The Blacklist [NBC - US] [** Spoilers **]

Richard Dower

Deffo reminds me of Hannibal/Silence Of The Lambs....with added The Following. But James Spader is great and the promo...though its like watching the first episode in 4 minutes was pretty good.

Megan Boone...i thought i was watching Lois Lane from Smallville! Erica Durance :eek: ...or the actress who played her sister on the show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9_qgX7pTlc

Probably a pass from me though.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/13/the-blacklist-megan-boone_n_3268494.html

JP Liz V1

Parminder Nagra joins

http://tvline.com/2013/07/18/the-blacklist-preview-new-show-nbc-fall-2013/

^ Review of pilot seems good

JP Liz V1

Sky Living has picked this up and it is suppose to air here in October

cena

Anyone watch this yet. Starting on sky this week.

Mr E

Starts tonight in the States, Friday (Sky On Demand), and October 4th on Sky Living.

Mr E

Threads merged.

JP Liz V1

Marje wrote: »

The Blacklist will start on Sky Living 04 October at 9pm.

:cool:

Mr E

I liked it a lot. Somewhat implausible, but a good cast and James Spader was hamming it up nicely. Something tells me that

Lizzie's husband

is on the blacklist.

I'll watch a few more....

Torqay

Mr E wrote: »

I liked it a lot. Somewhat implausible, but a good cast and James Spader was hamming it up nicely. Something tells me that

Lizzie's husband

is on the blacklist.

I'll watch a few more....

Great idea, let's make a TV Show based on Jimmy Spader's sh*tlist.

Implausible alright, but it's got some potential (unlike this other piece of garbage I just warched, Hostage. God only knows why Toni Collete has signed up for this).

Hubby surely has to answer for the hidden cash, gun and passports

.

JP Liz V1

Very Alias vibe opening episode to me and enjoyable, Spader is great perfectly cast imo, not too keen on Megan Boone yet as the female lead Liz, I don't think Redd is her father

Tom.D.BJJ

I liked it for the most part, but i think it's a little forumlaic. It's crime/villian of the week in present time, with a flashback to push the overall story arc forward. That's been done to death at this stage, but it's certainly better than The Following anyway. I'll give it a few more episodes because i like Spader.

Bring back Rubicon :pac:

krustydoyle

I enjoyed the opening episode.
It just seems a bit stylish or something.
Spader is a cool character but how long
can they

drag the list out for?

Ill stick with it but theres too many decent shows on atm

It's pretty much this seasons mismatched cop drama where a pair of mismatched and at odds people find themselves thrown together to save the day. Spader is excellent and obviously having a blast though you have to wonder just who thought it was a good idea to dress him up like The Shadow. He looked ridicolous and almost as if he'd stumbled out of some 1930s crime drama b

The plot is ridicolous and the various plot strands are interesting though I really hope that they throw away the whole parental relationship aspect as its the shows least interesting. And I'm sure that this is the kind of show that will dangle one answer before us only a week later to tell us that it was just a bluff and the real truth is sometying completely different.

One thing I can't get over is just how much it reminds me of the Lector novels. It's pretty much the further adventures of Clarice and Hannibal as they solve crime and work out their issues.

expectationlost

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Very Alias vibe opening episode to me and enjoyable, Spader is great perfectly cast imo, not too keen on Megan Boone yet as the female lead Liz, I don't think Redd is her father

no but a partner of his father maybe got him killed?

Lirange

Deleted User wrote: »

One thing I can't get over is just how much it reminds me of the Lector novels. It's pretty much the further adventures of Clarice and Hannibal as they solve crime and work out their issues.

That's true although one main difference was that Lecter was more homicidal and salt of the earth. Conversely, Red seems to be more of the upscale espionage/money laundering/extortionist/have others do my dirty work sort of criminal.

Lirange

Lirange wrote: »

That's true although one main difference was that Lecter was more homicidal whereas Red seems to be more of the upscale money laundering/extortionist/have others do my dirty work sort of criminal.

I was referring more to the relationship between the two and how it played out rather than the characters being the same.

DeWitt

Head over heels for this. I've watched the pilot 3 times now, and each time I like it more.

sioda

Loving this Spader rocks new eats every scene. Just keep waiting for Denny Crane to pop out

Torqay

Lizzy is using Linux ... smart gal.

groovie

Loved the pilot, as long as Spader keeps the ham in check, should be a keeper.

squonk

Definitely has legs does this show. Spader is always great and it looks to be ramping up nicely.

Mr E

It got a back 9 order, bringing it up to a full season of 22.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=109808

sioda

Great news

groovie

I loved the pilot but with the 'additions' in episode 2 I am beginning to have some doubts. Then there's the spader laugh, it took all of 6 seconds in epi 2 before he did it, it's a little annoying tbh.
Still having Isabella Rossellini in the show was a classy touch. ( she may be in lots of shows for all I know)

7 minutes into episode 2 and I want to sit down with people behind the show and slap them till they understand that if you can't afford convincing CGI then don't resort to cheap, mid 90s level CGI that the SyFy channel would call laughable. The helicopter in flight and the train crash looked like they were lifted from some PS1 launch title.

Not a bad second episode and already the cracks are visable around the edges. Spacer is a lot of fun though much like in Hostages you wish that he was a little less smug. Lizzie is, well Lizzie is one of those too cool for school characters whose played with such a cold lack of emotion that you simply can't warm to her. I don't care about her as a character or her history.

The writing in episode 2 was a step down from the pilot and if it took you more than 30 seconds to realise who the villain is then you must have only recently acquired a TV for the first time. At 13 or so episodes per season I could see The Blacklist being something far more interesting but at 22 Im not sure that I can get all that invested or interested, unless of course the writing seriously improves.

Torqay

"Stung by a Manta Ray"

groovie

I am coming to the conclusion that the villain of the week thingy is just a ruse, and that Reddington has a big score planned. This could get really good.

mmm Apples

Episode 3, much like number 2 was something of a mixed bag. The overall story is shaping up nicely and it's obvious that Reddington has something major in the works and isdimply working the FBI to furthur his agenda. I'm thinking that the apple man may be Keen's dad though I'd much prefer if they did something a little less generic.

jack presley

I can see this getting a bit repetitive, especially if it's going to be a 22 episode season. The whole relationship between the two of them is interesting and the husband story as well but if every week they manage to capture/kill someone on the list in the last 5 minutes of the episode, it's going to get a bit boring.

I suppose that's the problem with network shows, everything has to be wrapped up in successfully in the hour.

Patty O Furniture

sioda wrote: »

Loving this Spader rocks new eats every scene. Just keep waiting for Denny Crane to pop out

Couldn't help it, The name's Crane, Denny Crane:

jack presley wrote: »

I can see this getting a bit repetitive, especially if it's going to be a 22 episode season. The whole relationship between the two of them is interesting and the husband story as well but if every week they manage to capture/kill someone on the list in the last 5 minutes of the episode, it's going to get a bit boring.

I suppose that's the problem with network shows, everything has to be wrapped up in successfully in the hour.

Loving the story, but the backstory on the husband & shady past will probably be used as leverage on Lizzy nearer the end?

Heckler

Premise is ok if a bit silence of the lambs. can't warm to the lead at all. find her bland as hell. totally forgettable.

groovie

It's getting harder to ignore the elephant in the room though? Whatever happened to his wife and daughter, why aren't they being used as leverage against him. It doesn't add up.

FloatingVoter

groovie wrote: »

It's getting harder to ignore the elephant in the room though? Whatever happened to his wife and daughter, why aren't they being used as leverage against him. It doesn't add up.

Spader doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who cares about casual acquaintances. Wives and kids are essential appliances for men on the rise in the spook services - that is all they were / are.
And thats as much as this show connects with reality. Though I'm liking it.

jack presley

So do you reckon it's worth sticking around through another 15 or so episodes of pretty much the same story every week just to find out the link between them and the husband's story?

FloatingVoter

jack presley wrote: »

So do you reckon it's worth sticking around through another 15 or so episodes of pretty much the same story every week just to find out the link between them and the husband's story?

I've no interest in that link (I'd forgotten he had a family to be honest, he seems to have too)... I doubt there is much of a link other than maybe a red herring mid season. What Spader is actually up to might be interesting though.

groovie

I guess that he could've planted that stuff to rock her world, to make it seem like ultimately he's the one she should trust. I think he is making her question everything she thinks is true, just like he did before he jumped ship, 20 years ago. Ultimately will she become his successor?

Torqay

Merriam-Webster was quite busy...

Pretty good episode.

Anyone else watching Hostages? I don't see a thread.

evilivor

Episode 4 channeling Manhunter - just needed Shriekback or Iron Butterfly on the soundtrack rather than Nat King Cole.

groovie

Good episode, nice to see Spader dial it up a notch. He's been relying on that laugh for too long.

groovie

evilivor wrote: »

Episode 4 channeling Manhunter - just needed Shriekback or Iron Butterfly on the soundtrack rather than Nat King Cole.

Just realised who he was. Doh!

sham69

Really enjoying this series.
Ep. 4 was very good.
Spader is excellent (when he's not laughing)
I didnt like boone to start but I think she has improved slightly.
Can they drag this out for 22 episodes or whatever?
Time will tell.

The Bogman

Heckler wrote: »

can't warm to the lead at all. find her bland as hell. totally forgettable.

Agree 100%. Like the show so far though

groovie

They are planting clues though as they go on, the number on the paper at the end of epi 3, and the

Girl in the picture in epi 4

evilivor

This weeks, The Courier, didn't grab me at all.

Mr E

Always good to see Robert Knepper, but he was wasted in this episode. Good lead-in to next week's episode, so I'm looking forward to seeing what happens.

Queen-Mise

Really like this show - it shows a lot of promise. Hope they don't fcuk it up.

The bad guy from E4 was creepy, he was well done.

And any ideas on -

Who wired up the house?

Torqay

Queen-Mise wrote: »

The bad guy from E4 was creepy, he was well done.

Tom Noonan is a lot creepier in Michael Mann's Manhunter.

More recently he played the preacher in seasons 1 & 2 of Hell on Wheels.

Always good to see T-bag.

kearneybobs

Torqay wrote: »

Tom Noonan is a lot creepier in Michael Mann's Manhunter.

More recently he played the preacher in seasons 1 & 2 of Hell on Wheels.

Always good to see T-bag.

He really was brilliantly creepy in Manhunter. What a film.

T bag was definitely wasted in this episode. Hardly saw him in it and seriously under used.

groovie

I'm ok with the guest stars just providing a little bit of colour to an episode, it stops the show turning into one of those 'monster of the week' type things.
I think that the fbi agent is starting to come into his own on the show. Two weeks running he's been 'under cover', he's not a bad little scrapper.

Torqay

kearneybobs wrote: »

What a film.

What a director! Michael Mann is a genius and most underrated. Thief is one of my all time favourites.

kearneybobs wrote: »

T bag was definitely wasted in this episode.

He got "wasted" in R.I.P.D. as well.