Thanks Tuxie400!  I added that to the clock list.

Also - what I did just out of interest, is scroll through 2 seasons (I think I did 1 and 4), just randomly looking for the word, "time".  Its amazing how often thet word is used, several times in each episode,  in some I counted 10 or more!

So I think you would expect these sorts of phrases in this kind of show, but there is a lot of  "I'm out of time," "I don't have more time," "we don't have any more time".  And I noticed in the last episode (winter finale) that Red or someone else uses that phrase or something similar.   "How long can you keep me alive,"; and, later in the episode, "how much time" or "out of time", something like that.  And at the end in the ICU scene, when Liz asks whether they can go in and see Red yet, the doctor says something like "give him a few more minutes...."

Again nothing out of the ordinary and fits the context.  But I am surprised by how many times it comes up within a context with Red specifically.

Food for thought!  (or should that be, "time for thought"  LOL)

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lara1 - It's amazing how many references to time there are!

Tuxie400 wrote:

The clocks are jumping at at me all over the place today. In the Forecaster when Liz, Tom, Samar and Aram are in the park looking for the murder victim, Samar looks up and sees a giant clock on a gray building and hears it chime as the clock strikes 12:30.

Tuxie400 - LOL!!  yes, and I think in the episode that is meant to be the Post Office Tower.  That's what got me really thinking again.  The time - 10 minutes past the latest time we saw on the clock in the fire memories.  And does it relate in any way to the Post Office (i.e. FBI task force).

Here's another mention of time in 4.15:  
Red re Dembe, to the Post Office: While you try to save my life, I'll spend what time I have saving his.
And in one of the music selections, the Mamas and Papas are singing about time....

In 4.08, Adrian Shaw Conclusion, the word "time" is mentioned 14 times.  here are some interesting ones:

Red to Dembe re Liz: Well, she'll be safe with him until Kirk's doctors confirm she's not his daughter, but we don't have much time. 
Exchange between Adrian Shaw and Red: This is going to take some time. I'm out of time, Doctor, which means you're out of time.  
Dembe to Red: We can find her.   Red: There's no more time. Dembe: He'll kill you, no matter what you do or say. You can't go.
Red: It's Elizabeth.  
Dembe to Red while waiting for Kirk's men on the park bench: If we can get the woman...
Red: It's too late for her to save Elizabeth.
Dembe:But perhaps she can save you. 

I don't think this is just about saving Liz from Kirk, or Red running out of time in the winter finale re finding Dembe or saving his own life.  I think its part of the larger arc, as right in the pilot, there are clocks and references to time with Cooper saying, "We're on the clock."

Some of us have theorized the one reason that Red came back now, is that the clock is running out on him for some reason.  He is running out of time to get something done.  Something that he needs to do.  The bits and pieces Red has said to Liz about why he came back are incomplete, and he acknowledges that he is telling her "some of it" re the reasons.

Interesting!

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Tuxie400 wrote:

lara1 - Wow! Time is mentioned 14 times in Adrian Shaw Pt.2! Time may be running out for Red!

Tuxie400 - yes, though not in all the same context.  interesting though, isn't it?

the Stewmaker when they arrive at the Cornish's house. There's a classic wall clock with 5:40 on the face.

Tatiana - interesting!  and wasn't that the same writer who wrote into a newspaper editorial section complaining about "all of the rabbits" or something like that?

Tatiana - I love that clock image in #49! Such a dramatic shot! Just beautiful. Like I said before, I'm an auditory learner, hanging on every word in this episodes. It's fun to go back and look at all the visual symbols they were giving us.

Lara - you had keyed in on the number 36 as it was one of the first numbers mentioned in the pilot - 36 hours.
It also came up on twitter:
Blacklist Writers‏@BlacklistRoom  Feb 9= 
36 is such a specific number to love, Samar. Anyone have any guesses why?

[b]BlacklistDclassified‏@BlacklistDCd  4 Sep 2016[/b]
Aram: "His plane is an ark." Samar: "It can't be easy keeping 36 people against their will" [3:6]

 TheBlacklistQuotes‏ @Blacklistlines  Feb 18
"My favorite number is 36. So if we get the chance, we’re going to the roulette table, and we’re placing a hundred on red 36." #TheBlacklist

  

1936 HItler dropped the Treaty of Versailles

36 may have been mentioned as one of the producer/writers of the show, but it's not exactly clear. Interesting though :-)

'The number 36 is twice 18. In gematria (a form of Jewish numerology), the number 18 stands for "life", because the Hebrew letters that spell chai, meaning "living", add up to 18. Because 36 = 2×18, it represents "two lives".' Wikipedia.

You can really tell I'm doing eight loads of laundry today, can't you?