The Blacklist is a crime drama that started in 2013. I just
started watching it on Netflix a few weeks ago and I am intrigued. The show has
all of the makings of a keeper.
Yeah I know I’m late to the party but with my late arrival I
get to watch multiple seasons without worrying about commercial breaks and show
stoppages. I think I will approach more shows this way.
I don’t get an opportunity to watch much TV as it stands so
the few shows I do watch have to be good.
This show was different because they took a character that
was pretty evil and self serving and made him likable. I was amazed at the
number of people Raymond killed. My first thought was “This guy is a serial
killer” and yet they kept the show going in the same direction.
If you are like me and you haven’t watched the show let me
tell you a little about it. Raymond was a Naval Officer who turned to crime and
became one of the most wanted criminals in the world.
He turns himself in at the FBI’s head quarters and that’s
when the story goes crazy. They decide that they are going to use him for his
criminal connections to capture people who are on the most wanted list or the
Black List. We are taken through many different specialists who are experts in
different criminal fields. One of the surprises in the show for me at least is
that Elizabeth Keen is the only person Raymond will speak too regarding his
criminal information. We have that story line evolving in the back ground as
Raymond systematically takes out all of his competition.
Raymond "Red"
Reddington, a former officer of the United States Navy who disappeared twenty years earlier, before becoming one of
the FBI
Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, surrenders himself to Assistant Director Harold
Cooper at FBI
Headquarters in Washington,
D.C. Taken to an FBI "black site", Reddington claims to share the FBI's
interest in getting rid of criminals and terrorists he has associated
with,
that are so dangerous and devious that Cooper is unaware even of their
existence. He offers Cooper his knowledge and
assistance on two conditions:
immunity from prosecution, and working exclusively with Elizabeth Keen, a
rookie profiler newly
assigned to Cooper. Keen and Cooper are suspicious of Reddington's
interest in her, but he will only say that she is "very special".
After Cooper tests Reddington's offer in locating and killing a terrorist in
the first episode, Reddington reveals that this man was only the
first on his
"blacklist" of global criminals, which he has compiled over his
criminal career, and states that he and the FBI have a mutual
interest in
eliminating them.( Wikipedia) Thanks Wiki.
The show has some moments when I had to suspend disbelief,
Like when Raymond is found in a suburban home where a house wife is counterfeiting
stacks and stacks of bills. That was over the line for me, but being the TV and
movie fan that I am I accepted it for the sake of the show.
There are many parts of the show that I had to just shake my
head at because of the completely insane claims they made. All in all it is an
entertaining show and I still have 2 years worth of episodes to watch just to
catch up with today.
The full cast is as follows:
James Spader- Raymond Reddington
Megan Boone- Elizabeth Keen
Diego Klattenhoff- Donald Ressler
Harry Lennix- Harold Cooper
FBI Director
Ryan Eggold-Tom Keen
Elizabeth’s husband
Amir Arison – Aram Mojtabai computer specialist
Harry Linix- Harold Cooper FBI Director
Ryan Eggold-Tom Keen Elizabeth’s husband
Amir Arison – Aram Mojtabai computer specialist
These are just a few of the main characters for the show. I will keep watching until I get through all of the episodes. I do have some work to do so It may take some time to catch up.
This TV show doesn't have a wire sculpture modeled after it so I will have to create one in the future.
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