I was rewatching The Endling yesterday. I think the scene when Red meets Nira in the mobile ER supports the idea of Redarina.

Red says, "Is there a force in the universe more powerful than a mother's love for her child?" As he says, this the curtain slides off Red's face. It's as if the veil is being lifted. And the lines Nirah says very much bring to mind what we have learned about Katarina.

I made a gif set about this. You can see it here: 
https://irondestinypolice.tumblr.com/post/171698834104

Tatiana - Anything is possible. I just see the most arrows pointing toward Redarina. I have even more arrows I haven't posted yet. Still at 65% on the Redarina meter.

Alive and hiding somewhere, but not in plain sight - 15%
Hiding as Carla Reddington - 5%
Hiding as Panabaker, Madeleine Pratt, or one othe other red haired characters we've seen - 5%.
Packed in a suitcase as a skeleton - 10%

All I know for sure is that James Spader is a man.


 

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lara1 - You are right that the medical type location does fit with your favorite theory. And there have been lots of episodes about mobiile ER's,  long-term care facillities, illegal medical facilities, and even fake hospitals in The Blacklist.

Tatiana wrote:

Lara-your theory is the imposter theory and the frequent images of hospitals/medical etc. is part of that. Just wondering, because I'm swishing around all the theories, is how do you explain things that supposedly only Katarina would know?

I should probably put this post elsewhere.... I had been 100% in the imposter theory and now Redarina is really putting fissures in that idea. The only way I can visualize imposter is if our Faux Red is Katarina's brother, so Liz's uncle. Thoughts?

Tatiana - actually I have two theories.  LOL.  One is the imposter theory.  The other is that we are seeing things through the eyes of Katerina with some kind of MP or other situation going on.  

Tatiana - I think virtually any theory is up for grabs - Red is Red, Red is an imposter, Red is Katerina, Red is Katerina's brother (so Dom is Dad); two Lizzies/daughters, KR alive, KR dead, etc.  A coma, a dream, an altered reality.  I've even thought from time to time that Red has had some kind of memory loss - possibly because of a traumatic event that resulted in his mind refusing to accept it.  So his truth or reality differs from others which ultimatlely explains some plot holes.  To me, none of them can be totally ruled out.  Some are more likely than others, but also we don't have all the puzzle pieces yet.  

Eastcoast - They used to have a staff person who monitored the Internet and would report back on the strangest thing they'd seen each week. Dave Metzger was one such person. He was open in his interactions on Reddit, tumblr and twitter.. Since his promotion, he rarely has an online presence. Also, with their budget cuts this past year, I don't think that's a regular part of someone's job description anymore.. One of the staff infiltrated tumblr as last fall as Friendshiptothemax,, but she rarely posts. When she does, it always sounds like she's in a tizzy about getting work stufff done in time for the episodes.

Updated to say I just saw Dave Metzger post on Blacklist Exposed FB today, and Reddit last week. So he is back to doing some monitoring.

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Tatiana - It's implied that Fitch knew the real Raymond Reddington for a long time. But there's no proof he knrew him before the fire. And Fowler says she knows what happened to his family. But we don't know if she's talking about Carla and Jennifer, or some other family. Again, no way to know if she personally knew RR before the fire. 

It is implied they knew each other very well for a while.  I thought they would have to of known each other when Fitch said he stole that evidence from them when he left. I took that as if they knew each other for at least a bit. But no solid proof. 

I believe Fitch pinned the Kursk bombing in early 1991 on Red; and orchestrated the disappearance of Berlin's daughter around the same time.  This right after Red disappeared and Carla and Naomi going into witness protection.  I think Fitch knows Red from around the time Red disappeared.  We don't know about the fire, but I'd be willing to say that Fitch did know Red from back then, from his navy/spy service.  But we are never really told.

Posted some ideas/questions on the other board if anyone is interested. Dark themes/ideas though.