#The blacklist season 5 episode 22 recap movie#
#The blacklist season 5 episode 22 recap tv#

There are a couple вЂњeeeeeew!вЂќ moments in the episode where Scottie gets her face very close to TomвЂ™s and it feels like they might kiss. Famke Janssen is 51 years old and Ryan Eggold is 31, so their ages work just fine for her to be TomвЂ™s mother. One of the things that bonded him to Liz was that both of them never really knew their parents. We knew that Tom was an orphan who bounced around foster care until The Major took him in and trained him to be a spy. From the moment in the hospital where Scottie talked about her lost child, I was quite suspicious that Tom might be her son. Plus, it keeps the proposed spinoff from seeming too much like a carbon copy of the вЂњIs Red LizвЂ™s father?вЂќ storyline that has driven вЂњThe BlacklistвЂќ thus far. Scottie and Tom, Mother and Son вЂ“ While it might have been fun to spend some time theorizing and looking for clues, IвЂ™m ultimately pleased that the show revealed ScottieвЂ™s connection to Tom so quickly. Ryan Eggold as Tom Keen, left, in 'The Blacklist.'Д¤. I hope he does not hold a grudge against Tom. It is a pretty safe bet he lived as Solomon is supposed to be a character in the spin off series. Solomon goes down but the police donвЂ™t find his boy. His most dramatic moment comes when Tom shoots Solomon in the gut. I have no qualms at all about Ryan Eggold carrying this spin-off series. Meanwhile, the Halcyon segments really allow Tom Keen to shine.

#The blacklist season 5 episode 22 recap movie#

It is worth noting that Dumont is played by Adrian Martinez, who is probably best known as the вЂњDiscount doublecheck!вЂќ guy from the State Farm commercialsВ and for appearing in the Will Smith movie вЂњFocus.вЂќ Martinez brings great comedic timing to the episode. I could certainly see Aram working with this group, especially Dumont, the Halcyon hacker. It is easy to see how these characters could be spun off into their own series, with occasional guest shots with some of the show'sВ regular characters. It is smooth and fun, and the team works well together. The entire middle half of the episode is Tom working with the Halcyon team to rob a bank and kidnap a money-laundering banker. The Pilot вЂ“ вЂњWait,вЂќ you say, вЂњthere wasnвЂ™t a pilot in this episode.вЂќ I am talking about how this episode served as a pilot for the 'Blacklist' spin-off. Famke Janssen may not quite be as good as James Spader, but sheвЂ™s close enough.ДЈ. All my concerns about Scottie as a compelling character melted away this episode. She exhibits other Red-like moments, such as when she knew everything about the wounded little girl from the bank robbery or her вЂњyou have to give a little to take a little,вЂќ poke at Diaz after she stole his campaign funds.

Her little speech during the opening scene about her crippling anxiety and doing sudokuВ puzzles in the middle of the night feels like the kind of bravado and humor that we love in Red. Scottie Hargrave вЂ“ After a so-so introduction last week, leading me to worry about ScottieвЂ™s ability to be a central figure in a вЂњBlacklistвЂќ spin-off, sheВ is in much better form this episode. Diaz, by the way, is played by Benito Martinez, who had recurring roles on 'Sons of Anarchy' and 'American Crime.' IвЂ™m betting we see more of him in the future.Дў. We never learn anything about DiazвЂ™s politics, although we know he is crooked enough to allow himself to be bought by a Russian billionaire. The show cleverly makes Diaz from Missouri, a state that could reasonably produce a Democrat or a Republican.

election by financing the campaign of Sen.В Bob Diaz. I like the side-plot about Kirk trying to buy influence in the U.S. The Russian part of his background will no doubt be an important aspect of his character as it will likely provide him with a link to Katerina Rostova and, by extension, KaterinaвЂ™s daughter, Masha (Liz). We donвЂ™t get to know much about him, except that he is a mega-rich Russian oligarch. Still, Kirk is the highest Blacklist ranking in all of season 3. Tom Keen was #7, Berlin (the season 1 finale) was #8, Tom Connolly (the attorney general, season 2 finale) was #11, and The Decembrist ( Alan Alda) was #12.

Alexander Kirk вЂ“ HeвЂ™s #14 on RedвЂ™s Blacklist, a pretty high number, but weвЂ™ve seen higher. And with that (very minor) 'Blacklist' mystery solved, it is time to get to the fiveВ things I noticed about tonightвЂ™s episode, вЂњAlexander Kirk.вЂќДЎ.

#The blacklist season 5 episode 22 recap tv#

He says his name was used on the TV show вЂњAlias,вЂќ too. HeвЂ™s no relation to the DoctorВ Who actor, but, every so often when they are looking for a name to insert into a show, they use his. His name is (you guessed it) Michael Troughton. Well, one of the script supervisors for вЂњThe BlacklistвЂќ reached out to me to tell me the real story.