Thursday night aired part one of the season premiere of The Blacklist, and it seems that Liz will bring fire and fury to Reddington. Here's a recap!
The premiere opened up like any classic Blacklist opening, a group of robbers coming into the bank to rob but also ruined Reddington's plan to rob the place, too, and not only got what he wanted but took the robbers out as well. But as soon as they escape, he dumps the robbers out like trash onto the street and escapes but returns what he stole and informs the banker to return this priceless painting that happened to be stolen.
Liz and Jennifer discuss what they think and should do about how to expose Reddington for what he has done to their birth father. Of course, to Jennifer, this becomes a bonding time with Liz because she has no one else. They come to the idea of looking into the house where they were at one time or another, not to mention the place where Liz shot her father. They talked to the local sheriff about questions and planned to look up records of anyone hurt.
In the meantime, Red gives Liz and the Task Force case to look for Dr. Hans Koehler, one of the finest plastic surgeons who helped change faces, even helped Reddington. But Ressler doesn't think they should work with Red after the events in the fall finale. Liz wanted to continue working and tried looking for Koehler, but Koehler was working on someone who happened to shoot him and his team after he was done.
Red and Liz find the location where Koehler is and find his body, but he tells Red something that happens to do with a disk drive of all the names of his clients. Of course, Red got it an easier one; he's out of the list. Liz, who's acting cool, isn't doing much so when asking about Reddington's secrets, and they get into another argument about telling each other the truth.
But they know who the guy is that shot Koehler and tries to capture him but escape. He's Casein Moreau, also known as The Corsican, an assassin. But something tells me that we'll be seeing him again soon.
Also not to mention, Samar is released from the hospital but doesn't seem to be all there and not the Samar that we know. There were times when she had to think some things over, like Dembe congratulating her on her and Aram's engagement. Keep an eye out for her.
Overall, I thought that the premiere episode was indeed thrilling and intense at times, mainly between Liz and Reddington. Ever since that scene where Liz and Jennifer are talking about taking Reddington down, my heart pumped throughout the episode, wondering what will happen. Also, the first meeting between Liz and Red was chilling as well, but the hold of each other hands was a bit touching and scary, too. As much as there was the strong character development of Liz through last season and this season, I think that Megan Boone could shine this season, unlike any other season.
Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.
You can catch Part 2 of the season premiere of The Blacklist Friday, Jan. 4 at 9/8c with an encore of Thursday's episode at 8/7c, too, on NBC.
