Warning: This story contains major spoilers from Wednesday’s episode ofThe Blacklist.

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Was the team able to save Samar duringThe Blacklist’s penultimate hour?

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“Not at all,” Bokenkamp tells EW.

“Our cliffhanger at the end of the season is acliffhanger.

It is a big answer and it is a big question that is gonna push us forward.”

“If not, maybe I’ll go do the finale as puppet theater at a community theater somewhere.

We’re not in that business.”

Not taking the leap with this major cliffhanger, Bokenkamp notes, was too big of a risk.

“There’s too much good story to tell next season,” he says.

“We’ve already had great conversations about it.

We have a really strong direction and some big ideas.

The Blacklist’s season finale will air Wednesday, May 16, at 8 p.m.