Braxton vs. Red Super Bowl edition: The Blacklist "Luther Braxton No. 21" Part 1

In this Super Bowl post-show, the show did a fabulous job introducing the character of Raymond "Red" Reddington with breaking news reports.

As the episode started, Red turned himself into the CIA and was taken to an unknown place called the Factory, an oil rig out in the open sea. We learn that's where the CIA brings in criminals and does their torching. He brought Red in and placed him in a room with his arms and legs cuffed to the walls.

He wanted to inform Warren that Luther Braxton was going to break out. With the Warren being a bit cocky, he ignores Red. Too late, as soon as Braxton, played by Perlman, is back in his cell, he puts together a device to get him out.

In the meantime, Liz and the team wonder why Red is gone and being taken by the CIA. So when Ressler gets word about it, he informs them about it. Cooper sends Liz, Ressler, and Samar there.

Soon, Braxton makes his way out; he gets the rest of the guys out of their cells and moves on to start the system. He is on a mission to find something. That's what Red is trying to stop, at least.

Braxton is after the fulcrum, which is a blackmail document that contains secret information that will be very, very bad for National Security.

The worst part is when Liz, Ressler, and Samar make it there and are told to go back, and that's when the gunfire comes; Ressler and Samar are taken away, and Liz gets away. Ressler and Samar were born into a holding cell, where they were tied up with a chain around their neck.

As Red grabbed Liz, they went looking for a way to slow or stop Braxton down. They went down to the furnace room and blew up the generator. But just before that happens, Red tells Liz that if he can't stop Braxton, he'll discover he can't get the fulcrum without her.

I wonder if this fulcrum started at the time of the fire. Anyway, the generators blew up and shut down everything in the Factory. But as Liz gets up, Red is unconscious, and tries to revive him. As she does, she hides under a piece of woodpile and goes to Braxton's men and attacks but fails.

Then we see her taken into the room with Braxton and ask her about Red. After telling her he's dead. Red then gets up and soon knows that Braxton has Liz. He goes full rouge and shoots everyone in sight with a shotgun. Total awesomeness!

Soon, Red goes in and blasts his way into the room where Braxton and Liz are, and soon, Braxton's the one with a gun to his head. But it's that one moment that Braxton talks about Red and their past. Then he looks at Liz and puts two and two together and has an idea of what she is to him.

But we're cut off when a missile comes and blasts the place.

I find this episode to be super epic so far. It didn't disappoint at all whatsoever—also the perfect episode for anyone who has never seen The Blacklist. Forget the Pats and Seahawks; Red and Braxton are a rivalry. I also want to know who David Strathairn is playing as this mysterious figure in the CIA that put the missile ahead

There were two or three moments that I loved. One was when Braxton told Cooper that he was the warden. I got goosebumps all over. The second was when Braxton and Red chatted on the phone conference, and Red gave a Bruce Lee quote. It was an epic lousy guy-to-bad-guy conversation, and the other was when Red and Liz talked when they were in the furnace.

The conclusion of the two-part episode of this episode will air at its new night and time, this Thursday at 9/8c. And from the promo, it's one that you or anyone should miss at all. Braxton takes away Liz and is being drugged to look into her past. Could we finally know the truth?

You can catch The Blacklist Thursday night at 9/8c on NBC.