‘The Blacklist’ Season 9 Finale Is ‘the Final Chapter of the Liz Keen Story’
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It was Marvin Gerard (Fisher Stevens)!
Now that Reddington (James Spader) knows his heretofore loyal lawyer was behind the death of his beloved Elizabeth (Megan Boone) and the blackmail of ex–task force chief Harold Cooper (Harry Lennix), “Red wants to kill Marvin for what he did to Liz,” says The Blacklist exec producer John Eisendrath. Why did he want to punish his longtime employer and mentor? Red had turned over his international syndicate to his beloved Liz.
Eisendrath continues, “Cooper will go to prison unless he can capture Marvin and make a case against him.” So Cooper and Red have the same target — but conflicting agendas.
Who will get to Marvin first? Red almost did, in the last episode, but the FBI inadvertently aided his escape.
According to the EP, “The emotional stakes could not be higher“ in the season finale “This is the final chapter of the Liz Keen story,” he reveals. “Will her death be avenged? Will the person responsible for her murder go free? And will the outcome result in one of our most beloved characters going to prison?”
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One thing we do know: The season ends with a revelation that puts Reddington in greater peril than ever before!”
The Blacklist, Season 9 Finale, Friday, May 27, 8/7c, NBC
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I was wondering how "The Blacklist" would continue without Elizabeth Kean. I had my doubts but I'm glad I was proven wrong.
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I don't care who kill who. Give us the information who is Raymond. A girl, a Trans, just finish all ready. The whole point of the show was to see who this men was really. Stop trying to led show somewhere else. Or you guys never had an ending for that? Obviously with info show gave he is Caterina. But just say all ready
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I’ve been reading recaps for several years since I stopped watching it, just hoping they’ll finally reveal why all this happened.
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C
I stopped watching Blacklist until I found out that they had killed off Elizabeth Keen's character. For me, the series is so much better without her.
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Same
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Agreed
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I am also glad it was able to find a way i love this show
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I'm so happy that we're done with the Elizabeth Keen storyline. She was insufferable and I was tired of her by Season 1, Episode 2. Please, just reveal to us once and for all why Red was so protective of her for her entire life so that the mystery is solved, and then continue on with the real meat and potatoes of the show--hunting down Blacklisters. But...please don't let the reason behind Red's affection for Elizabeth be the long-held fan theory called Redarina, that he is actually Elizabeth's mother. No, it needs to be something that hasn't been a major fan theory, and plus, that would just be lazy writing. The mystery of who Red is has gone on for about 6 seasons longer than it should have. As much as I love the show and will continue to watch it, I no longer care who he really is. I just want him and Dembe to be back as BFFs and for Red to present the Task Force with new and depraved Blacklisters each week.
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Just want to know who "Raymond" rely is
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Thank gawd Liz is finally being put to rest. The show was fixated on her demise far too long imo…..I nearly quit viewing I was so sick of it
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Along with what I wrote below, the writers also need to tie up some other loose ends. Such as:
1. Why does Red have the severe burns on his back that we saw early on in the show's run if he were not in the house fire from Elizabeth's childhood?
2. What mysterious, potentially terminal illness did Red have a season or two ago that is no longer even discussed and he now seems to be cured from it? (Some supporters of the fan theory of "Redarina", which is a theory that Red is actually Elizabeth's mother, suspected it was ovarian cancer. I HOPE that "Redarina" is NOT where the writers take this because it's lazy and it's been thrown around for far too long.)
3. If Red is not the real Raymond Reddington, how was he able to answer obscure questions that Harold Cooper (I believe that's who it was) asked or confirmed several seasons back?
4. How are they going to handle the symphony of eye-rolling from Cooper, Ressler, Panabaker, etc when Red finally reveals his decades-old mysterious reasoning for the deep, parental affection for Elizabeth but his insistence on keeping it a secret for FAR too long? They're all bound to hurt their vision when their eyes face the interior of their skulls before saying, "you kept THAT a secret from everyone?!"
5. Can we PLEASE finally give Red some romantic happiness? He deserves it and James Spader has enormous sex appeal--even at his age, because I discovered it about him when I was teenager and he made me swoon in "Pretty In Pink."
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Now, Reddington's next to keep safe is his grand daughter Agnes...
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The ending of this show was garbage compared to the entire story
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OmG what liz died ,I'm only on season 5.were can I watch the other seasons without being charged?
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Goojara
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They only killed Liz off because Megan Boone who plays Liz left the show & revealed that she would not be returning to the show.
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Netflix
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Blacklist"jumped the shark" years ago. Watched all these years and still couldn't tell you I understand the Keen/ Red relationship. Quite the mishmash.
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Throughout the seasons it's been pointing towards that Red could either be the real Raymond-(Liz's father) who faked his death so he could build his empire from the shadows or it could be Liz's real Mother-(Caterina) who had a sex change in order to protect Liz & to do that she needed to build an empire. Also before Liz died it was revealed that Red only became an FBI informant so he could mould Liz into a leader so she could take over Red's empire.
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