Spader has a way of being very insightful without giving away anything at all... !

You know, James is the first to admit that he's not a morning person  .
I think this interview proves that.  
Most importantly though, I think we have clear evidence that it's being renewed for next season!!!![img]http://cdn.boardhost.com/emoticons2/don't-tell-anyone.png[/img]
He said, "you can't just keep stringing people along" in reference to revealing some of the history, such as in this weeks 2 hour episodes.
"You have to keep their interest..." 

http://www.today.com/video/james-spader-the-blacklist-delves-deep-into-red-s-past-as-it-returns-923525699842 

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I enjoyed the Today segment. From what James said, it sounds like Requiem is going to be like Cape May with its introspection. TBL really needs to work in a cameo of Al Roker! LOL
 

Big Badd Bazzer wrote:

I got some extensive tweets from Annie Heise = one shows a split-screen of Annie and Samar eye-balling each other. Wonderful if those two started tormenting each other - better if they worked together!
Annie is the best on TBL in terms of promoting the show - and she's not even part of the main cast. I told her if she wasn't extended into 'regular recurring' she should apply to be Hollywood's #1 press agent. Who could resist a press agent that looks like Annie Heise???

Wow BBB! You must be some kinda wonderful to get personalized tweets!!! She's a really good actress. I look forward to seeing her in the upcoming episodes. She really does make the screen come alive!

Something Bokenkamp said was that Samar is kind of in like with Aram, but has an unhealthy way of showing it. I bet we see a cat fight between Samar and Elise/Janet! That'll be fun! They both have a lot of screen presence.

Big Badd Bazzer wrote:

Probably too late in the game for Annie to make it to main cast - but who knows. Rumours abound that Diego is disgruntled - and the co-lead, the very inexperienced Megan Boone might have to be sacrificed if the show is extended for the next couple years.

BBB - I have not heard these rumors. I suspected that Diego may want to leave since he's engaged in a lot of other jobs. Plus, on screen, he's starting to think more of his family and how his job takes him away from them. It would be a good segue if he wanted to leave the show. Plus, they are introducing some other FBI agents who could possibly 'replace' him.

We discourage negative talk on this board so I won't go there, but it's fair to say Megan is overshadowed by James' superb and extraordinary talents. You and I talked a little bit about what it would be like to have 'Nez', Tawny Cypress on TBL. I started imagining her with the role of Liz and it makes that role much more believable. Tawny has the angry woman down pat LOL and she has a softer, more vulnerable side, like her relationship with Howard, her addiction, and Tom as her 'brother'. Her character is more in keeping with the original intent of the writers/producers.

They had originally wanted Liz to be more angry and violent in the opening scripts and early first season but it didn't come across on screen the way they wanted, so they toned her down.

But from a pragmatic perspective, the producers or if Megan decided they didn't want to move forward, how would they manage that? Liz is integral to the whole storyline. 

In Soap Operas, it's not uncommon to have a completely different actress replace the one who is leaving. Do you think TBL would do that? Or would they just write her off the show? I don't see how they could do that effectively.

Ok, so my imaginative mind is thinking overtime on this: Liz (Megan) somehow by the end of this season has some kind of accident which disfigures her face. Then next season she's recovering and then heals and her face is different. Lots of plastic surgery. And we already have a really good surgeon who could do a fantastic job.

Whaddya think???!