The Intense of Running: The Blacklist "The Troll Framer" Season Premiere

Take a nice deep breath in......and......out. WOW! WOW! WOW!!! The season premiere of The Blacklist was nothing but intense.

The story starts just seconds after the finale; reports are out that Liz and the  Red are wanted fugitives, so they try to get out but take a detour. Samar spots the van on satellite, but a chopper and cop car follow them in the tunnel until they lose them.

Red and Liz have enough time to escape from the van, dress up as cops, and drive to a hideaway at a local bar. There, they plan to stay for a couple of weeks until the owner's sister makes the terrible mistake of tipping the FBI about them.

Ressler seems that Liz isn't a friend or partner anymore. He'll bring her in no matter what. Ressler has been a butt since Liz was framed, but I like it, and it brings in more intense scenes. Even with Copper trying to tell him the truth, he's all about justice and not about that gut feeling.

Liz and Red escape again and make it to an apartment where they disguise themselves and meet up with a blacklister known as The Troll Farmer, a group of computer hackers who help fugitives escape and draw the attention away.

I couldn't get enough of Liz and Red meeting with Martha, the housekeeper. That was hilarious and sweet at the same time.

Liz and Red talk about her mother and still ask questions about her. Soon, they get into two separate vans to draw away. That worked well until Red got out free, and Liz was still waiting behind a line of cars. Red tells Liz to move and find a place to hide, somewhere no one knows. And she did think of the only place.

As Liz walked, Ressler and Samar finally found her and chased her to United Foreign Nations, where she requested asylum.

Meanwhile, Dembe is back and is dealing with a man that scares the crap out of me. Mr. Solomon comes into Dembe's daughter's place and kidnaps his grandchild. The two had a meeting, and he was under Solomon's control.

This episode had the intensity that everyone said it had—the first twenty minutes, I had to take deep breaths.

It was a tremendous performance from both Megan Boone and James Spader. But mostly Edi Gathgi, who played Mr. Solomon, was very scary, but it was also interesting to know him simultaneously.

The season started with a huge bang; Red was on the run, Liz was playing a risky game, and things looked not in her favor at both ends.  I can't wait to see where this season will go because this show can go anywhere, anytime.

Overall, I give this episode a 10/10.

Here's a promo link for next week's episode.

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