The Change in the Game: The Blacklist "Masha Rostova" Season

Holy crap! That's what came to my mind after watching the season finale of The Blacklist. After what we've been through this season, it's a totally game changing next season. But first let's take a recap what happen here.

Liz is wanted for the what is murder of the senator that was infected with the virus that she carried that the Cabal set up. With that going on, Red tells her that she needs to leave the Post Office but she wouldn't do it until she over heard Cooper and Connolly arguing about Liz and all of this mess they're in.

Just as Lix overheard she started t leave but by the time she gets to the the floor, she's caught by Connolly and the FBI. Liz is being questioned and is taken a blood test to see if she's psotivie for the virus. They ask her questions about her life like where she was born and her real name.

Liz's real name is Masha Rostova and she was born in Russia. They keep pushing her to give them the right answers. In the meantime, Cooper who was leave of his duties of the taskforce because he wouldn't do what Connolly ordered him to do, talks to Red about Liz and all of what happen.

Of course, Red always has a back up plan when it comes to getting someone out of this kind of mess. The power was off for 45 seconds which gave Liz plenty of time to get out quick. With the help of Cooper of getting out, she runs into Ressler who stands there and talks her down but lets her go.

Liz meets with Red and Cooper and discuss of what to do next. Tom calls and talks to Red about what he could do: take Liz and runaway on his boat. Of course Red doesn't think that's a good idea and doesn't require his service anymore. But Liz would anyway.

Liz and Cooper looking up footage at the Union Station where Liz got knocked down by the bio-scientist who transferred the virus into Liz. She get there and sees the guy there and we flashback of how it happen.

After seeing the footage, Cooper tells Liz that his wife is being indited for sharing classified documents. So Liz was on her own, not! She went to Tom at his boathouse and the two investigated an apartment where the scientist was staying at. When they got there, there was a laptop with a flash drive that Liz too.

But the guy was running away. Tom and Liz chase him til he was stop by two guys that clearly shot and killed him. Liz was upset. This hasn't been her day at all and with  everything that has been going down,

As Tom cleans Liz up, they start talking. Liz has regrets not saying yes to him. And one shocking moment came when we see them making out. But it was a great scene that went back and forth which was really good. It cut the time of talk and love down a full good scene.

After that night, Liz wakes up wand finds the flash drive in her shirt. She uploads it on the laptop and finds documents that say that Harold Cooper wasn't really sick. Boy did that give Cooper one hell of a scene to show his temper. HE went full Thor on that guy.

In the meantime, Red sets up this one time meeting, he had his men pick up the best investigative journalist around the country/world. He shows the files of the fulcrum and explains of it and the outcome of having the knowledge.

Cooper and Liz met with Connolly, who is a member of the Cabal, and try to threat him with everything they have on him but the guy wouldn't budge at all. He even threats that everyone will be in trouble by sending Samar back to Iran, and Ressler losing his job of his drug addiction. So Connolly called out their buff.

But Liz with a last attempt pulls her gun and points it at him. Cooper talks her down but it didn't do any good. Liz shot and killed Connolly. Now Liz Keen is wanted fugitive. By the way, Tom Connolly is on the blacklist at No. 11 so just to inform you all about that. There was a blacklister that has been taken down.

But then, as Liz shot Connolly, she had a flashback. It was that of the night of the fire. She calls Red and he meets with her at a location. Red calls for the Traveler and as Dembe drops him off with Liz. She tells him that she remembers it all. That she killed her father after seeing him and her mother fighting. So that probably gives in that Red isn't Liz's father. But I think there's a catch. We can't assume just yet.


Red, who looked sad, tells her that he failed to protect her from that. He mention that he's the sin-eater, which eats the sins off of others so they can be good. But in the final scene where Rocket Man was playing, Liz and Red get in a van and take off to wherever they are going. They are now on the run.

The Director got a surprised when he saw the newspaper of their investigation of a secret government.

And just before the scene cuts out, we see Ressler picking up a photo and walks past the crew. He places the photo of Liz on the board , noting that she is now the most wanted person in the country. Li also got her face on the FBI most wanted board in the FBI office.

And then we see Liz lay her head on Red and just watch them looking on.

This episode was simply amazing. It picked up from where we left off and it never stop going until near the end. There were times that I had to hold my breathe.

There were so many good scenes, Cooper's temper at the doctor, Liz escaping from the Post Office. But it was that near to last scene when Liz told Red that she remembers, when she tells him about it and the look on Red's face was just so sad and yet emotional too.

The song choice at the end was perfect. It was enough to give us a taste of what's to come. This was a game changer now. Red isn't the most wanted anymore, it's Liz. Now whatever will happen next season should be excited to see.

I give this episode a 10/10. It was simply incredible. Megan Boone was just phenomenal in this episode. It's one of her best performance this season.

Overall this season, it started off strong and it ended strong. This season so far was at it's best. The writing, the characters and production couldn't have been any better. I literally can't wait for season three to start. I'm dying to know what the trailer would be.

The Blacklist will return in fall.

What's your thoughts? Did you like how the story changed? Looking forward to season three?