BLOCK-BUSTER!. . . . CLIFF-HANGER!

Park still on the go. I fear for Ouija Board's future!
Mr. Kaplan's sister is prolly the killer but if its anything to do with TBL lore, we'll never know. Only suspect . . .
Why would we ever suspect Kate's sister of being a killer? #1 Clue is she's gentle - its called the misdirection swerve!

Honey West wrote:

Whoa! Well, another Lukas Reiter ep.

So was it Kate? Or was it Maureen impersonating Kate? Or someone else impersonating Kate? IW I like your hologram/robot ideas. LOL! One thing for certain. It was a trap. For Red? For Clara?

One thing I think and that is that Kate would not have gotten Liz killed. That’s the part I can’t figure.

The best moment was Brimley in the wetsuit. You know, they always say what the audience can imagine is always way better than what they can show. And I think what they do with Brimley is absolutely brilliant. First you have the character, expertly played by Teddy Coluca. Then you outfit him with various unusual props, either animals or instruments and you know he is using them somehow to torture information out of someone. But it’s his commentary on what he discovers and his colorful descriptions, oh my! I just love him!

Well, with all the comments about how much Maureen resembled Kate, I agree BBB, misdirection.

And Crazy Laszlo, the Lion King, is still out there…

Crazy Laszlo - shoulda patented 'Crazy Laz's Lion King LSD Spray' - bestseller on Amazon to be sure!
 

The only thing I fear from the cliff-hanger is Red losing his superb bodyguard Weecha Xiu; Diany Rodriguez who plays Weecha is about the only TBL actor who underplays her character - much like Dembe Zuma in his first 2 or 3 years on the show. Ressler, Park, Aram, Harry Lennix, Brimley, Red all have a tendency to play their characters over the top. Rodriquez does not. But she was getting a bit anxious when Red was rehearsing that informant for American citizenship. Anyone else notice that?

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Honey West wrote:

Looking at it more carefully, that is definitely Maureen in the building at the end.

Maureen might go down as The Blacklist's most diabolical - and yet enduring characters. I suspect her diabolical game will be semi-revealed (things never fully revealed on TBL) w/ the deaths of most of Seal Team Red + serious injuries (or death) to Weecha Xiu.  Maureen & her team set the fiery mousetrap so she had an exit plan.

Maureen totally fooled Red, that is to be sure and verified by Red being stunned by the advance.
Kate & Maureen were in kahoots from the get-go, Maureen's stoic and relaxed personality in small-town America under witness protection a perfect cover for a vicious criminal - who's endgame is to torment Team Red, Cooper, The FBI team, even Elizabeth - and surely Panabaker - now a U.S. senator!
 

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The question might be who is Maureen really working for? The Others (to borrow from LOST) who are out there probably have contacts in all areas of the government including Witness Protection and could have recruited her to help keep Red and the Task Force at bay. They probably thought that he had dropped out of everything, but now since he is looking for Liz's killers he is back, along with the task force, and a definite threat to them again.

I agree, TheYeti, I always like it when they dredge up elements from past episodes. The blacklisters are all connected and sometimes I forget about that.

True, HW, and I hope JB makes a Blacklist movie one day. But for now, I really appreciate the way the show has picked up. There are still writing problems to solve, but there's a lot more that interests me than there was during the first part.

I wish they would bring in Tom Bond's "sister" or some such and give some closure that whole arc. I'm sure Agnes doesn't know a lot about her father. She and the audience could both find out more about his history at the same time.