‘The Blacklist’ Sneak Peek: Could Samar’s Brain Injury Take Her Out of the Field? (VIDEO)
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When we last saw the not really Red Reddington (James Spader) on The Blacklist, he was strapped on a prison gurney, sentenced to death for his “many sins.”
This week, FBI task force leader Harold Cooper (Harry Lennix) risks his career and maybe more, when he appeals to the White House — i.e. Red’s enemies — for a stay of execution.
And he must have won a little time, since agent Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone) leaves her seat outside the execution chamber and joins her colleagues to once again desperately search for the so-called Corsican (Christopher Lambert), a Blacklister involved with an international conspiracy. If Liz and the team prevent a major catastrophe based on info from Reddington, we figure that could save the guy — especially, since NBC renewed the show for another season.
James Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington (NBC)
However, an exclusive clip from the March 25 episode hints that the unit (and the series) could lose another Blacklist character in the field. It seems that Samar Navabi’s (Mozhan Marnò) brain injury — from near-drowning — is getting worse and the fact that her recent incident notes are misspelled and sometimes garbled has been noticed by her fiancé Aram Mojtabai (Amir Arison). He’s not sure that Samar’s fit for the field; the tough-as-nails on-loan Mossad agent insists she is.
Look for a test of her abilities in this episode to discover whether she can stay with the team or if she must leave on disability. It seems it’s crunch time for Samar!
The Blacklist, Fridays, 9/8c, NBC
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If she is not turning blue and collapsing the condition is not nearly as bad as it gets. Hopefully the writers will not take th cheap way out and have her do something heroic but life taking to go out on top
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Anoxic brain injuries don't work like that anyway. Once you start breathing again your brain cells stop dying. The injury doesn't get worse 6 months to a year after the fact.
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This was a drowning injury.which effects more than the brain. It effects the Lungs heart and other organs a well. They tried to show Aram trying to understand the blood chemistry aspect to treating a drowning victim assumed to be susceptible to Anoxic anoxia. They told Aram at the time the possibility of permanent brain damage. No telling how long she was in and out of a coma but they showed her in one. During that time her eyes were not in use and most likely she was on a ventilator or wearing a canular. Point being, in the hospital her damaged lungs where receiving pure Oxygen. The season starts in Oct 2019 and hangs there in trial. Her symptoms manifest themselves because she is using her brain more than in that coma. She experiences forgetfulness episode one. This progresses to word problems, reasoning problems speech problem, dizziness and now blurry vision. What I was talking about assumed she is still not getting enough oxygen to the bloodstream and the brain and she could be suffocating. Sorry I have rescued a few drowning victims and also treating a few suffocating people. You are ignoring the cause of the brain damage and I am not. for all we know there is still some fluid or bacterial damage to her lungs and she is simply fighting her symptoms pretending they are not so bad. BTW a drowning is in many ways like a cardiac arrest. You can assume the brain cells stopped dying but that does not bring them back to life. It is possible for the damage to effect the autonomic portion of the brain and the patient develops bladder and bowel problems. i have had a person die forgetting how to swallow.
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