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ROBERT DIAZ, NO. “The question is: Do you want this?” He tells McMahon that he’s ordering a kill shot, as painless as possible. Credit: Virginia Sherwood/NBC She looks so pleased: “I’m relieved to hear you say that.” And for once, everything goes exactly as planned. Well, itmostlygoes like that. Vontae (!!!) And the second the fire clears, Ressler shootsthe hellout of Sanquist. Ressler tells her if she shoots him, he’ll shoot her....

To celebrate our Winter TV Preview, EW is bringing fans 25 Scoops in 25 Days. Nathan Lane is heading toThe Blacklistfor the shows milestone 100th episode and EW has the exclusive first look. Its going to be a really fun episode. Credit: Will Hart/NBC But Stern mainly serves as an echo of the shows core father-daughter dynamic. The Blacklists 100th episode airs Wednesday, Jan. 17 at 8 p.m. Will Hart/NBC...

Ill allow you some time to un-bug your eyes at that fact… Remember the Warrior Gene? Remember Lizzie and Reds road trip while she was briefly a fugitive on the FBIs Most Wanted List? Credit: Scott Gries/NBC ?Remember SPY BABY AGNES?! And now its time to pay the piper. Reader, I grinned throughout the entire thing. One of them recognizes the man: Raymond Reddington? And Red is not at all impressed with their gun-jumping, which includes terrifying a little girl....

But once I did…there was no going back. The man falls to the ground, his killer unseen. The FBI has pinned Juyals murder on the groups leader, named wait for it Coogan Hudnutt. Credit: Will Hart/NBC At the same time, we see Jerrys daughter Reva sitting at his wake. Sure, that seems normal enough. Go get ready for bed, Ill be up in a minute. A little weird to say to your teenage daughter....

Because these episodeshavebeen cool. Theyve been fun episodes, and I want to just be the fun aunt who lets them express themselves! But I cant I care too much! Credit: Will Hart/NBC Indeed, the hijinks in this episode were delicious enough to rot your teeth out. But it also highlighted two peskyBlacklistproblems I can never get past. GREYSON BLAISE, NO. It came, it went/It conquered quick/I was there/And then, I quit....

It doesnt get much better than that. I dont trust nobody and nobody trusts me. The earworm is twofold. Credit: Will Hart/NBC And Liz Liz told these men not to lie to her. She asked them, she begged them, shetrustedthem not to lie to her. But they cant help but love each other. And so signs their fate. They lie to her. They go behind her back. They dont offer back the trust that she so willingly gives them....

While I don’tlovethe idea that Ian Garvey is (maybe? That’s what we call in the business, a bit of a pickle. He’s caught, and what’s worse, he thinks he can un-catch himself. Credit: Eric Leibowitz/NBC I don’t think so. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Hey, best of luck, pals! Lilly is like, thanks but no thanks, I would super like to leave now. “I think we both know it’s a little later for that,” Lilly says....

PTL for Baby Agnes. the most times without ever bothering with a single gratuitous shot of a mirror. ILYAS SURKOV, NO. Credit: Will Hart/NBC 54 This cold open had me at British children. Suddenly, theyre yelling inside to their mother that its snowing outside. It seems impossible, given the weather, and indeed, it is. And thatsnotyour average chemical plant explosion, either. So, Red asks Lizzie, who exactly is using his name to commit terrorist attacks?...

This first hour was a w-i-l-d ride! Watching Liz operate in this first hour, the Redjumped out. MARKO JANKOWICS, NO. Credit: Craig Blankenhorn/NBC And things start out so nicely! The cute couple tells him theyre taking a trip from Montreal to D.C. for their babymoon. If Liz feels bad about killing a civilian (a number of civilians!) this episode, she never mentions it. IfResslerfeels bad about aiding Liz in killing a number of civilians,henever mentions it....

As of one television-hour ago, Raymond Reddington is officiallyontoElizabeth Keen, his maybe-fake-not-daughter. His maybe-fake-not-daughter is onto him too… Not until Reddington was finally caught at the beginning of this season, at least. And more importantly,its answered. Credit: Will Hart/SONY/NBC Sure a jury of Reds peers decide that he is innocent (!!!) I knowatruth, she corrects him. But she certainly has a few more puzzle pieces to work with. And, nowso do we....

On the bright side, there are elephants… It is the stuff of fantasies, of imaginations run wild. Its a heightened, absurd, fantastic premise that happens to exist a world very much resembling our own. Credit: Will Hart/NBC If only the circumstances of unarmed killings were that improbable. Its one thing to not want to politicize your very fictional show. So its especially unfortunate that the truth of that message is trivialized by an outlandish plot rig....

Doppelgangers, doubles, and Delores oh my! Yes, give me all the doubles drama. Butdealing with Annaliese Keatondoesnt seem particularly easy either, so this is certainly one way to do it. Credit: Virginia Sherwood/NBC (And I definitely always appreciate Martha Plimpton on my TV!) Theres even a duality to the name of tonights Blacklister. Tom) waits for a younger man on a park bench in Manhattan. Then he very quickly transitions from a lesson on timeliness to a lesson on all-consuming rage....

Children being marched to fiery deaths! Whatever it takes to keep our grubby audience paws off that one big secret until the very last minute. I expected that to annoy me more. Credit: Scott Gries/NBC I dont love stalling tactics. But if this is stalling, its certainly an entertaining wait. But then… Boom! One of the lowest profile but most original Blacklister plots in quite some time. For now… NICHOLAS T....