Tatiana wrote:

What was in the Rostova file?

Troy Heinritz from The Blacklist Exposed asserts that the Rostova file references Constantin Rostov and the seriousness of his illness. He says, "It's more serious than I thought" (or something like it). The context is important too, given the arc of that point in the season it makes sense it was about Constantine since he hired Scottie

Red said, "It just keeps getting worse."  I personally don't think it was about Constantin. I think the Russians suspected Katarina did not die at Cape May. There may have been some info about sightings in Prague or elsewhere in Europe.
 

I updated the questions to include the one about the house in Rehoboth.  I wonder if he owned or rented.  Had way too much stuff in it for a rental in my opinion.  I have a ton of other stuff I want to add I am just too tired right now. lol 

Tuxie, I know she said that, but I thought it was strange that they showed so much stuff in the closet.  There were work/uniform shirts hanging in there as well.  I was thinking even if they had staged another fire memory,  why would the closet be so stuffed full of stuff?  
Maybe she was put in the closet a lot and has some of the memories confused...  

Tuxie,

I agree, I've resorted myself to the fact that we won't have all our questions answered. When all is said and done I want to know either from the show reveals or the producers themselves the following:

1) What was the original concept for the show, was it based on a story or a real-life person, or a concept you wanted to put forth for society/viewers to see and consider and why/how did you have to change from your original course?
2) What is the purpose of mirrors, duplicate or similar names/stories, themes of children, abuse, truth, etc.?
3) Why did Red assume the identity of Reddington and what was his motivation for finally bursting into Liz's life?
4) There's a theme of buried secrets, of protecting secrets, of memories and brain injuries. What did you want us as an audience to learn about this and the psychological factors contributing to secrets?

I already told my husband I plan on going to Comic-Con in Chicago next month. I'd like to bend JB's ear a bit, but we shall see. I'd also like to find out how they interwove so many different stories from fiction and real-life into the story of TBL.

And I will BEG them to have a post-show symposium. 

Tatiana - Have fun at the Chicago Comic Con!  I doubt, at this point, you'd get any in-depth answers from Bokenkamp. But I hope you would.

Tatiana - I would surely buy a book or dvd that explained the unanswered questions and explained the writing deicisions.

Honey West wrote:

I am totally avoiding the episode discussion pages, because you guys will learn things way before it airs out here. But since they keep saying we will learn some of the reason why Red became the Concierge of Crime, etc. I thought I'd put this out there. I hope that we will learn, before the end of the show, whether or not Fitch knew Red was an imposter. I think this is a very important question. We already know that he knew Red couldn't use the Fulcrum against the Cabal all those years, because Red didn't have the cipher that Leonard Caul had to make it operational. That's not to say that maybe he couldn't have found Caul on his own, but did he know he needed Caul before Fitch gave him the info on the apartment in St Petersburg, which contained Caul's phone number? I don't think so. So Fitch knew all along Red was bluffing. So why keep Red alive? I think it's because he knew that they still needed to maintain the illusion that Raymond Reddington was alive and well and causing his own brand of mayhem in the world of the Cabal and the other entities that relied on thinking Reddington was alive. So, I think the "agreement" between Red and Fitch had to do with Fitch knowing Red was not Ray, and possibly that Fitch may have even known who Red really is. So maybe they were the ones who concocted the whole treason thing and maybe that was to finally lay RR to rest. But perhaps Red had other ideas, didn't plan to go quietly, and then became the real criminal. I think the reason may have been Liz. Because if they took out RR, they probably would get rid of her, too, or not be able to guarantee her safety or whatever. So Red had incentive to stay in the game.

I don't know. But I sure wonder if Fitch knew who he really is. Maybe it's no longer even important to the story, but I can't help but think somehow Fitch factors into this.

Just some thoughts...

Honey West - After last night's episode, do you have an answer about whether Fitch was in on something with Red or not?  At this point, I don't.  The December 1990 dates last night don't seem to fit with the earlier timeline we had.
 

Good job, Eastcoast! I wonder how many Cooper questions will get answered next week in the Kuwait episode (yet another title without a Blacklister #).

I had a thought as I was reading over the questions just now about the K carved on the tree. What if it doesn't refer to Katarina, what if it's Koslov?