Mr Akplan and Reddington Join Again?
Warning: This story contains major spoilers from the season finale of The Blacklist. Read at your own risk.
Later on four seasons of wondering, The Blacklist season finale confirmed what — let'southward be honest — most fans have suspected from the beginning about Raymond Reddington's (James Spader) relation to Liz Keen (Megan Boone): He's her father!
During the finale, Cooper (Harry Lennix) decided to settle the debate once and for all by using a claret sample locked upwards in evidence from a mission decades prior that Red worked before turning into a criminal mastermind. The blood examination confirmed that Raymond Reddington is, in fact, Liz's father, but is the man we've come to know over the last four seasons really Raymond Reddington?
"Liz has learned that Cherry is her father, and however at that place is a much bigger secret that is out there that presents a real trouble," EP Jon Bokenkamp tells EW, referring to the bones Mr. Kaplan (Susan Blommaert) unearthed that are now en road to Liz, much to Red'due south chagrin.
Odds are the bones belong to Liz's presumed expressionless mother Katarina (Lotte Verbeek), but Bokenkamp doesn't balk at the proffer they could belong to, say, the real Red, and that this Red is someone else entirely. "This imposter theory is one that's live amongst our fan base of operations," Bokenkamp says. After all, the DNA results proving Red'southward parentage come from a decades-old sample that is not necessarily from the man we know now. What's actually going on here? Bokenkamp teases what'due south in store for flavour 5. (Read our postmortem with Megan Boone here.)
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Red has been revealed as Liz's father. Has this been the programme from the kickoff?
JON BOKENKAMP: Yes, it has been. Exactly where that would fall, nosotros weren't ever sure, but it became articulate this season as nosotros were arcing out the stories that this indicate in the mythology of the timeline was the correct moment.
How hard was it keeping this reveal a secret all these years?
This prove is full of secrets, and then it'due south always hard to talk about the story lines without giving away answers. We unpacked some other big one tonight — this suitcase and its contents — information technology'southward all connected and it'south all difficult to talk virtually. I always feel information technology's probably best to let the episodes speak best for themselves.
Isn't this the obvious reply the fans have been expecting from the get-go? Why confirm what everyone has basically said since season 1?
Because information technology is role of the truth, but non the entire [affair]. There is a larger reason for him entering her life, a bigger secret that is also revealed in this episode, so while it is part of the story, it is not the unabridged story.
Talk near that bigger secret.
That bigger clandestine involves, in function, some bones that were dug up by Mr. Kaplan, and that Elizabeth Bang-up is unaware of, and that Red is desperate to keep Liz from finding. That bag of bones represents a much larger story that is the ultimate hook of the bear witness. Then yes, the paternal issue is something that peradventure 1 might have expected, but in retrospect, when we wait back on the entire series, it will brand sense in a style that perhaps information technology doesn't now. All I can really say is, it is a piece of a much larger puzzle.
Tom has the suitcase. Can y'all talk nigh whether he'll struggle with the decision to requite Liz the suitcase?
Oh, aye, I'one thousand confident Tom volition struggle. He has no idea what he's gotten into. That suitcase is packed total of nothing simply problems for Reddington.
Given that the tree is marked with the letter K, are we to believe they are Katarina's bones?
That's a good road to go downwards. That seems like a logical explanation. Katarina was never seen again, and then yep, that's a good theory probably.
Another theory: Could they be Raymond Reddington's bones?
That could likewise be a practiced theory. I love the way you expect at this. Expect, they could exist anyone, right? But they're going to be a problem, a real problem, if Liz finds out almost them. These bones are a key to unlocking everything, and Reddish is not gear up for that even so.
Tin can these DNA results actually be trusted given where they came from?
I think so. That's why we anchored that so far in the past that the Deoxyribonucleic acid of Raymond Reddington from this bloody shirt all these years ago gives us that reply. And so yes, I think we should trust that.
Ultimately y'all are maxim Red is her father, so will Liz exist operating under the news that she is Red's daughter adjacent season?
Yes, Liz learned that Raymond Reddington is her male parent and yet there's a much bigger secret that is out in that location that presents a real problem.
How does knowing that these bones are out there affect Red?
He's incredibly conflicted, because there's this enormous emotional bombshell, and still, at the aforementioned fourth dimension, he has ever withheld partial truths. He's withholding the biggest secret from Liz, so not only is there a lot of conflicted emotional things happening between he and Elizabeth Bang-up, in that location's always this much larger secret that has him entirely on his heels, terrified and presents a problem in a fashion that he's never dealt with earlier. Kaplan was his nearly trusted confidante, knew deep truths. Even now, her death presents a catastrophic trouble. I think he's terrified. By the way, the other thing that's interesting is, he has been reduced to rubble. His empire has been ripped apart, he'southward left with nothing. We've seen him destroy all of his aliases, he's living in a dumpy motel, so he won the war, merely it has really shifted who he is in a style that is going to exist fun looking alee at how he handles this, and what he does in terms of moving forwards.
How will this change Liz going into next season now knowing who Crimson is to her?
I don't entirely know, but I would await to encounter her explore that. She'south recognized that the devil is her male parent, and she'southward had incredible windows into that in the past, including murdering the attorney full general and going on the run and being a criminal. So I would await her to explore that darker side that is in her blood.
How volition the squad react to this news?
The squad doesn't know anything about it yet. Cooper knows about it, but as far as the rest of the team, it hasn't been revealed. I call back they'd all react in very dissimilar means. They've also all got their ain problems — or good situations. Aram and Samar take acknowledged something between them with the kiss, Ressler is left a blacklister to basically make clean upwardly the mess of Laurel Hitchin'due south decease, so he's not in a proficient place, and Cooper is the 1 who knows the secret. I call up they'll all react in dissimilar means and it'll be incredibly complex. It'll be a great pull for our people to try to rally together. Remember, Julian Gale is still out there with his investigation of the task force. He was thwarted by Reddington and the investigation was stopped, but he'due south yet out in that location and he's however a loose end. That's going to be a expert story.
There'southward been a theory that the person nosotros see every bit Red is non really her father, but Liz's mother. Is this nonetheless a possibility considering the twist that yous take in store for united states of america?
That makes me smile. Look, it is one of the theories that I've obviously heard. At that place is a big camp that [believes the] Raymond Reddington imposter theory, that Reddish is non who he says he is. I mean, I can't deny that that all still adds upwardly and is i of the theories that makes sense. It's out there, it's cool, I'd love to have you walk me through the whole thing. But this imposter theory is one that's alive amid our fan base. This season, we have really motored ahead. Each season, nosotros've given real concrete pieces of this puzzle, and this season is no exception. Some episodes were heavy in that mythology than others. The Mr. Kaplan episode was certainly an episode that had a lot of big moves in it. This final episode has some big moves. Again, they're all pieces of this puzzle that is slowly meeting to paint one large motion picture. But it's a nail seeing it come together, and it's also a lot of fun to read comments and threads and tweets and see the theories, because there'south a lot of them, and they're really a smash to read.
Will Dom play a bigger role next flavor?
I dear Brian Dennehy, so information technology's hard to resist bringing him in. He's a great player and we're lucky to have him on the prove. He definitely is part of the landscape and occupies an of import infinite. You lot run into that play out on screen. All these answers, what ends up airing is far better than answering these questions than I am considering that'due south what's really canon for the show. He is somebody who evidently does not like Reddington. They have a fraught human relationship. He's hurt. He was told that Elizabeth Keen was expressionless, and institute out she faked her decease — Red didn't even tell Dom until this season that Liz is actually live, and then this guy is living with all kinds of baggage. He'southward an important graphic symbol in the mythology.
Is Mr. Kaplan actually dead? And can you talk nearly the reason why she went over the bridge?
I love how far she's willing to become for Liz, that she was willing to die for what she believed in and that was part of her programme, that her death would finer trigger a death switch that would unravel Reddington. Fifty-fifty with her dead, her plan is marching forward. That was the near compelling thing, that she was willing to die to deport out the promise that she had made all these years ago to keep Liz prophylactic. And so is she really expressionless? I retrieve then. It would be hard to bring her back, just with that said, I love Susan Blommaert so much. It's like when Alan Alda died, it broke my centre. We blew upwardly Alan Alda, who is a Goggle box legend. Sometimes you accept to listen to the prove and where information technology wants to get. That was a really hard decease in the show, and this ane as well. If we were smart enough to find a manner to bring her back that felt existent, fantastic, simply I think her tombstone has been written.
Circling back to the task strength, Laurel Hitchin dies right after closing the investigation. Volition that raise some crimson flags?
That depends on how her death is handled. We'll see how well Mr. Prescott gets rid of her trunk. Reven Wright just disappeared; nobody else knows she's actually dead, then we'll have to see how well her disappearance/death is swept under the rug. But I'm sure there will be questions raised. Even Julian Gale would probably exist very curious to know what happened to the woman who just shut him downwards.
Even with the investigation airtight, with the news out at that place, volition the job strength exist disbanded?
The news is out there in a airtight grand jury investigation, which is containable. I don't remember it was out there as in, Liz murdered the attorney general and is a avoiding. It's not that out there to the public. It'southward contained within the intelligence community that was disruptive this investigation. The bigger problem is that Reddington has actually no resources. Baz was killed, Mr. Kaplan is gone. It's basically he and Dembe, and he's starting over, in a way. That'south the bigger problem for the task force is, the man that information technology's built around is reduced to rubble.
What kind of danger does this put Liz in as Ruddy's organization is all just not-existent now? Will we see Cerise rebuilding next year?
That's the thing I'm most excited about actually, looking alee, is the show has always been dark in its own odd way and dangerous and loftier-staked, merely we're spring-boarding forrad in the fifth season in a fashion where Red is stripped down to nothing and is forced to rebuild. Does Liz join him in that rebuilding? What does that look similar? The just matter I know for sure about it is it's going to be a hell of a lot of fun considering he has goose egg left to lose. Nosotros almost want to step back in terms of who the character was and how much joy he takes in his life and how he moves and operates. He congenital a criminal empire in one case and I think watching him go out and endeavour to scratch and put back together some sort of criminal business is going to be a really fun ride that we've never gone on. He's got to rebuild his team, which means populating it with new people. He's not just taking down blacklisters because they stand in his way. I would imagine that he might become subsequently people that could help him reboot his empire. It's been one of the things that we talk about in the room is just having a lot of fun with the character and it almost feels similar an opportunity for u.s. to reboot the tone in a style that tin be a lot of fun.
Red has an escape plan with that island. Volition that come back into play next season?
Well, I hadn't thought most it until now, but aye, that's a groovy idea! Red in a crisp white suit. Drinks in coconuts with umbrellas. Bottle episode on the island!
The Blacklist volition return to NBC Wednesdays this autumn.
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James Spader is Raymond "Reddish" Reddington, a mastermind criminal who teams up with the FBI.
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Source: https://ew.com/tv/2017/05/18/blacklist-red-liz-father-finale-spoilers/
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