Season 8 – The Blacklist

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George K @RT70810130 Oct 25, 2026 Starting season 7, the writers decided to deprecate the formula that had worked for 6 seasons, including the short and long term threads going on simultaneously. The show began prioritizing the preservation of its mystery over the consistency of its characters. Elizabeth seems to be increasing in naïveté as she becomes more experienced, both with her role and with getting to know Reddington. However, Season 8 starts with a steeper decline. This is especially damaging to the character Elizabeth, because the audience is asked to admire her investigative abilities while watching her make decisions that an ordinary person, much less an FBI profiler, would question. Then, suddenly, in spite of incorrigible lack of rational analysis, acquires all of Reddington's skillset while he seems to diminish. The latter possibly explained by his physical health issues to some degree, but it is over the top on both sides. See more John G @RT73033900 Oct 24, 2026 Incredible series, characters & writing - I would give the series 5 stars however the sudden/abrupt departure of Agent Keen’s character in Season 8 was incredibly disappointing & a huge letdown, especially considering the connection I had made with Keen’s relationship with Raymond Reddington - frustrating to get so far into the series only to get blindsided by Keens departure halfway through Season 8. See more Who K @WhoKnew22 Aug 9, 2026 I am up to Episode 11 mostly skipping the season , the writing is terrible and Reddington has gone from a criminal mastermind to a caricature . They are dedicating more time on the rest of the Taskforce but there written badly from Park with her blood illness to Ressler with his drug dependency again . There seems to be no real focus on the show anymore Red not only has immunity which we started off with but he now digging up Elizabeth Keen corpse just dig into past even more for no reason. Its like its a complete different show even the action scenes are poorly done . Just skipping to the end of the Season 9 and hope Season 10 improves . Should of ended the show ages ago now its running on fumes . See more Jack H @RT55878004 Mar 23, 2026 Really enjoyed season 1 through 7, but thought season 8 was terrible. Liz Keen's character grew more and more unlikeable, even though she was rarely seen. See more Paul D. @PaulDa Feb 27, 2026 This season was amazing it was so sad to see Liz be killed. I knew it was gonna happen because I read some spoilers by mistake. This show is different than most of the shows like this because people actually die which is pretty realistic. Obviously a lot of the action is unrealistic because all of these shows are like that if they made a show exactly like the FBI was run it would be boring. I love this show, it’s my favorite show of all time I’ve been binge watching it for the last two months. Reddington is the most amazing character that has ever been on one of these types of shows. Hands-down. See more J M. @04gto Jan 16, 2026 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 Read all reviews

The Blacklist — Season 8

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