Wow! Score one for Liz! She outwitted Red, but I suspect her victory will be short-lived. I liked the last five minutes and will re-watch at least that part.

Eastcoast, I had homemade chocolate pudding with some homemade whip cream. I made a full batch and then split half of it with a friend who just had surgery and was longing for some. Mmmm! I had forgotten how good the real stuff is!

IW, I have been thinking about homemade pudding.   I bought some organic chocolate but that is as far as i got.
It has been a busy week!  Soooo, I got my favorite cake again along with icecream and whipped cream.

I imagine it will be short lived.  There is always a price to pay.  I think her new friend Skip has seen better days. 

Redismycopilot,  funny!! ☺🐐🐐

Hi TheYeti! Good to see you here!

I didn't comment last night because I had to take a phone call in the middle of everything, and had to watch that part again. But I also wondered about some of those points you made. The biggest one being how could Liz get back into the Post Office by just swiping her badge and also why didn't security pick up on her being there? The only thing I could come up with was that someone wanted her to be able to do that. The only person I could come up with who could do it at that level would be Cooper. Maybe that was what he was actually saying to Aram and Ressler when he refused their resignations.

About Red and the Marvin trick. I figured that Skip was Marvin's backup anyway and had been vetted and plus I'm sure he knows what happens when you cross Red, etc. But Red is not right these days. And it was quite plausible that someone like Skip, who doesn't have a decades long relationship with Red like Marvin does could and would jump ship if he sees that Red is beginning to fail. And who better to jump to than Red's designated successor. I'm sure he knows Red won't harm Liz and I'm sure Liz knows that if he could betray one boss, he probably can't be totally trusted by her. Either way, I don't think Skip will be with us for long. And the whole thing points out how Red is just not thinking clearly right now.

I also am happy with this return to the Russian stuff, because that is part of the core story and I love spy stuff anyway! So we know Red is/was N13. He has always worked as a facilitator for other, powerful, interests. We know that about him from the beginning. Regimes rise and fall based on his providing his services to the parties involved. We just haven't seen a lot of that for the past several seasons. It's good to be getting back to that stuff. I can see how they could fill a season 9's worth of stories. Way back, I always saw Red as being part of maintaining a certain balance in world power by who he was and what he did. Maybe that was not so far off? And that Red always saw Liz as special, and his successor. When Liz "died" he even said, in Cape May, how he would give anything to be a part of Agnes' life. Perhaps he was even looking at Agnes as an eventual successor after Liz was gone.

But my big takeaway from the episode was the final scene with Sikorsky. Red telling him that Liz was not to be harmed and Sikorsky saying that was okay - for now. And the look on Red's face as he looked just a bit alarmed.

As for security about the Post Office, I doubt that Cooper would have revoked Liz's access. He wants her to come in, so he can talk her out of the war with Red.

I have so many questions about Sikorsky and his connection to Red. Did you guys know the actor who plays Sikrosky is transgender?  That's right. He used to be a woman.

What about Red and his drug cocktail?  So many bottles!

It was fun to see Tadashi again, and I'm glad he and the others didn't turn on Red.

Does Liz have her own jet now?

It was funny seeing Aram and Ressler handing in their resignations.  They know they're powerless when it comes to Liz.

I enjoyed Dembe's question to Red.  So the great strategist never had a plan when it came to Liz - sort of hard to believe.