Thanks for starting the thread BBB! I was out at 5pm my time and nowhere near an electronic device! That's a rare thing! I still have over an hour until air time out this way.

The super star of tonite's ep was no doubt, Dembe. Spader was his usual brilliant.

The lady who played Dr. Laken Perillo was nifty - in a cool, criminally insane way! But I've seen her character before. She's just a larger, more morose version of Kasie Hines from NCIS, as played by Diana Reasonover.

But tonite was ALL DEMBE. . . . even Harold told him he'd make a great investigator . . . ! ! !

Dembe stories are always good. He’s a terrific, complex character. And Hisham plays him just right.
But what did we really get from the story? We got the seasonal Red torture story, the affirmation of Dembe’s loyalty, and Red's major concern over whether Liz will "cross the Rubicon" as he obviously had done in the past. Presumably when he gave up having a normal life.

A little too much torture for my taste, but I guess they really wanted us to know just what a damaged person this doctor is. I was surprised that she survived the episode, so I guess we’ve got another really nasty Blacklister in the still living column.

Red did tell Townsend that it was Katarina who had killed his family and that he had killed Katarina.
And now Townsend "owns" Ruddiger. A lot of the pieces in the game keep getting captured by or go over to the other sides. I wonder what color Townsend and his affiliates are on the Map? Red, green or blue?

Still no Liz, even though Red was addressing her from the torture chamber. I wonder if she was somewhere that she heard him? It seems like still, no matter what, he doesn’t want her "to be like me."

Yeti - This season is more miss than hit for me.  I loved the first two episodes, the Glen tribute and last week's episode.  The others were not interesting to me. The continued stretching of the story and the lack of Liz turn me off. But still, I haven't been able to stop watching. 

Big Badd Bazzer wrote:

Delaying Liz's return to screen action and giving her unlimited near-immutable offscreen power is interesting. Especially if Megan Boone was trying to cover a late pregnancy and they didn't want to write a pregnancy into an already too complex story-line. So working her offscreen with huge criminal powers is an interesting way to develop her - and while I'm not the biggest M. Boone fan (she was an awkward & really vapid screen presence first 3 to 4 yrs of show) - - - - restraining her from the bulk of the latest season may serve as a deprivation technique for fans who will flock back to the show once Megan is re-installed.

immo

Good poiints, BBB!

IowaWatcher wrote:

Thanks, Baz! Yes, I'm busy. The snow melted and I've been raking and pruning while the 50s temps are here.

Tonight's show was better in the back half, I thought. I really like the character development with Dembe, but I didn't like the first part. I'm sore from raking and he really looked in pain, too.

No Liz. They really need to bring her back. I wonder what's going on. She's been gone for awhile.

Eastcoast, I stopped at Subway and got a sandwich to go. My snack was two of their M&M cookies. Mine are better! But I wanted to watch the show, not mess around in the kitchen.

So it sounds like we get to wait two weeks for the next installment. I think I'd better go get a movie from the library next week.

 

Liz is back, yea!  It is just weird not having her on there.  But I agree with BB about her off screen presence.  But I think its been long enough.

They are going to rerun 16 Ounces this Friday.  Interesting choice, but not my favorite episode. Blowing up a hospital room makes her look like she is crazy....