

Red tells Dembe they both know who did this, then he asks if he heard from Priya Laghari. Red is trying to get in touch with the general in Moscow but he can’t be reached, Red tells the person on the phone that when he can be reached, tell him that he is off the payroll. Neville says sooner or later, he is going to tell him everything about Raymond Reddington. Neville keeps thinking about when his family was killed. Neville tells him that he is incredibly still alive and every time he zaps him it takes him back to a memory. Tonight’s Blacklist episode begins with Ivan Stepanov, Neville Townsend has him, with an electric collar around his neck. Tonight’s The Blacklist episode begins now – Refresh Page often to get the most current updates!

If you are excited to find out what happens tonight make sure to bookmark this spot and come back for our The Blacklist recap between 8 PM – 9 PM ET! While you wait for our recap make sure to check out all our The Blacklist recaps, news, spoilers, right here. On tonight’s The Blacklist Season 8, Episode 17 called, “Ivan Stepanov”, as per the NBC synopsis, “Red tries desperately to rescue an old friend at all costs, while Liz and Townsend conduct an interrogation.” The Blacklist airs Wednesday at 8/7c on NBC.Tonight on NBC their hit drama The Blacklist starring James Spader airs with an all-new Friday, May 14, 2021, episode and we have your The Blacklist recap below. By consistently leaning towards Red, the show compromises what could more powerful stories. She should triumph over Garvey in a compelling way that doesn't have to involve her father negotiating for a bag of bones and then delivering Garvey on her behalf. Given the context of this season, this should be Liz's story. On the other hand, if there's ever been a season of The Blacklist where things should be different, it's this one. His methods are an entertaining riff on typical law enforcement procedurals. No matter where a story begins or goes at the mid-way point, Liz and others eventually partner with him, bend to his will or give him what he wants. It's simply that The Blacklist's storytelling operates from the default setting that Red's way is the right, or at least most successful, way. It's not that this storytelling makes for bad television. The Blacklist: Whose Bones Are in the Bag? Even after Liz angrily confirmed Red's meddling with the witness, she went right along with his plan to get the ledger, and even passed it along so that Red could ominously threaten Garvey at the end of the episode. The procedural story - with a renegade former child bride and sexual assault victim fulfilling contract kills for other teenage girls in a similar position - functioned to procure a ledger that Red could use as a bargaining chip against Garvey. Liz pursued the Garvey investigation on mostly legal terms, while Red and Garvey circled one another in that criminal mastermind kind of way. The action in "Anna-Garcia Duerte" thus mirrored the typical Blacklist formula. It appears that we're supposed to view Red's half-cocked honesty about his actions as a major development yet, it still promotes the status quo the show has fostered for four-plus seasons.

And for the show, Red's rhetorical tap dancing is an attempt to justify further tension between he and Liz without any real change possible. The Blacklist's Ryan Eggold Snags NBC Medical Drama Pilotįor Red, this is a cop out to justify his continued undermining of Liz and the task force's investigation. He will stop at nothing to get that godforsaken bag of bones, and likely to make Garvey pay for all the awful things he's done. Red weaseled out of any significant consequences for his actions because he previously told Liz (and us) that this is exactly what he was going to do. Of course, in that moment Red also personified The Blacklist's typical doublespeak and avoidance.
