I didn't view that exchange as confirming Rederina, although I agree with HW that it was a shout out, as was the line from the new computer guy about how he was comfortable about his wife liking Red for some reason.

I'll probably re-watch both episodes at some point this summer when I'm less annoyed. I'm sure there were things I missed. For example: why was Ressler showing that old photo of Red instead of a current one? That would give some credibility to setting up the prequel. Someone who slightly resembled James at that age could be the lead.

For right now, I'm going with the theory that the Red we know was a brother (twin or otherwise) to the one that Liz shot. And if he was a twin, he may have been Liz's real father because he spent the night with Katerina at some point. I don't know -- maybe he got caught in the house and had to pretend he was the other twin?

That could be a very interesting mini-series, at least. But it would take some sharp writing! Good spy stories take time and skill to craft.

Added: I'm not totally discounting the Rederina theory -- but I think that was something the two showrunners fought over -- one liked the concept and one didn't. As a writer, I like the twin theory because that will be easier to sell to networks. It could also be set up that one twin is raised in Russia and one in America and that they don't know about each other . . .

But, no one asked me!
 

Last edited by IowaWatcher (7/15/2023 9:26 pm)

LOL, Colleen! Sure! And maybe Ressler can have some of it to open up a small resident facility for recovering pain pill addicts.

That's a great name!

I agree, IW! I was going to rewatch some of this season, but they disappeared from my DVR'd stuff when some other shows' "repeats" recorded as "new"s and took up all the space! Oh well. Maybe I will dig out season 1 one of these days and start over. :-)