People are killed by guns on nearly every episode ofThe Blacklist.
But this time, for Raymond Reddington, it’s personal.
No, it’s even deeper than that.
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“In my world, if I think you’re guilty, I just execute a sentence.”
Because you may have noticed that our guy’s gota bitof a god complex.
Which means Reddington can be benevolent to the righteous and vengeful to the wicked.
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I wonder what her sentence will be…
GORDON KEMP, NO.
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And all these existential Reddington reckonings come by way of a chance encounter.
They stop in at convenience store, where the young clerk is focused on her phone.
Reddington immediately eases up, but it turns out the news is good!
I immediately write in my notes:DON’T LET ANYTHING HAPPEN TO SOPHIA!
Dembe drags a stunned Red out of the store as the sirens draw closer.
(He also has a treadmill desk, so, y’know, he all-aroundsucks.)
“She’s a collector,” he says shiftily.
“Is that your vision for the world?”
“That we only care about human life when the law specifically tell us we have to?”
Cooper may have his own morals and principles, but occupationally he’s bound by the law.
You know who’s not bound by the law?
Of course you do h’s already been discussed at length in this recap.
Cooper tells Red there’s nothing he can do, because the law says Kemp can ship those guns.
“How did Dickens put it?”
“If the law says, then the law is an ass.”
You know what that means: RED VS. POST OFFICE FACE-OFF.
Cooper lied to her, knowing she might tell Red which truck had the guns inside.
“Some laws deserve to be broken!”
Liz cries back, seeming to realize what she’s said once it comes out of her mouth.
“Not by you,” Cooper tells her.
“Not when you’re carrying a badge.”
But Reddington doesnt carry a badge.
No, Reddington sits in dark rooms with his gun out and waits to exact his own justice.
“What consequences?”
“The wrath of men like me,” Reddington replies.
“Well, I’m here to tell you, that’s happening to you,” Red continues.
Someonehasbeen outside his apartment, watching him.
But it’s not one of Katarina Rostova’s people…
It’s one of Lizzie’s: the private investigator she hired a few weeks ago.
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