is a terrible idea.
+ I do like that we are finally getting back to some dropped plotlines - Red's illness and the Stranger. I don't think Red is going to die from this mystery illness but at the same time I could see them doing a temporary fix and them having him die in the final episode. I wonder if the person Katarina hired Devane for was actually a cover and she's trying to help Red. I also can't help but think back to Konstantin and his genetic illness and if Red's relates back to him? What if what he whispered in Konstantin's ear to save his life was "I'm your brother"?
+ Once again such a lack of Red/Liz. They get a phone call and that's it. If this really is Red very purposefully keeping his distance from Liz - because of Katarina, because of Dom's shooting, because of her turning him in, because of Agnes being home, because of his illness or all of the above - than I wish the show would address it! Plus considering how important Red is to Liz and how much she wants him in her life at the very least we should be getting some discontent from her about it.
+ Red accidentally shooting the hacker made me both laugh and go 'wtf!' Everyone's reactions to it were great and I loved the scene but at the same time - what the hell, Red?!
+ This episode did the thing that it keeps doing - leaving Liz behind to deal with some random/unneeded task while sending Ressler off alone to get into a fight with (and capture) a bad guy - and I hate it so much. This time it actually had the reasoning of needing them separate so Ressler could go off and learn a Red secret but there was a better way to do that.
+ I loved Liz being supportive of Aram's new relationship, and her and Ressler's cheerfully gossiping/teasing Aram over it was very cute.
+ Liz being happy for Aram moving on did make me think of how she hasn't yet. Tom died two seasons ago (+ the time jump) and yet there's been no hint of her considering doing the same thing. They even seemed to have stepped back from Liz/Ressler.
+ The whole scene where Red waylays Ressler was great. I loved Ressler handcuffing himself to Devane and then turning Red's own words back on him. Very cute.
+ Aram and Elodie crashing that wedding and 'happening' to get the Bloom name tags was too contrived to be a believable coincidence for me. Either it was bad writing or they're trying to lay groundwork that there is something more to Elodie then it seems. I'm actually hoping it's the former because we're already been here with Aram but at the same, meh.
+ I'm not sure that I buy Ressler didn't peak into Red's file but him keeping it from Liz because she's currently happy is a terrible idea.
