NBC's "The Blacklist" (Season 10)

[djgeneral]

Originally Posted by Samus Aran

James Spader seems to think it was a good ending.

https://apnews.com/article/blacklist...5f4503ba72eaed

“I was very, very glad we were able to end it exactly the way we wanted to end it. It was deliberate and we weren’t taken by surprise in terms of when the ending was going to come,” he tells The Associated Press. “You’ll see that the ending has conviction and we commit to it.”

What is he really going to say though? He thinks it sucks? lol

IDK man, I think it was probably one of the worst series finales I've personally seen. I liked some moments in these last episodes and it had potential but the show just really started to become a mess after season 8.

I guess I can't blame everyone because of all the cast who left and how things changed. maybe I will appreciate it more over time, but unlikely.

[Samus Aran]

It was a show that continued past the peak of everyone's creativity because it was so profitable for NBC, to the point of diminishing returns and going through the motions.

[demonbeast]

Originally Posted by Samus Aran

It was a show that continued past the peak of everyone's creativity because it was so profitable for NBC, to the point of diminishing returns and going through the motions.

Exactly the show is a victim of its own success.

NBC keeps trying to soft reboot or remake the show Blacklist Redemption was too similar with viewers having to have really seen the main show otherwise it would be convoluted for new viewers. The problem was for existing viewers it was like a worse version of the original show. The Endgame was essentially a new version of the Blacklist and it had a similar premise to the show as well as production values & decent writing that the Blacklist used to have in its prime. The studio also had Blindspot which again was very similar with an admittedly unique initial storyline but that show devolved into complete nonsense with the last season I saw a couple of episodes from essentially rebooting itself again. I can only assume this was a network decision to attempt to recapture the ratings from season one.

[drb999]

I loved the finale. The last three episodes were the best the show had been in the last two seasons. It was fitting that Ressler tracked down Red since he spent years chasing him. It did seem odd that Elizabeth Keen wasn’t really mentioned at all.

[demonbeast]

Originally Posted by drb999

I loved the finale. The last three episodes were the best the show had been in the last two seasons. It was fitting that Ressler tracked down Red since he spent years chasing him. It did seem odd that Elizabeth Keen wasn’t really mentioned at all.

I'm convinced either by the studio or the original showrunner, creator and production team there was a clause that everything up to that point couldn't be changed or altered. This would explain over the course of the final two seasons the new showrunners & writers didn't acknowledge any of the major plotlines that were left unanswered.
Of course, maybe they just thought sod it we have some great material and wanted to concentrate on their stories instead of devoting episodes to explain stuff they didn't have anything to do with.

[drb999]

Originally Posted by By_His_Strypes

any chance of this getting a complete series BD box set? I am still waiting on The Americans to get a BD release.

I doubt it since season 9 was never released on blu-ray or even dvd.

[Adamj76]

Originally Posted by 50strat54

Some mysteries are left for us to contemplate and figure out.

I couldn't possibly agree more about there being unanswered questions!!



These are some of mine, and a few oddball questions for the heck of it:

Did Meerca ever find out that Red and Weecha were getting it on? What was her reaction?
What happened to Robert Diaz after he left DC?
Where is Katarina?
Why didn't Red run off with Cassandra?
Is anyone going to tell Ilya about Red's death?
Is Samar going to be continued to be cared for?
Did anyone ever tell Scottie about Tom's death?
And the two most important questions of all:
What did Red say to Constantine Rostov to make him let Red go?
and
WHO WAS RED TO LIZ?????

[50strat54]

Originally Posted by Adamj76

I couldn't possibly agree more about there being unanswered questions!!



These are some of mine, and a few oddball questions for the heck of it:

Did Meerca ever find out that Red and Weecha were getting it on? What was her reaction?
What happened to Robert Diaz after he left DC?
Where is Katarina?
Why didn't Red run off with Cassandra?
Is anyone going to tell Ilya about Red's death?
Is Samar going to be continued to be cared for?
Did anyone ever tell Scottie about Tom's death?
And the two most important questions of all:
What did Red say to Constantine Rostov to make him let Red go?
and
WHO WAS RED TO LIZ?????

Ha ha, Blacklist played us for 10 seasons.

The ultimate catfishing!

[Adamj76]

Originally Posted by 50strat54

Ha ha, Blacklist played us for 10 seasons.

The ultimate catfishing!

Yeah they did!! NOT COOL Bokencamp!!!

[Verisimilitude1984]

I was an avid watcher of this show, but when they

[Show spoiler]killed off Elizabeth Keen

I was incensed. Hearing about how the show ended, I'm glad I bowed out two seasons early. What...a....waste...of...time.

[VitoMR]

Any word on S9 and S10 getting a bluray release?

[BluGalaxy]

Originally Posted by Adamj76

WHO WAS RED TO LIZ?????

Oh, they never answered the main hook of the entire show? Glad I bowed out when they killed her off, I was whining by then anyway.

[drb999]

They heavily implied that Red was Liz’s mother.

[50strat54]

Originally Posted by VitoMR

Any word on S9 and S10 getting a bluray release?

Doubtful.

I think iTunes had a sale for the complete series. Bought it.

I have a haphazard DVD Blu-ray collection and then a store sold all 10 seasons on DVD for $10 (new which I bought to get seasons 7-10) which I bought before I bought the digital.

I find digital is really great for TV shows. I think I paid $20 for The Blacklist complete series in HD.

Most studios give up on Blu-ray after the initial seasons. Just ask The Mentalist, Bones, The Blacklist. It’s just going to get worse.

[drb999]

It made it for 8 seasons on blu-ray and that’s pretty good. I do view season 8 as the finale. There’s some good episodes in the final 2 seasons though overall the overall plot wasn’t great. I wish they had more definitive on Red’s true identity than what they implied.

[VitoMR]

A shame. I was going to start buying this on BR but I won't now.