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

Patty O Furniture

Mr E wrote: »

Boring episode, great ending.

Same here,
Another 4 ep to go, but fairly stringing us along, as it's up one week & ...
Tom has nothing to lose only Red & now he's got the fulcrum, but paid the price for it as well!

What's the view in the US for the show's survival?

JohnK

Good episode but I'm guessing that ending was all Reddington's plan right? Seems a bit suspicious he'd just tell Dembe they need to disappear and then he handily gets shot in front of probably the only person the FBI will believe when she tells them he's dead.

bpb101

so .. just caught up. one thing i find i really hate about the blacklist is the setting is very dark . Makes it hard to see. anyways

what is the fulcrum?

yes , id say without a doubt another 2 season left in it however rating have droped. and i can see from myself , its not the first show to watch. rarely watch it the night after anymore. Very hard to follow

Smidge

FreudianSlippers wrote: »

Berlin is clearly Liz's dad

I can't pick up on another reason why Red would be so involved otherwise if he wasn't.
I think in the last ep when he was in the room and called her name was telling though

bpb101

Smidge wrote: »

I think in the last ep when he was in the room and called her name was telling though

Who called who

FreudianSlippers

Patty O Furniture wrote: »

What's the view in the US for the show's survival?

Already renewed for a 3rd season and likely to go on as it has a pretty big Netflix deal.

don ramo

FreudianSlippers wrote: »

Already renewed for a 3rd season and likely to go on as it has a pretty big Netflix deal.

pretty big is an understatement, $2million per episode, id say each episode costs about $3-4million to make, shows not going anywhere soon,

mafaa

season 2 episode 19, a solid episode

with Fulcrum reveal, hopefully can move on to some new interesting development counting down to finale at episode 22

Mr E

Yes it was very good. Hopefully the main reveal over the next few episodes is Lizzie and Red's backstory... they're really dragging the arse out of it at this stage.

They need a clean slate (and new conspiracy) for Season 3.

mafaa

season 2 episode 20, interesting catch up especially on Lizzie & Red

bit by bit

:mad:

mafaa

season 2 episode 21, the tease on Lizzie is gaining momentum she is learning to trust Red slowly as Red takes every opportunity to gain her trust & to expose her to his list over both seasons which she is apparently unaware is somehow related to her parents in some way

Red will have to deal with the Director perhaps in season 3 or beyond, to kill him or jail him

:pac::pac::pac:

really deserve a season 3 :cool:

don ramo

good episode, but i dunno, how can they get liz, she has a copy of the fulcrum or at least enough to keep these guys at bay, i mean red kept them at bay for 20 years with just the threat of having it, now they know liz and red have it,

bar that it was pretty good,

mafaa

don ramo wrote: »

good episode, but i dunno, how can they get liz, she has a copy of the fulcrum or at least enough to keep these guys at bay, i mean red kept them at bay for 20 years with just the threat of having it, now they know liz and red have it,

bar that it was pretty good,

can the fulcrum be copied ? also can it be copied in such a haste before giving to the director ?

don't think the director just want to jail her, believe he has other intentions which is more than the fulcrum

will need to watch how the finale any leads

bpb101

mafaa wrote: »

can the fulcrum be copied ? also can it be copied in such a haste before giving to the director ?

don't think the director just want to jail her, believe he has other intentions which is more than the fulcrum

will need to watch how the finale any leads

yes it can be copied and is not on a usb stick i think ,Liz placed it on that chaps table on a usb stick and basically its not digital . Id say she will shag tom in the finale and get back together with him soon.
Glad to see him back as kinda the main cast.

don ramo

mafaa wrote: »

can the fulcrum be copied ? also can it be copied in such a haste before giving to the director ?

don't think the director just want to jail her, believe he has other intentions which is more than the fulcrum

will need to watch how the finale any leads

i dunno if she can copy it, but it was more or less a film with loads of documents, or at least thats what it looked like, so all she had to do was get out a camera and record it,

yeah its gonna be interesting to see how things play out,

mafaa

bpb101 wrote: »

yes it can be copied and is not on a usb stick i think ,Liz placed it on that chaps table on a usb stick and basically its not digital . Id say she will shag tom in the finale and get back together with him soon.
Glad to see him back as kinda the main cast.

that wasn't usb stick, it was the fulcrum as shown when the director picked it up from the table

mafaa

don ramo wrote: »

i dunno if she can copy it, but it was more or less a film with loads of documents, or at least thats what it looked like, so all she had to do was get out a camera and record it,

yeah its gonna be interesting to see how things play out,

both of them left hurried to meet Red so i doubted they had it copied in the house, next seen they were driving & then rushed to meet the Director giving the impression that it was not copied ; since she said copied then should be

don ramo

mafaa wrote: »

both of them left hurried to meet Red so i doubted they had it copied in the house, next seen they were driving & then rushed to meet the Director giving the impression that it was not copied ; since she said copied then should be

even at that, red managed to hold them back for 20 years with the threat of it, now they know it exists, seems odd to force the issue

JP Liz V1

Red's lady friend nurse hit woman cleaner etc., who looks like Linda Hunt should be in more often

Ageyev

bpb101 wrote: »

so .. just caught up. one thing i find i really hate about the blacklist is the setting is very dark . Makes it hard to see. anyways

what is the fulcrum?

yes , id say without a doubt another 2 season left in it however rating have droped. and i can see from myself , its not the first show to watch. rarely watch it the night after anymore. Very hard to follow

With regards to the brightness/darkness issue, it depends what device you are watching it on and what kind of quality the original source is.

The Fulcrum is a large cache of files which documents the existence of a shadow government running USA and the world behind the scenes. Much like The Syndicate in The X-Files.


Stopped watching months ago and just recently caught up. Last few episodes have been fine but the shoe has lack a sense of urgency. I guess that ought to change now that

Lizzie is being targeted by The Cabal

FloatingVoter

What group of self-respecting megalomaniacs get together and say "Lads, we'll need a name."
"How about something innocent like The Cabal"
"That's grand, evil witches coven, sinister overtones, diabolic....nobody will suspect us".
"...to think suggestion number 2 was Irish Water".
"We're keeping that as a fallback."

Smidge

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Red's lady friend nurse hit woman cleaner etc., who looks like Linda Hunt should be in more often

Mr Kaplan?
Have you ever seen The Incredibles?
She reminds me of Edna e Mode from it

EoinMcLovin

Great finale with plenty of twists. Can't wait to see what happens next season

dark crystal

I liked that finale. Still not sure what Reddington has to do with Lizzie and her family and why he was so desperate to help her, though (maybe I'm missing something painfully obvious...)

Hopefully Tom will be back next season too. I do like Tom.

EoinMcLovin

dark crystal wrote: »

I liked that finale. Still not sure what Reddington has to do with Lizzie and her family and why he was so desperate to help her, though (maybe I'm missing something painfully obvious...)

Hopefully Tom will be back next season too. I do like Tom.

Maybe he is her uncle or was a family friend. He must have a close connection to her or something as why would he care so much about her welfare

JP Liz V1

Smidge wrote: »

Mr Kaplan?
Have you ever seen The Incredibles?
She reminds me of Edna e Mode from it

Is that her name?

Ageyev

Yeah Mr. Kaplan is who shows up to clean up the crime scenes. She should be in it more but Blacklist pretty much fails at fleshing out back stories of supporting cast. Ressler's pill addiction looked like it could have gone somewhere but was quietly dropped and then

referenced randomly in the finale or 2nd last episode.

sham69

very strong ending after a few dodgy episodes mid season.
Really looking forward to the next season now.

I thought that Red was having an affair with Lizzie's mother, then her and Lizzie's dad were fighting about it....
Don't know where I got that from though?

MrJones1973

Secret Organisation running the World-The Kabal-how original (yawn). Its still a good series but this has been done to bloody death..

don ramo

season 3 promo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IpkqJJEAb4

i really hope their on the run for a good while, like a good few shows, this one can drive me mad at times, but overall its pretty good, and im looking forward to season 3,

Mr E

First 3m50s...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uKFdqZ0aTg

Agent Coulson

A good opening episode to season 3.

Dembe's stroyline looks very interesting.

Nody

Was a very interesting start I agree...

don ramo

i was expecting a time jump, and seeing liz and red on the run for a bit, but that was a nice twist with her heading for the russian embassy,

the dembe story looks interesting alright, id say the cabal is looking for a way to get to red, or at least stay a step ahead of him, so are gonna use dembe for information,

solid opening, and with russians now looking to become involved it should make things much more interesting,

Potential-Monke

I don't know exactly why, but i'm finding it hard to watch this season. It's just not capturing my attention like the last 2 seasons.

drugstore cowboy

lizzie looks good as a blonde.

don ramo

Potential-Monke wrote: »

I don't know exactly why, but i'm finding it hard to watch this season. It's just not capturing my attention like the last 2 seasons.

i thinks its evolved nicely, i like the change in dynamics with red and liz on the run, but you know by mid season itll be back to teh status quo, and theyll be back working with the FBI,

d1980

When is it back on living?
Tks

JP Liz V1

d1980 wrote: »

When is it back on living?
Tks

This coming Friday at 9pm

Kirby

I'm enjoying this season quite a lot. Its kept me interested so far in a way that season 2 did not at times.

Reds Houdini ex machina at the end of every episode is still a little grating as it keeps happening so it was really satisfying to see him totally caught out at the end of the last one and helplessly watch on as Lizzie was about to be tortured. Dembe to the rescue. Made for a nice change.

bpb101

Kirby wrote: »

I'm enjoying this season quite a lot. Its kept me interested so far in a way that season 2 did not at times.

Reds Houdini ex machina at the end of every episode is still a little grating as it keeps happening so it was really satisfying to see him totally caught out at the end of the last one and helplessly watch on as Lizzie was about to be tortured. Dembe to the rescue. Made for a nice change.

yeah , its been good alright , Lot different from the blacklist we knew

I like how tom is still in it, and although everybody in the fbi wants her caught , they dont.

Nice twist with that chap coming into the fbi.

Liz, looks completely different with that blond hair

Potential-Monke

Aaaaand now i'm hooked again. I thought that was an excellent episode, albeit a bit far out there. Tom is after jumping up leagues in my book!

JP Liz V1

Megan Boone who plays Liz is pregnant but will it be written into the show

bpb101

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Megan Boone who plays Liz is pregnant but will it be written into the show

toms?

Agent Coulson

Good start to the second half of the season.

This is my favorite season so far.

JP Liz V1

Loving Aram more now

don ramo

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Good start to the second half of the season.

This is my favorite season so far.

yeah getting better and better, dont think liz will make it to court though, one way or the other, love reds stories, i was never a fan of spader, but i love him as red, the way he tells a story is class, like "i knew this fabulous man in (wherever) he had the most amazing (whatever)" class:D

Mr E

Great episode. Next week's second part will have to be exceptional to top it.

bpb101

yeah , took me a while to see it, Avoiding boards like the plague. great episodes last week

Only think i hate about it is that its very dark and very intense. You really have to sit down and watch it.if you half arse watch it , you have no idea whats going on.

Patty O Furniture

bpb101 wrote: »

yeah , took me a while to see it, Avoiding boards like the plague. great episodes last week

Only think i hate about it is that its very dark and very intense. You really have to sit down and watch it.if you half arse watch it , you have no idea whats going on.

Same here, so much going on, but it's gotten much more interesting even with Liz on the other side!

Btw: when is it back on Living?