Review of The Postman (No. 173)

The previous storyline was seemingly put a bit on hold with investigations of Red's actions in the previous episodes following later, which seems to be a bit weird for a government organization. But damn good episode: even though it seems to follow the classic Blacklist-structure more, it clearly actually addresses the Harold-Red relation by Red showing that a man who is innocent can become a criminal later on. This is of course what happened to "Raymond Reddington" as far as we know. Clearly Red created this situation to make Harold understand him better. Really like the Herbie addition too, brings a bit weird humor into the series haha. The story surrounding Ressler and him helping another federal addict is also done quite well and smooth; previously this was in my opinion done a bit too much in your face... now it actually fits quite well in the story and his character development. Actually, also Agnes got quite some screen-time, also in the last few episode, which in this episode was seemingly done as a metaphor of how a bad man can still be good. Also thus to make Harold understand Red better.

So, this episode was more of a filler-episode, but totally not wasted by actually deepening the character development of Harold, Red and Ressler and introducing Herbie as proby of the Post Office Team.

Honestly hope that Agnes is gonna play a larger role in the story and that Red's health is gonna be addressed more. Also, why was he sick in the previous seasons and now seems to be completely fine.... ?! Just to allow for this season to happen? I actually hope that the series will end with Red rounding up the big enemy it all began with: The Cabal.