‘The Blacklist’ Penultimate Episode Answers ‘8 Years Worth of Questions’
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The Blacklist is digging into long sought after answers in its final Season 8 episodes, the penultimate of which airs Wednesday, June 16.
“These last two episodes are really sort of companion pieces,” teases series creator Jon Bokenkamp. “The next episode, ‘Nachalo,’ translates from Russian to mean: The Beginning. We’re going to go back to the very beginning and unpack answers to eight years worth of questions.”
The unique installment sees Reddington (James Spader) take Liz (Megan Boone) to the mysterious epicenter of his empire. Their shared past reveals itself and long-buried secrets will be divulged during their experience.
The story follows the conclusion of last week’s episode which included Reddington’s reveal to Liz that he’s N-13, the elusive spy she’s been searching for. Visiting Latvia in “Nachalo,” the hour is taking on a cinematic quality with a mostly black and white picture throughout.
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This aspect is teased in the photos above, featuring Liz and Lotte Verbeek (Outlander) as a young Katarina Rostova (Laila Robins) who is also Liz’s mom.
“In contrast, our finale is titled, ‘Konets’ — which translates to mean: The Ending,” Bokenkamp adds. “And it very much is an ending. It may not be the ending of the series, but it’s very much the ending of a story we’ve been telling for eight years.”
Get a peek at the action in a teaser, below, and don’t miss the compelling penultimate and finale episodes of The Blacklist‘s 8th season.
The Blacklist, “Nachalo,” Wednesday, June 16, 10/9c, NBC
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These two episodes tell me they were ready to end this show and renewal was at least somewhat of a surprise.So next season may be interesting since it was unexpected.
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The show was ending after s4 when they were on the bubble and everyone expected them to be canceled. They were surprisingly renewed 2 weeks before the finale aired meaning they filmed the finale thinking it would be their last, as they had never gone that long before a renewal and a late one was unusual for networks. Then the show completely jumped the shark and re wrote the shows history as if we cant go back and look at prior episodes from the pilot where ressler confirms all his prints match to the Gregory devry episode where cooper confirms that reddingtons DNA isnt even in the system since he disappeared before its creation, to the s4 finale where cooper reiterates to Elizabeth that red's dna isnt in the system so he used an old shirt and took it to a private lab to keep everything confidential for her... yet the bones, that dembe hinted had something to do with katarina, magically matched someone not even in the system just a year later...
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Very much looking forward to these two episodes, and to where the show goes from here next season.
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Love the last 2 episodes, hoped Liz would stay on. Looking forward to season 9. What will happen to Agnes?
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I would presume by now you have the answers to the questions you've been asking, given the show being over, it makes perfect sense Red being Katarina. The Real Red was the one who was the naval officer and also the one who was married to Carla aka Naomi Hyland.
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Bokenkamp originally said he had enough material for 5 seasons and that reddingtons truth would be revealed at the end. And he sure didn't lie, s4 ended with a reveal because they thought the show would be canceled (nbc had never taken this long to renew and they filmed the finale thinking it would be their last) and then the show completely jumped the shark after that. They clearly just started making up random plots that had absolutely zero to do with the shows prior history just to keep it going. I get that people need jobs and all, but at least TRY for some continuity. Not that hard. Im sure the writers have netflix and can go back and rewatch episodes. They literally went from the bones having to do with Katarina in the S4 finale to something completely different in the next season. Cooper said TWICE during the first 4 seasons that reddington disappeared before the dna system was even created so his wouldn't be in the system, yet the bones match him? He repeatedly says he's never lied to Liz yet he's introduced himself as Raymond reddington repeatedly. He told Constantine that liz was his daughter, told liz he was a naval officer during the cold war, admiral Richards in the judge episode immediately recognizes him as his former Annapolis roomate and ONI colleague (which immediately destroys the redderina theory), and Carla reddington clearly knows him even though supposedly the imposter took over after reddington disappeared and she had been in witsec since.
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