The Blacklist "Lord Baltimore" review

When we last saw "The Blacklist," we discovered who Berlin was and that a war was still coming. As the new season kicked off last night, we learn about more questions than there are answers, but we are left with a pretty amount of one hour of drama to take.


The show picks up a few months after seeing the season finale—Red Needs, who is hunting him down from the man known as Berlin. The name "Lord Baltimore" comes and gets Liz and the newly run FBI on the chase to find him.





Mostly everyone on the FBI staff is still shaken up by the loss of Agent Malik and that Harold Cooper is recovering from his injuries from the finale and may not return to work. Even Ressler is somewhat tight-lipped about the events, as an FBI psychologist wanted to talk to him.



We Find that "Baltimore" has been scheming a person named Rowan. Keen and Ressler investigate it and learn she has a twin sister she thinks is still alive. Well, busy is a loose word to use for someone like her.

Meanwhile, we see Red and Dembe going back to their hotel when, all of a sudden, a helicopter comes in a somewhat fashionable "Godfather" moment where guns are firing, and another group of people kidnaps Red.

Red is soon released and finds out that Berlin isn't after him but someone, a woman. When Red sees a list of people and profiles, he comes to someone important to him, someone from his past: Naomi, his ex-wife



Keen convinces Naomi to come with her for her protection. She does not want to, even if her life is in danger. But then we find out who is "Lord Baltimore" when he turns out to be a she with a dissociative identity disorder, too.

Naomi is kidnapped and brought to Berlin. Berlin seems to have a plan for her to get Red like he did with Berlin.

Near the end, we see that Keen is moving on with her life after Tom, Kessler is somewhat in denial that he isn't okay, and we see that Red gets a package with a phone that turns out to be Berlin with a message for him that gives a look to Red's face unlike any other.

This season starts strong, as if it picks up from last season. We learn what Berlin is doing to Red. But still, who is Naomi? We know she's Red's ex-wife, but who does that make it to Liz? Her mother? Her Aunt? Her cousin? She does mention that she had a daughter.

Even in next week's episode, the showdown will continue as both Berlin and Red will meet for the first time in, as they say, 20 years. I know that I won't want to miss that greeting.

You can catch "The Blacklist" airs Monday nights at 10/9c on NBC.