HW #56 - I saw some posts also that Red may be doing this to himself.  I think if he did, it would be to fake his death to try to root out the betrayer in his midst.  And I only this this about the poison aspect of it.  I don't think from what we've seen that he killed Small, blew up his own deal for the cruise line, conspired to have an old and loyal manager of his Mediterranean operations and his wife killed etc.  I don't think the expressions on his face, which have been when he was in private, point to that.

But I could see him faking his death by a poison to which he secretly has the antidote.  However, I don't think that is the case.  Just a gut feeling though and nothing more.....

Okay, today while I was working around the house with lots of time to ponder the great issues of the day, like who might want to poison Reddington, I think I have a good idea of who might be behind it. Probably wrong. But if I had to place a bet, I would say it was either Laurel Hitchin or President Diaz. I know they keep misdirecting us with it being possibly a close associate, but c'mon, if it was Dembe or even Kate they wouldn't poison him. They'd make it quick and merciful with a bullet. He probably wouldn't even see it coming. But with poison, it is someone who wants him to know what's happening and to have time to think about it before he dies. This is someone who truly hates him. Plus poison is harder to trace and so it is probably someone who doesn't want their identity found out anytime soon. Somebody high up in the government perhaps? Like the national security advisor to the president? Is Hitchin still in that position with the new administration? It seems like it, but I need to figure that out because I don't know for sure. I'm sure she could pull enough strings to get appointed to that position with the new president, who also has good reasons of his own to get rid of Red. He doesn't need someone like Red in a position to forever blackmail him and pull his strings. So maybe they are working together to take him down. She would be after revenge for past humiliations and to remove him from his current place with the Cabal, and Diaz to just remove him. Either way, together or not, they both have plenty of motive. This fell together today because I remembered that scene at the end of The Director, conclusion where Red is having a drink with Laurel while they discuss their new relationship after he killed Peter K. I haven't checked, but a similar glass, with probably the same Scotch or whatever. She knows what he likes to drink and we found out when he was ordering Scotch from Dom's trip into town for groceries just how picky he was about his scotch. Hey, if Samar can track him down by putting a special dye in the ties that he likes to wear, how hard would it be for Laurel to make sure he got a bottle of his favorite Scotch with a little something extra added to it? Plus in murder mystery novels isn't poison the cliche murder weapon of choice if the murderer is a woman?

Just saying'.

Wanted add that if it is Laurel, would she want to make sure he knew before he died who it was that killed him? That would risk revealing herself, but on the other hand, would she do it?

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I like the suspects you all have been offering up.

Colleen - I thought Little Nikos was dead, but if he's not, your theory is a good one!

Honey West - I like your idea that Hitchin or Diaz, or both together are behind the attack and poisoning. They both have reason to want Red gone.

lara1 - Wouldn't it be great if the real Raymond Reddington were behind it? And here's my addition to that. What if Mountain Man is the real Reddington, and has been hiding out for years on the Federal Bureau of Land Management's land? Wouldn't that be a delicious twist of fate?

 

I went back to the Mato episode.  As far as I can tell Nikos survives.  After Tom comes out from the room and tells Red how to contact Mato by cellphone text, Kaplan goes back into the room to talk to Nikos and says something like, I'm sorry Nikos, and Red comes in to fetch her and says something like , Kate, as they are leaving.

So it could involve Nikos somehow - maybe he helps Kate get back on her feet again.  Maybe that's what was foreshadowed by Kate telling Red the story about how Nikos helped save her with her original head injury..........not to communicate that Kate may have a steel plate in her head (though she might) but to foreshadow what happens with her "next" head injury....

Also with Leon Rippy possibly coming back soon, its possible mountain man is in on it - maybe he was so interested in Red because he actually knows him and who he is.....and then of course mountain man could be the "real" Red......!!!!!!

Colleen wrote:

Wow my head is exploding reading everyone's awesome theories!!! This is so fun - wish I had time to post more but just had to say thanks :-)

Colleen - always nice to hear from you!  I think our collective brains have gone overdrive on recent developments, in a good way!  LOL. 
 

Sorry, forgot to add the link"

http://www.tvguide.com/news/the-blacklist-winter-finale-harry-lennix-red-reddington-cooper/?ftag=TVG_Twitter

Tatiana - yes, more rabbits!  and remember ARam talking about his pet rabbit as a child during The Forecaster!

Yes that article is great.  So that's Harry now and Hisham both saying jaw dropping things about the episode.
And yes great news about Enrique - makes it sound like he's a long-term addition, as in, through the next season!  well let's hope!!

really excited for the rest of this season....

Last edited by lara1 (2/22/2017 5:59 pm)

Tatiana - YES!  Me too.  

HW - you got me thinking!  (You usually do!!).  You make a really good point.  The "how long can you keep me alive" is a curious phrase unless it is as you say, something temporary - perhaps a fix until they find the "real" fix....

but - What if the "how long can you keep me alive?" has nothing to do with the poison.  Some of us have speculated that Red is sick, as in physically sick, and we've had various comments around that in Season 3...

just a thought.  that would be a cliffhanger!  (Not that I'd like that, but - )

AlyBlacklist has a GlobalTV preview (I don't know how to connect) that is VERY telling!
You two may be right, it may be more than Red being poisoned! By the looks of the preview, it suggests that Red is dying... from something else. 
The plot thickens!