Thank you HW!!

IW, I found a cheesecake with whipped strawberries on top! 
It is wonderful!!!

Episode shoulda been titled 'You Can't Always Get What You Want'
Fairly unsatisfying ep, featuring a self-disposing Blacklister - featuring the worst writing, direction & production of this so very promising season.
Agent Alina hasn't made a very compelling case as a top character. Still a side character as far as I'm concerned. But she wasn't the only let-down. 
The black-lister was an abject failure. Park was mostly in neverland. But they weren't the worst performers. Harold easily gets the booby prize (Sacklister) for worst character study, following by the beat cop assigned to his case and his wife. Harold's neighbor should be given the best uncredited part of the night.

Best of Nite = Red's two female enablers, Love + Hate. Love got a few nifty lines in, warning Red about the perils of doing trade w/ FBI Dembe. Hate, the more violent and gun-wielding member of Red's Duo, ending up doing Dembe's dirtywork in the penultimate scene. 

Hell hath no fury than a woman scorned. . . >! >! !>

BB, it just felt all over the place to me. 

I will be glad when we can see what the problem is between Red and Dembe.  It really isn't working for me.

Now that's an idea, IW! I agree, they need someone who can go up against Red and not be Dembe. Naturally Red and Dembe are in a state of major disagreement right now, but that just doesn't work as well as having someone actively trying to take him down. It looks like they are finally done with the "bringing him back" part of the story, so now maybe they can get to work and give him some worthy adversaries. And please don't make Dembe into another Kate!

I keep reading that they will have a story that explores what led up to the Red/Dembe split, though, so maybe it will be coming soon. Of course they are off until Dec. 9th due to Thanksgiving next week.