I posted a lot about the TV show Blacklist. I did that because it had become my favorite TV show. I didn't even watch the show when it first came out. I think I started watching after it was on for over three years. Then I binged watched it with my wife, and I quickly declared it my all time favorite TV show. But after the third season, I was disappointed it was falling short of the already established level of greatness it had achieved. And for the next five years, I did not enjoy it much at all.
In short, the writing sucked. This current season, which is the 9th season, had made a slight rebound, but I read recently that the show will be cancelled. And that is all right with me. Because, even though I liked the direction it was going, it keeps on going back to the same old storylines of Red Reddington's closest allies conspiring against him. Even Dembe. Twice now.
The last episode that aired seemed to rectify that idiotic plotline, but there's another thing that bothers me about what these writers are doing. Using topical issues that include real life people in their fictional show. Another episode that disgusted me was the one about abortion. More specifically, it was about some lunatic who was transplanting pregnant women's uteruses into men who were against abortion and then daring them to get an abortion.
Not only was that disgusting, it was plain ridiculous. I almost quit the show at that point. But I kept on watching anyway, but with a reduced enthusiasm. So if it's true that Blacklist is being cancelled, I say Good Riddance. It was a once great show that turned into crap. It's not uncommon.
