I was pleased we got to the origin of Sam & Nikos!

So Sam did have a criminal record after all.  We don't know how he knows Red though, which is good.

So someone on the "inside" did sanitize that record so it never showed up on Liz's background checks, as Ressler said in the pilot.

lara1 wrote:

OK so what happened to Red putting Liz in Kate's arms as a baby?  

Serious continuity problem here. 
 

Tatiana wrote:

lara1 wrote:

OK so what happened to Red putting Liz in Kate's arms as a baby?  

Serious continuity problem here. 
 

Yes, and in Mato, when kate mentioned Annie and what happened to her, when Red said, you know I don't know, that I was away, it made it sound like they already were working together or something.  It now sounds like all he meant was that was the period of time during which he was off the radar??

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What a great episode, and even with minimal Spader!  I always suspected Kate's allegiance was more toward Liz than Red. Seeing all those bodies laid out in the ice rink was chilling indeed! I think the rest of the series will be dismatling Red's empire and prosecuitng him for his many crimes.

I was surprised at how little Katarina cared for Raymond. And even she didn't know who Masha's father was. Reddington may think she's his child. I wonder if he had a paternity test done at some point.

What I want to know is how both Raymond and Katarina knew Sam the grifter.
 

I think kate has really gone over the edge.  How is what she is now doing going to protect Liz, or be good for her?  Digging up all those bodies and installing them on an ice rink, killing all of those people, blowing up the cabin, etc.  It sounds to me like she has lost it esp as what she is doing now may harm Liz big time.  And if Red really is Liz's father (still an open question, IMO) then she's also taking away her father.  

I don't think Liz/Masha is important - other than to Red, who thought she was his daughter, and Kate, who had voiwed to keep her safe. I don't think there's any big twist here. All Reddington's criminal activity was to protect his child.

I think both episodes worked well, plus the story arc is much more interesting. I can overlook some of the potential continuity problems.

As for losing it, Kate has been shot in the head for a second time. That's got to stink. I don't know how all of those dead bodies are going to help Liz, either, but there are several interesting ways the writers can now take the story.
 

IowaWatcher wrote:

I think both episodes worked well, plus the story arc is much more interesting. I can overlook some of the potential continuity problems.

As for losing it, Kate has been shot in the head for a second time. That's got to stink. I don't know how all of those dead bodies are going to help Liz, either, but there are several interesting ways the writers can now take the story.
 

The twist on the 2nd shooting in the head was that Red shot her in the same region where Kate had a metal plate installed after the first shooting in the bailiff office! Red did not know she had a plate!

I don't think Kate is unhinged at all. Her main aim is to take Red and his violent world out of Liz's life. The shutting down of the task force and the arrest and conviction of Raymond Reddington is what she's trying to accomplish. She's willing to give testimony, and even sacrifice herself, to get him out of Liz and Agnes's lives.

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