Honey West #120 - thanks for that!   I didn't catch that Red was hushing him.  Just that Red was giving him an intense look like he knew him.  I did get the sense that Red was kind of telegraphing a look of "stay there" or "keep your distance" which I suppose really goes down to Spader's great acting, if Red was in fact hushing him as well and I picked that up without seeing that.

Very   interesting indeed!  

Honey West - yes, good point!  the others didn't know he was 'reddington".  

Tatiana wrote:

Lara - I certainly am picking up on the MI6/British thing lately. Keep in mind though that the English accent or names for things is common in Africa, some parts of India, and many other regions. However, it is intriguing. I had attributed Red's "flat" to there being a European influence before, not necessarily British, but now we have far more instances of the British influence.

 

Tatiana - good point,  I was thinking the other day that it's not necessarily the UK  - I'm thinking also places like Australia, New Zealand too, lots of places as you point out - but the MI-6 thing is kind of pointing me that way.  Also, the use in the last episode of the word "sterling" - I'm not certain - in fact no expert - but I don't think anywhere else in the current or former British commonwealth uses "pounds sterling" as currency.  I could be wrong though).  

Or, maybe its not literal and just an indirect  connection back through the UK.  I do think its a bit strange that of all the places the Blacklist has travelled to, I do not think they have set any part of an episode in London (which would be an obvious place, apart from all of the E. European capitals).  We have had UK characters (or those that sound as though they are from the UK - including Sperry in the last episode (I need to review the dialog about him).

I'd love to go back and pick up all of the British sounding expressions in the series, but that's a big exercise!  LOL.  So intrigued about that connectionllll
 

Last edited by lara1 (2/14/2017 5:11 pm)

lara1 wrote:

Tatiana wrote:

Lara - I certainly am picking up on the MI6/British thing lately. Keep in mind though that the English accent or names for things is common in Africa, some parts of India, and many other regions. However, it is intriguing. I had attributed Red's "flat" to there being a European influence before, not necessarily British, but now we have far more instances of the British influence.

 

Tatiana - good point,  I was thinking the other day that it's not necessarily the UK  - I'm thinking also places like Australia, New Zealand too, lots of places as you point out - but the MI-6 thing is kind of pointing me that way.  Also, the use in the last episode of the word "sterling" - I'm not certain - in fact no expert - but I don't think anywhere else in the current or former British commonwealth uses "pounds sterling" as currency.  I could be wrong though).  

Or, maybe its not literal and just an indirect  connection back through the UK.  I do think its a bit strange that of all the places the Blacklist has travelled to, I do not think they have set any part of an episode in London (which would be an obvious place, apart from all of the E. European capitals).  We have had UK characters (or those that sound as though they are from the UK - including Sperry in the last episode (I need to review the dialog about him).

I'd love to go back and pick up all of the British sounding expressions in the series, but that's a big exercise!  LOL.  So intrigued about that connectionllll
 

I'm trying to remember who and what episode, but didn't somebody get killed in London a season or two ago?

Oh yes, that's right.  Maybe need to review the script of that one more carefully.  Miles was staying in a London hotel.

I don't think Red has ever gone to London though.  I wonder if his deal with MI-6 is still valid?  

lara1 - I had noticed that Red hadn't used the Lizzy name in a long while. But I didn't know how long. I can't remember if he has ever called her Lizzy in front of Dembe or not. I thought his lack of calling her that this season was to show the emotional distance he is putting between them since her fake death.. 

lara1 - You found more times that Red used the Lizzy name than I did. I only found it in 4.04. They are always in a private conversation when he uses the name.