Did this show just… did they just kill off one of their main characters?
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I mean amaincharacterdidThe Blacklistjust kill off Elizabeth Keen?
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Or better put: Is Elizabeth Keen really dead?
Now, whether this is a Ned Stark situation (!!!)
or a Jon Snow situation (???
)or some otherGame of Thronescharacter death reference altogetheris yet to be decided.
But I generally live by the mantra, what the Spades says, goes.
Because I think we’re at least certain of this…
Red thinks Liz is dead.
And that alone changesThe Blacklistin a major way.
But really, those aren’t the things that make Red the Most Interesting Man on NBCit’s Liz.
And now that’s all changed.
Who is Red without Liz as the living, breathing center of his universe?
But Mr. Solomon is working pretty hard at it.
They’re not and they don’t.
But it’s that false sense of confidence that makes Lizzie’s final flatline all the more painful.
Suddenly, she’s bleeding and something inside her is hurting.
Tomin full Warby Parker Original Flavor Tom-mode all episoderushes her to the nearest hospital.
But Solomon and Mr. Mustache are onto them and track them down by locating the nearest hospital.
This is on you Raymond, nobody else.
You were wrong to make her believe you could keep her safe.
You made us all believe.”
And, man, they really let that bad boy play fora while.
But for a few minutes it seems like they have nothing to worry about.
finally cries, and all is well.
But then… the telltale beep.
The baby is fine, but Liz is crashing.
Her lungs aren’t taking in enough air, and the next step is heart failure.
Mr. Kaplan gets it there in a minute flat, but Liz is already bad off.
I do love…"
NEXT: You do love…WHO?!
That unfinished sentence is the last thing Red hears from a conscious (and alive) Lizzie.
Even mustaches make mistakes.
And now, the FBI has caught up with Solomon.
But it doesn’t matter, because something else entirely has already caught up with Liz.
Until that moment, something about Liz’s death had felt very distant, very unsettled to me.
In watching Samar though, her grief over the news of Liz’s death felt very real.
And if you’ll reflect back toMr.
Spader’s commentat the top of the recap… it’s all about perspective.
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