So I was criticizing Blacklist for being inconsistent recently, but I was also allowing it time to recover its former greatness. However, this last episode did not do that. It wasn't a complete flop, but the holes are many. As in...
When confronted by his "new" daughter, Red seemed to remember her. He said, "Jennifer" which means he knew who she was. That doesn't really confirm she is his real daughter. It only confirms he knew who she was. So we're left with the possibility that she could be his daughter, but there is still room to make it that she is not his daughter.
As for the ever-ridiculous Lizzy. I mean, come on. The writers are doing her no favors. She is bent on this seemingly never ending quest to find out the truth behind Red's "secret" of the suitcase. And this is even after Red made it clear to her that it has nothing to do with her. Lizzy's reason? Well, her reason is because her husband died trying to find out about it.
But Red made it clear that it was none of Tom's business either. It has nothing to do with him or Lizzy. Yet in this latest episode, Lizzy says she's willing to kill Red, her own father, to prevent him from keeping the secret from her. This was when Red is pointing a gun at Ian Garvey, who Lizzy actually WANTS dead because he killed her husband, but now she says she will kill Red if he shoots him. Can you see the ridiculousness in all of this?
Again. Come on. How can I still call this my favorite TV show when it continues to try its best to make me hate it? So then, Garvey pulls out a gun he's been hiding in his pants, and shoots Red, after which Lizzy plugs three bullets into Garvey's chest. Then, instead of going to her father, Red, to see if he's okay after being shot by Garvey, she runs to Garvey yelling, "Don't die," over and over again. And this is all the while not even knowing if Red, her own father, was killed or not.
And all this for a "secret" that she has no clue about, other than the fact that Red has already told her it has nothing to do with her. Or Tom.
So Lizzy is side by side with Garvey, the murderer of her husband, trying to talk him out of dying, so he can tell her this "secret" which Red told her has nothing to do with her.
By the end of the show, it looked like Garvey did die without telling her the secret. We'll have to wait until next week to see if that is the case for sure, but the ridiculous behavior of Lizzy is almost cringe-worthy. And it makes me wonder if I can still call this my favorite show. As long as James Spader remains the star and main character, I suspect I will still call it my favorite show. But the writers are trying their best to make me think all the less of Lizzy. And now this Jennifer? Can it get any worse? I suppose so. And if it does, then I walk.
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