It certainly sets up a season 3 that will be dramatically different from the two that came before. 'The Blacklist' Finale: What Did You Think of Liz's Ending (POLL) The Season 8 finale served as star Megan Boone's final episode as FBI agent-turned-criminal. The cold-blooded execution of Tom Connolly (there were entirely too many Toms on this show, anyway) in the episode's final moments, Red's plan to out the Cabal by handing the information contained in the Fulcrum to 11 investigative journalists (the first salvo in their war against the clandestine organization headed up by the Director) - all that is fascinating, and potentially game changing. but that doesn't explain why Liz pulled the trigger. Sure, by ending the season with Liz joining Red on the FBI's most wanted list, the audience is treated to an unexpected character shake-up that could produce dividends for the overarching narrative down the line. The same goes for Liz's shooting of the attorney general.
Needless to say, with all the promos for the finale suggesting a revelation of sorts, there was a kind of heightened expectation that the end of season 2 would either deliver on its promises, or it would perform one heck of an up-and-back that would settle things nicely into a familiar status quo.
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With Liz and Red hot on the trail of the Cabal, and Tom/Jacob ready to become Liz's sidekick in her quest to find out the truth about her past, things were lining up rather nicely.īut the series has been here before, and it has managed to reverse course or to stall in the kind of fashion you would expect from a show that has one story to tell, but desperately wants to do that over the course of seven or eight seasons. The series seemed poised to confront the biggest problems facing its unnecessarily complicated narrative, and to streamline the story in such a way that better defined where it was headed and why. The Blacklist rarely gets credit for its weirdness, but maybe this episode, the Season 7 finale, will be the one to turn the tide. For what its worth, The Blacklist was on something of a roll in the weeks leading up to the season 2 finale.
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