No, Reddington isn't out here reading bedtime stories, or tucking a cheese stick under his fedora just in case Liz gets hungry while she's running for her life | He tells her that everything he's been afraid of, everything he's tried to prevent from happening to her and Agnes is happening because the secrets he's been keeping have come out |
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She fishes out his phone and tells him to call Cooper for help while she keeps an eye out for Townsend's men | The episode opens right where , with Liz under arrest by the Task Force, and being escorted back to the Post Office by Ressler and an armed convoy |
Because at that exact moment, Bino shows up and informs Liz that they're no longer playing for the same side.
Because toddlers are hardwired to push limits and explore boundaries, and you only have to spend a few minutes with one to know that "why" is their favorite question | But whether Raymond Reddington is Elizabeth Keen's father or not — whether he's even Raymond Reddington or not — there's no doubt in episodes like these that he has long treated her like a child |
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But here's the thing: Liz isn't a toddler | Because Bino soon finds out that Reddington is running from Neville Townsend, a fact that Reddington failed to disclose in their initial meeting, which Bino is none too happy about |
Reddington says he keeps Liz in the dark to protect her, but if he just keeps saying "I told you so" without ever telling her why she's in danger, Liz will never understand his secretiveness as protection—she'll just see that he doesn't respect her.
" Now that's not something you hear everyday on The Blacklist | " That's when Red tells her that he understands her anger |
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During the wreckage, Liz and Ressler are able to take off on foot, but it's not looking good for Ressler's lung | He is bleeding a lot, and yet Ressler is still trying to get Liz to leave him behind in order to save herself from Townsend, but she refuses |
Just as it seems like Townsend is about to arrive to claim his prize, Reddington busts through the doors instead, shooting Bino and his men without hesitation.