Thanks, HW!

I have the last of a bottle of a local red wine and a large oatmeal chocolate chip and raisin cookie ready to go!

It was a gut wrenching episode. So sad that Dom died, and sad Liz saw her "mother" die. I do think when the show comes back we'll see a very different Liz than we've ever seen before.  By the way, I think this episode may have been Megan Boone's best acting of the series.

Oh and I forgot. Red saying that he was the one who had kept Katarina a step ahead of her enemies all these years. Until she started getting nosey and looking for the truth herself. Did she know he had been doing that? I don’t think so. And what was his motivation? Was it because they both had the Archive? And as long as she was in the dark about it, he could let her live?

And what about Red's saying to Dom re Katarina, “She loves you, she always has and nothing will ever change that." I always remember the line about Katarina Rostova, one of her many names. So was this woman posing as KR all this time? And is KR still alive after all? Makes you wonder, especially when KR said that last thing to Red, that He couldnt kill her because Elizabeth loves her mother. Not "me", but "her mother". And she called her Elizabeth and not Masha. Aargh! It’s getting late and I’m probably reading too much into everything! LOL!

Liz really needs to get a KR DNA sample tested, but I suppose that’s one reason why they whisked her body away.

Lots to ponder over the next couple of months.

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Definitely a lot happened tonight. 
Tuxie, that was very sad.  Megan did do a really good job! 

HW, I think she had her memory taken at some point too.
There must be something really bad that she did.  It must have something to do with Liz.  The way he said that she didn't know her really sounded personal.   

I need to rewatch and collect my thoughts

Tuxie400 wrote:

It was a gut wrenching episode. So sad that Dom died, and sad Liz saw her "mother" die. I do think when the show comes back we'll see a very different Liz than we've ever seen before.  By the way, I think this episode may have been Megan Boone's best acting of the series.

This was easily Ms. Boone's finest acting in the series. She was awkward in her first and part of her 2nd year but was stabilized as passable to average for most of the next few years as her role was totally subservient to James Spader - so a really strong actress (like Sarah Shahi or Amy Acker) was not required.
She also looked exceptionally glamorous on the Rostova finale - almost didn't recognize her. 
Her work with Dembe was heart-wrenching. 
Spader shone last night more for his expressions vs. his normal word expedition.
Casualties of the Rostova arc were Agent Park & Aram - they were virtually invisible throughout the episode as Aram seems to have been re-assigned his original role as a data entry clerk while Park is almost descended to an on-set extra - WITH BILLING . . . ! ! ! 

This episode was so much better than Pt. 1 - possibly one of the Top 5 episodes in Blacklist history. 

Given TBL show-runners predilection for deception I'm still not convinced Katarina Mad-Ellen was fully offed. Red's workers scooped the body off the grass and stuffed her into the vehicle. Perhaps Red & Mad-Ellen foisted another hoax . . . . ? ? ? ? . . . .and didn't want to let Liz in on the joke?
 

Yes! Megan was excellent!

I'm still chewing on all that happened. I didn't understand the cell phone thing. According to Jody Walker, KR called Liz so all that dialog with Red went to her voicemail (link below).

So glad that Red didn't take a pillow to Dom!

More later after I've had a chance to rewatch and collect my thoughts. I've got to shift over to Thanksgiving preparations. I'm making holiday meals  and several pumpkin and apple pies for pickup and then on Thanksgiving, we will gather online (several groups at different times) to eat, drink, and talk. Not perfect, but safe and better than nothing!

https://ew.com/tv/recaps/the-blacklist-season-8-episode-2/

Eastcoast wrote:

IowaWatcher wrote:

Thanks, HW!
I have the last of a bottle of a local red wine and a large oatmeal chocolate chip and raisin cookie ready to go!

Sounds good! I had gotten a pumpkin roll this week. It had a pile of cream cheese frosting on top of it so I couldn't resist.

Yum! I've got to make some of those!

Yes, I agree that was one of the best episodes of the series. Great writing by Lukas Reiter as usual. JS doesn't need to say anything; he is the master of the perfect expression and body language. But we all love to listen to him! Megan Boone was just terrific! I would say the entire series has been to build her character of Liz up to these moments where she can just shine. In the earlier stories we would never believe she could have any chance at all going up against Red, but now we can accept her as his worthy adversary. Kudos to those in charge of developing her character all these years. 

At least one preview shows them with Katarina's body under plastic in a warehouse or something. Not sure why they didn't just drop her in a vat of acid, maybe she still has something they need to find? Yes, JE said she is definitely dead this time. Darn, I was hoping we would get a scene between her and Kirk before this was over.

We are just having a small Thanksgiving get together with local family that have all been seeing each other regularly all year anyway. All of your food talk is making me hungry! Must be lunchtime!

Also think Ron Raines (Dom) and Laila Robins (MAD ELLEN) may continue as actors in the series but only in retrospective scenes, dream and/or drug sequences. I accept that MAD ELLEN is done - and of course, there was no doubt about Dom.

Happy Thanksgiving, Laocoon! Great to hear from you!