This episode begins with a news broadcast that Liz has been shot to death, this was a 12 hour flashforward. Red has a new name on The Blacklist, Wendigo wants to assasin Liz. Red needs Ressler his help for this case. Red his man got shot down in front of Liz, Liz escaped in a stolen car. Ressler has a hearing about Liz, he says that Liz isn't a terrorist. Red found Wendigo's gunmaker. Liz is chasing down Wendigo, Red tries to save Wendigo but he fell down. There is a bounty on Liz her head, more assasins are coming. Vargas tells red that Dembe was killed he lies. Red shot the gunmaker down after he got the name. Peter is also at the hearing about Liz. Vargas trapped Liz and Red in Solomons trap, they got surrounded by 5 man. Tom is slowly infiltrating in Karakurt his organization, trough Asher Sutton. Dembe shot down Solomons man, Red shot down Vargas. Dembe was taken to the hospital. Mr Kaplan helps to fake Liz her death. Tom kills one of Karakurt his man. Red and Liz pay Arioch Cain a visit, his daughter set up a site because she thinks Liz killed her mother at the OREA bombing. Blair took down the bounty on Liz her head. Hitchin wants that the CIA and FBI work together, Ressler didn't like this. Really great episode of The Blacklist Season 3, this episode was full of action and some amazing scenes.
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Wanted: Dead or Dead
Hitchcoc15 November 2022
A pay for murder group sets out to have Liz killed. The guy who organizes this is brought in. But it is a two key system where another person, the one who decided who should be killed, has to agree to take the site down. Meanwhile, Liz and Red are running for their lives. They also know that Dembe must be found. They end up in an ambush with interesting results. The Feds, as usual, have made up their minds and are putting the special unit on notice. Tom is also out there, meeting some rich kid who may be able to help with Liz. The new bad guy, Solomon, is out there. He is so smug and slimy, but makes a really good villain.
The Storyline Feels a Little Flat
frankelee4 February 2024
Warning: Spoilers
They built up the Fulcrum as this big thing that would change the world and reveal the crimes of those in power. But not only have we not seen a single person actually taken down by its release, but it's so un-momentous that the Director of the CIA is allowed to keep his job after being implicated in it. I know this isn't the real world, but Presidents do not risk their necks for bureaucrats in the intelligence agencies, they are fungible assets there to do their jobs and not cause headaches. He's not even suspended with pay!
It kind of makes the whole thing seem pointless. Why was anybody worried about the Fulcrum, Reddington, or Lizzie if it all amounts to a nothing burger, non-scandal that harms no one? A gigantic swing and a miss. They should have made its release be momentous. Instead, who cares? The only way I've ever seen anyone take anyone else down in this world is barge in the door with guns out and then murder them. Raymond could have just shot the Director when he was in his house last season. What difference would it have made? He wouldn't be in any more or less danger as a result of it.
It's a problem with this show, you can see the rails. It's an exciting spy adventure every week, but every twist and turn leads to a very obvious, foregone conclusion. Raymond releases the Fulcrum and the world yawns. Reddington gets captured but Dembe shows up (apparently still nursing a gunshot wound he received I don't even know how long ago) and guns down a dozen guys instantly. New bad guy Solomon is there but he doesn't get gunned down because he runs for the door 20 yards away while everybody else just has to stand there getting shot (which made me laugh). Also did Paul Reubens pretend to be tortured with Dembe, only to murder the guards and escape with Dembe, all so Dembe could tell him the secret way to contact Reddington, and then shoot him? A rogue assassin working freelance for Bitcoins found Lizzie no problem, why did the Cabal have to go to so much effort to find Reddington (in exactly the same spot)?
Tom befriending a billionaire's son so he could murder a mobster to then apparently become a mobster was fun. However it works, they didn't explain it yet.
It kind of makes the whole thing seem pointless. Why was anybody worried about the Fulcrum, Reddington, or Lizzie if it all amounts to a nothing burger, non-scandal that harms no one? A gigantic swing and a miss. They should have made its release be momentous. Instead, who cares? The only way I've ever seen anyone take anyone else down in this world is barge in the door with guns out and then murder them. Raymond could have just shot the Director when he was in his house last season. What difference would it have made? He wouldn't be in any more or less danger as a result of it.
It's a problem with this show, you can see the rails. It's an exciting spy adventure every week, but every twist and turn leads to a very obvious, foregone conclusion. Raymond releases the Fulcrum and the world yawns. Reddington gets captured but Dembe shows up (apparently still nursing a gunshot wound he received I don't even know how long ago) and guns down a dozen guys instantly. New bad guy Solomon is there but he doesn't get gunned down because he runs for the door 20 yards away while everybody else just has to stand there getting shot (which made me laugh). Also did Paul Reubens pretend to be tortured with Dembe, only to murder the guards and escape with Dembe, all so Dembe could tell him the secret way to contact Reddington, and then shoot him? A rogue assassin working freelance for Bitcoins found Lizzie no problem, why did the Cabal have to go to so much effort to find Reddington (in exactly the same spot)?
Tom befriending a billionaire's son so he could murder a mobster to then apparently become a mobster was fun. However it works, they didn't explain it yet.
Good Show...this episode was a 3 star compared to the others though
acidnat13 February 2016
Watching Season 3 after half a year's break. Good stuff so far. This particular episode needed a comment coz it felt like something was terribly amiss.
The story was there...the continuity was there...perhaps the editing of action sequences or the X hours earlier cliché or the short frames of storyline that were built up over prior episodes...something was different in this episode. Not in a good way in my eyes.
You might find it different...coz its an episode not to miss in the Season 3 continuity storyline. I am gonna hold myself back from any spoilers...so watch it yourselves and share your thoughts.
Acting from Liz and Reddington is great as always...its the post production editing or perhaps the initial storyboard itself that made this episode feel choppy
The story was there...the continuity was there...perhaps the editing of action sequences or the X hours earlier cliché or the short frames of storyline that were built up over prior episodes...something was different in this episode. Not in a good way in my eyes.
You might find it different...coz its an episode not to miss in the Season 3 continuity storyline. I am gonna hold myself back from any spoilers...so watch it yourselves and share your thoughts.
Acting from Liz and Reddington is great as always...its the post production editing or perhaps the initial storyboard itself that made this episode feel choppy
Writers are Awful
youdontknowjacque26 April 2023
It's difficult to decide if the writers are that terrible or if Keen is meant to be the stupidest person, much less FBI agent on the planet. With a 700k bounty on her head, the writers thought after bleaching her hair, then being filmed with ethat hair, it makes perfect sense for her to walk through town no hats, no sunglasses, no CCTV worries! Agent Keen of course still knows more than anyone, despite the absurdity this. Makes one feel joining the FBI is not only attainable by any high school graduate but is also worrisome if this is how utterly foolish those who make it through Quantico are.
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