This is So Old

So it's not Mr. Kaplan. But once again, the writers of The Blacklist can't think of any new or original storylines, but to make another one of Red Reddington's closest allies into a hated enemy. 

So it seems the Mr. Kaplan angle was a hoax, as I hoped, but that didn't make it any better. Instead, it's his oldest friend and attorney, Marvin, who had betrayed him. And he's the one who had Lizzy killed, and he's the one who was framing Harold. I was so disappointed because I have been criticizing this show for a long time, years even, that I was so tired of the same old storyline of Red's closest friends betraying him and becoming his enemies. From his closest friend, (and who better be his daughter,) Lizzy to his other close friends, and now it's Marvin.

Why can't they create a new foe? A real foe? Or at least stop rehashing the same storyline over and over again. Will they ever get back to that Skinner story? I was thinking they had a good concept there. But it was a one and done deal. At least so far. Once this Marvin story is over, I would very much like to see the Skinner story resumed. I hope they won't make me wait until next season. But they probably will.

Mr. Kaplan? Again? WTF?

 I really hate to continue this seemingly never ending criticism of what used to be my favorite show. Yes, The Blacklist. But once again it is failing to entertain. And once again I am on the verge of quitting that show. As the title of this post suggests, it's about Mr. Kaplan...again.

I used to like Kate Kaplan. (She was called Mr. Kaplan by a tormentor in her past, a mocking of her being gay, and the name stuck.) I liked her character because she was a loyal ally of Red Reddington. Until she wasn't. See the pattern here?

I never liked it when a man as good and generous and loyal as Red has been, is betrayed by those same people that he had been so generous and loyal to. It's like the writers of this show can't think of any other storyline. So they find Red's closest allies and turn them into enemies.

And a few years ago that was the storyline and I hated it. It went like this: Mr. Kaplan, who was a close friend and ally of Red's, suddenly becomes his rival and near equal in crime. And of course bent on DESTROYING him. (Caps deliberate.)

It lasted an entire season, until she jumped from a bridge into the Potomac River. Now it seems these lousy writers are expecting us to believe that a frail old woman survived the fall (and the drowning) to once again torment Red Reddington. No! I've had enough of that. So it better be a scam, meaning it better be an imposter and it better get resolved in this next episode. I don't want another long drawn out battle with this kind of tired storyline.

Actually, the storyline was supposed to be finding Lizzy's killer. Or are we going to have to suffer through a resurrection of Lizzy next?  And going by what we've been seeing, I'm betting she will rise again vowing to DESTROY Red Reddington, the man who saved her life no less than three times. 

Oh wait, she'll blame him for being shot. And oh yeah he had a secret, (which was the reason she wanted to DESTROY him the last time. (Even though he had saved her life maybe four times or more, (I lost count.) But yeah, that's how it will pan out. Just watch. And if it does, that will be the nail in the coffin for me. Pardon the pun.