Despite its intense focus on the “family” drama between Reddington (James Spader) and Liz (Megan Boone), The Blacklist has more successfully fleshed out supporting characters than in the early years. This is a function of being a long-running series with 22 hours to fill, but that reality doesn’t always dictate that detours from the main
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James Spader, The Blacklist In the midst of a global pandemic, some of us seek out comfort and predictability. And few things are more predictable right now than The Blacklist getting fully nutty with it on NBC Fridays. Following an uneven Purdue Pharma “ripped from the headlines” hour and a satisfying Agatha Christie riff that
After a long hiatus, The Blacklist appears willing to ease back into its main conflicts and storylines. The fall finale upended the status quo once more, with Liz (Megan Boone) and Katarina (Laila Robins) teaming up to outsmart Reddington (James Spader), but the first episode in three months kept the familial turmoil on the back
One of the purest pleasures of watching a long-running procedural is the episode that gives the spotlight to a supporting character. In the crime and espionage genres, this maneuver typically throws the tech experts — the nerds — into the field, where they’re fundamentally out of their element. Until they’re not, of course. Now seven