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!

The Blacklist - Season 5

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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.

Cooper asks why they would ever help him do that.

Well, that, and because without Red, they really dont have anything else to do.

(All right, those last two reasons were from me.

Oh, thats right.

And Blaisestillonly marks himself down as a maybe.

Now Ressler and Samar just need to go steal it back from Amelia Hammonds living room in Paris.

Meanwhile, Dembe and Tom are doing a little priceless-artifact tracking of their own, though certainly not together.

And an unexpected cooking lesson from Dembe!

Samar breaks into the womans house in Paris for the Rembrandt, but its no longer there.

The woman sold it and they have no way of finding it.

And once thats in the works, Part 2 of Plan A is commandeering a mansion on Lake Como.

Why the woman would put a tracker on the back of her own earring again, unclear.

So Red tells him that his men were just taking the painting down because Red isgivingthe painting to Blaise.

Thats how totally-still-rich and invested in partnering with him Red is.

Not so fast, Coops!

Correct, Red tells her.

And do you know what Liz thinks of that?

So, they head out to rob Blaises home, and I tell you what, thatiscool.

She says that she just did it because it felt right.

Because youre my daughter?

In more ways than I care to admit.

Okay, maybe slow your roll, Lizzie; you stole millions of dollars worth of artifacts fromonecriminal.

From the closet, Tom watches as Red shoots Dennison twice in the chest and leaves.

He rushes to Dennison and begs him to tell why Kaplan had him pick up the suitcase.

With his dying breath, Dennison tells Tom: Oleander…find him.

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