Season 8 – The Blacklist

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J M. @04gto Jan 16 One star is WAAAAAY too high of a rating. This season is like watching a completely different show. A very, very bad show. The storyline turned to fecal matter and the characters changed. Was there a new director for this season? I am only on episode 9 and I don't know if I can watch any more. I really loved this show, but this season is some of the worst tv I haved watched in years. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME. See more John W @JohnbrW Dec 14 Season eight's main problem is the same as previous seasons: Elizabeth Keen is one of the worst protagonists in the history of network television. From season one, the writers used exposition to tell us that Liz is a talented agent and dependable friend and partner. Unfortunately, the person we see often doesn't fit the bill. It was annoying, but almost became a running gag after a while. However, watching the writers try to shoehorn Liz into a rivalry with Red was almost enough to make me quit. Suddenly Red was being matched by a dour-faced and malignant Mr. Magoo: a person bereft of his intellect, curiosity and charisma. Her dizzying shifts between competence and stupidity were intolerable. Her self-righteous determination for revenge over something we knew didn't actually happen was intolerable. Her hypocrisy was intolerable. I hated every second she was on screen and I hated the characters for not hating it too. Mesmerizingly bad television. I can't believe I watched it. See more VIPGamez Jul 28 What a load of crap. Turning on the guy who's basically been her father for a couple of years, saved her life multiple times and cared for her always and without question, because some random woman claimed she was her mother. The whole "strong independent woman" farce is so forced with all the "staying ahead of the FBI, taking care of her child, running a criminal empire and hunting Reddington, wow, what a powerful unstoppable woman" shtick. In reality, she doesn't hunt Red, Townsend does all the work, she doesn't run any sort of criminal empire, she just stole money from Red, she doesn't stay ahead of the FBI, they just repeatedly refuse to arrest her, after she is responsible for treason, a domestic terrorist attack, multiple murders etc. She doesn't even take care of her child! The entire season is so focused on making Liz seem so tough and smart that they forgot to write a plot. The entirety of the events of 15+ hours of this season could've happened in 2-3 episodes. I understand that the actress felt she was grossly underpaid at only a couple million dollars per season and wanted to leave, but why not think of less ridiculous and pointless way to end her storyline? I don't know what the writers expected. That the audience would suddenly turn on their favorite character and find it amusing to see everyone working against him, convinced by a wanted fugitive, murderer and domestic terrorist that he is a secret spy? And after we've seen the Cabal run by world leaders, conspiracies involving MI6, German Intelligence, Mossad, POTUS, the secret service and about 70% of high-ranking individuals in the US Government, we are supposed to believe that the most important secret of all is some 40 year old document that was used to blackmail a couple of people in the 1990s? ChatGPT could've generated a better script for this season. Hideous. See more Brenden D @WestWardReviews Jul 26 F This Season. F THIS SEASON! F!!!!! THIS!!!! SEASON!!!!! Season 8 Of The Blacklist Is WITHOUT A DOUBT THE ABSOLUTE WORST SEASON OF THE ENTIRE SERIES!!!!! Liz Keen Is In Fully Bratty B**CH Mode Throwing LITERAL TERRORIST LEVEL SIZED B**CHY FITS All Because She Doesn't Get To Know Things And Refuses To Listen To The One Person Who ALWAYS PROVES HER WRONG!!! This Season Not Only Contains The ABSOLUTE WORST EPISODE IN THE ENTIRE SERIES, But A LARGE MAJORITY Of The Worst Episodes In The Entire Series. They Should Have Waited Until Megan Boone Finished With Maternity Leave To Start Filming The Season, Make It Their Final Season, And Throw Out The "LIZ IS A BRATTY VILLAIN" Storyline. EVERY SINGLE AWFUL THING SHE DOES IS THEN JUST BLAMED ON REDDINGTON BY THE TASK FORCE WHILE THEY KISS HER STUPID LITTLE BOO BOOS EVEN AFTER SHE NEARLY GETS THEM ALL KILLED!!! It Really Says Something Awful About A Character When You Watch As They Witness Their "Mother" Be Gunned Down, They're Screaming "I HATE YOU" To The Shoooter Like A Little Girl Who's Daddy Wouldn't Buy Her A Toy, And All You Can Say Is "Oh Shut Up Liz". The Revelations At The End Make Her Season Long Terrorist Crime Spree All For Nothing And Feel Way Too Convoluted. Making Liz Keen #1 On The Blacklist Was A Dumb Move. In That Episode, At This Point, Liz Has Already Stolen Explosives From The BLacksite & Blown Up Part Of A Hospital. So WHY THE HELL DID THE TASK FORCE NOT DEACTIVATE HER BADGE WHICH IS HOW SHE IS ABLE TO GET INTO A COVERT OP BASE WITH APPARENTLY NO AGENTS GUARDING IT EXCEPT ONE, WHO SHE THREATENS AT GUN POINT, THEN KIDNAPS HER DAUGHTER!!!! And The Set-Up She Pulls To Frame Reddington's Lawyer Is Sooooo Obvious That There's NO WAY IN HELLL RED WOULD FALL FOR THIS........ EXCEPT HE DOES BECAUSE PLOT DEMANDS IT!!!!! She Nearly Crashes Planes Together, She Murders People In Cold Blood, And Everyone Just Keeps Blaming Reddington! At Points You'll Have THem Go "Oh.... Maybe She Has Gone Too Far" Or "We Can't Be Objective. We Need To Remove Ourselves From The Manhunt For Her"........ ONLY FOR THEM TO COMPLETELY GO BACK ON THIS IN THE VERY NEXT EPISODE!!!!! AND THE CROISSANT SCENE!!!!! THE *BLEEPING CROISSANT SCENE!!!!!! F*** THIS SEASON! F*** THIS SEASON!!!!! F***!!!!! THIS!!!!!! SEASON!!!! The Only Saving Graces Are The Tribute Episode To Clark Middleton, The Butterfingers Joke, The Revelation From Harold's Past, And A Little Bit Of The Finale...... Before Everything Basically Goes Down The Tubes. It's Truly Sad That This Was Both Megan Boone & Show Creator Jon Bokenkamp's Final Season. They Should Have Let Him End This When He Wanted To End It. Such A Shame. F 1/10 Outside Of The Clark Middleton Tribute Episode & The Endging, Probably Best To Just Skip This Season ENTIRELY! One Last Time..... F************CK!!!!!!!!!! THIIIIIIISSSSSSS!!!!!!! SEAAAAASOOOOOOONNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more SIBIRIAK . May 9 Season 8, Episode 13 "without pain you can't feel joy" - Reddington Warning: Spoilers "without pain you can't feel joy" - Reddington. This phrase from an episode before characterizes the show. And these standalone episodes broke from the main Blacklist's structure are worth the torture of poorly written scenes. Cape May, Brother, Anne, Ruin. Ruin is one of the few episodes about Keen that you can watch. Notwithstanding the fact that at some point I filled up with tears, it's not a ten. I like this episode a lot. I like how they brought back Red's enthusiasm towards fixing things that appeared to be detrimental to his little domestic bliss. I like how pure their romance too. There is always something innocent in love of two mature people where there is no need for labels, history, only the moment. And I think theses standalone episodes is a great invention. I'm sorry I don't know the full TV history, but I don't recall other shows with that feature. It's not just story, it's directed and shot differently. But of course there is a drop of dirt in this honey. There is a storm from previous episodes still waving and laughing at you. And I'm not talking about the story. I'm talking about lacks in logic and scenes. Since everybody is a critique today. I'm gonna hop on that wagon myself. Why did he start hiding? The real Reddington would jump in any car and drove with her away as fast as he could. His decision doesn't coalesce with his extremely coherent explanation at the station about what is going to happen. And when they locked themselves in the back and I was looking at Townsend's short beard through this cracked glass It got me thinking. Why the heck is Reddington the number one on the FBI most wanted list? I don't recall him assaulting a police station and killing cops. He should be at least after Townsend. It's not like Townsend is a classic blacklister. I got the impression that agencies knew about him. We should start by reassessing - why Ressler was chasing after him around the world before the events of the show took place? Doesn't FBI work within the territory of the US? But anyway, in the beginning of the show we take it at face value that Reddington is the most wanted because he is the most criminal and dangerous and all that. But by the time of the 8th season we saw so many monsters that wasn't unknown that every one of them has all the reasons to be the number 1 on most wanted list. Ah, James Spader. How are you always able to make simple moments so hauntingly beautiful? This moment when Red turned the car with the Spader's hallmark crooked grim line reminded me of The Stickup and made me want to rewatch the incredible movie again. See more Sibusiso M 07/17/2024 It was a decent conclusion for long time fans invested in the series. The season answered long time pressing questions the show poked at. See more Read all reviews

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