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On Monday, Christina and I watched the last episode of The Blacklist, a TV show which ran from 2013 to 2023. We started watching Season 1 with the kids around 2015 and we loved it.
It’s about a special FBI Task Force set up to work with the most wanted criminal in the US, Raymond “Red” Reddington, in order to catch “blacklisters”, other dangerous criminals. During the show, we learn about the way the US and Russia work, about parenthood, criminal networks, politics and politicians, family and friendship. Sure, some of the characters were a bit boring but the main ones were very interesting, starting with…
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Raymond “Red” Reddington is the main characters (in the sense that everything revolves around him) and he has the intelligence, personality, elocution and talent to steal the show. Every scene he is in is fantastic and, despite being a hardened criminal, everyone root for him.
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Raymond’s sidekick is Dembe Zumma and he is a formidable character too. He is easily the most decent and dependable person in the show. He is so genuine that, even after having been Red’s bodyguard, he is admitted in later episodes as an FBI agent. In real life, he must be very nice to be friends with.
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Harold Cooper is an Assistant Director of the FBI and heads the Reddington task force. He is a methodical person who is nice to everyone despite facing enormous pressure. He is the glue that prevents everything from exploding.
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Elizabeth Keen is the FBI profiler who is initially brought in at the request of Raymond “Red” Reddington. Little by little, we come to understand that she and Raymond are linked and that, ultimately, she would have to leave the FBI to become Raymond’s heir. Unfortunately, things ended abruptly for her.
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Donald Ressler is the other FBI agent and is most of the time contradicting the others. He is a pain in the ass in many episodes but grow into becoming another very good and dependable person.
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Finally, I liked the Agnes Keen character as well. She is Elizabeth’s daughter and she is adopted by Harold Cooper who she calls Pops. She regularly gets the visit of Raymond Reddington who she calls Pinky.
So, farewell Raymond, Dembe, Harold, Elizabeth, Donald and Agnes.
Farewell also to the other recurring characters in the show such as Aram Mojtabai, Samar Navabi, Tom Keen, Alina Park, Mr. Kaplan, Cynthia Panabaker, Chuck, Brimley, Baz, Weecha Xiu, Siya Malik, Meera Malik, Herbie Hambright and, of course, Katarina Rostova (among others).
It was a wild ride and we highly recommend The Blacklist. Rated 8/10 by Christina and I.
We love you and will dearly be missed ❤️
My wife and I just finished watching Blacklist. Since Covid, we probably binged 20 different shows. BLACKLIST was my favorite…by far. James Spader’s role was exceptional. I couldn’t wait to get home from work to watch three episodes.
Thank you to the cast, especially Mr. Reddington, for excellent entertainment.
I loved every episode. Everyone was excellent in their part.
Thanks for your comments, Jill, Bryan and Lou.
I’m intrigued. How did you come across this blog post?
My daughter told me about Blacklist, been watching it on Netflix
Amazing show, just finished watching a time! Saw many nuances I missed first time around. I only wish one thing. More clarity on Red’s identity by the end. We’re left with lots of loose ends after 10 seasons as we leave a phenomenal show I will easily watch a third time!!!
Loved Backlist and Red. My dear friend, who passed way, introduced me to Backlist and I watched it with him in my heart. Great, great show and I want to thank the writers who kept everything moving in had me not miss a show.
It is the best series I have seen so far,and I love Red.I want it to
My husband and I love the show I’m glad my daughter told us about it, we’re season 10 episode 19 hate to see it end.
Don’t forget Glen aka Jellybean, I loved his character!
We loved this show. All of it. Sad to see it end.
You should have your work proof read before you publish it. I agree that it is a great show.
The best altime series ever at least for me. I never watch a movie or series more than once. I am currently on my fifth time watching all 11 seasons and that is saying so much about me and the show. There were 10 seasons on Netflix but the 11th season was filmed and released and for a while it was shown on Netflix but I don’t see it there now. I actually taped season 11 but I have to say it is not on par with the other seasons. Gotta go Raymond Red Redddington is calling
I’m intrigued.
I am wondering how Jill, Bryan Beaver, Lou, Carol Ann, Darv, Kenny Jackson, Nelly Beato, Carolyn, Andrea Silva, Joy, Scott and Larry Kaplan have found this post about The Black List.
I suppose that this post must have been shared in an online forum somewhere. I wonder which one?
I can say that it is nice to have commenters and comments… again :-)
Some writer speculation was that Raymond was actually Elizabeth mother and had a sex change out of left field just thought I would throw it out there
I watch it every day certain episodes. Can’t get enough of it. All of the cast are suited to the roll. James Spader IS Reddington no one else could do it.
Someone mentioned episode 11 how can we see it?