ROBERT DIAZ, NO.
“The question is: Do you want this?”
He tells McMahon that he’s ordering a kill shot, as painless as possible.
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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.
It’s not really agreatequation if you’re Reddington, but thenBOOM!
McMahon is shot through the head from behind…
BY DEMBE (Hisham Tawfiq)!
He’s back, baby.
And Red wants to know if this means he’s forgiven him.
Red agrees that it’s critical, “But not as critical as knowing why you’re here.”
Oddly, this is not the only man to express his unconditional love for Raymond Reddington in this finale.
Instead of going to the police, they paid a fixer to cover it up.
Uh, inThe Blacklistworld, that is.
“You did this toyourself,” Panabaker, my forever fav, spits back.
“How does a fugitive bring down a president?”
Diaz asks, presumably rhetorically.
Buckle up for the comeback of the century from Coops: “With pleasure.”
And whatofthat president-slaying fugitive?
The woman stops in her tracks, turns around, and says, “Raymond.
“And then she KISSES HIM.
“Are they watching?”
Katarina picks up Raymond Reddington’s fedora and keeps walking.
So was that an example of the malice Liz has long feared in her mother?
It must be said that Brett Cullen doesn’t look like he could be an older Ilya/Gabriel Mann.
So, do we finally put that theory to rest now?
This ending clearly raises more questions than it answers.
