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Case Profile for Season Wrap up with Jon Bokenkamp
It was a season that started off with Red and Liz on the run attempting to exonerate Liz for the events at the end of season 2. In the process it introduced the highest ranking US members of The Cabal, hot on Red’s trail for releasing the information in the Fulcrum. Just as Red completes his take over of the cabal, both he and Liz are put into great danger now that the world knows the name Masha Rostova. It leads up to a finale that introduces someone to us that we all thought dead since the show began.
Creator, Jon Bokenkamp joins us to share his thoughts on what one word sums up season three of The Blacklist, how the relationships of our characters evolved over the season as well as how they pulled off some of the most sensitive subjects dealt with today in gender reassignment and special needs children. He also entertains questions from the fans, talks about how the “mother theory” can still be in play, as well as the dynamic love/hate relationship the fans have around the character of Tom Keen.
We also share our favorite moments of the third season and yours while we also look ahead to what we want more or less of in season 4 both from the show and the podcast. We thank you, Jon thanks you, and we hope you enjoy this season three finale show as we get ready to unravel more mysteries next season on The Blacklist.
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I completely agree with you that I don’t like babies on the shows. I can’t see how a baby will be a benefit on this show. To me it seems it can hinder the show..She can’t be taking off all over the world, when she has a baby at home.
I don’t know that the baby in the mix is a particularly bad thing. I just think that it is another plot factor for our characters to deal with. Think of those dog competitions where the owner guides a running pup over hurdles, around pylons, through tunnels – then stops them halfway on the see-saw for a slow tip of the balance – and then on with the race. Our baby Agnes is that pylon/hurdle/tunnel. Our characters now have to adjust to an additional planning factor, and how they feel about themselves. The infant, their own pasts and their futures, with or without said pylon Agnes, speaks to their deeper motiviations, values and willingness to adapt, reform and/or regress. THAT is good story-telling. It doesn’t matter if the pylon/hurdle is an infant.
KEANU was the same pivotal factor. A small kitten had folks reassessing their value systems and motivation in life. Not an Oscar nominee… but… it had heart.
I think Kirk was Liz’s stepfather, married to Katarina. I think Katarina was trying to pass Liz off as Kirk’s daughter because he’s the man she was in love with. I think it was through Dom, that Katarina allowed Red to see Liz. I think she’d tell Kirk she was dropping Liz off at Dom’s house. So I think it was through Grandpa Dom that Red was able to see his daughter. But I think it got harder and harder for Katarina because as Liz got older, she started to talk and reveal secrets as kids do. So because of that, I think Katarina decided not to let Red see her anymore. Red always said that it was complicated, but Dom said there was nothing complicated about it. They had to stay out of Liz’s life to keep her safe after Red made a mess of everything. I think Red made a mess of everything by taking Liz from Katarina, but he only took her because Katarina wouldn’t let him see her anymore. That’s why the height marker at his house stops at age 3. Red couldn’t stay away then. He wanted his daughter, and I think he planned on keeping her, so he changed her name to hide her from Kirk. After the fire, both Dom and Red were supposed to stay out of her life, but Red couldn’t. He wanted to get to know her because she’s his daughter. But I think that’s why knowing her father’s identity would put her in grave danger. As long as Kirk is alive, Liz’s father is dead. Having Kirk find Liz, and find out that she’s not his daughter, that she’s actually Red’s….she’d become collateral damage in this war between Red and Kirk. Had Red told her the truth, she wouldn’t have believed him, just like she didn’t believe what he said about her mother. She never listens, never believes, only blames. I think Kirk stole the fulcrum rather than Red, and I think he placed it in Liz’s bunny. I think Red was unaware when he took Liz that she had it. Because the Cabal came looking for it with Katarina, Red knew Liz had it, he just didn’t know where.
I think Kirk is Tom’s father. I think that’s why he can’t reveal his identity to Scottie. Red told Tom that his mother has many secrets, some that concern him, and I think those secrets involve Kirk being his father.
I think Liz is in grave danger because she’s not Kirk’s daughter, but I think Agnes is safe because she’ll match Kirk through Tom. I think Red had two daughters, but I think the ballerina girl died. I think that’s why Liz imagined her mother being a prima ballerina. Because her sister was. I think Carla and Jennifer were there the night of the fire. I think Jennifer was in the closet with Liz, and I think Carla helped them escape. I do not think Jennifer is Red’s biological daughter, but his stepdaughter.
First of all I have to say how MUCH I love that John is SO generous with his fans! I honestly believe that ALL the people involved in the show/writers room/actors etc are greatly involved in fb, twitter and podcasts with their fans is what MAKES us as fans LOVE this show SO MUCH!! Their passion for the show feeds our passion and vice versa. THANK YOU! Also, I LOVE reading all of Daniel Knauf’s tweets…it feels great as a fan to get feedback directly from people involved in the show.
THE BABY: I hope that they put the baby in some Norwegian or Scandinavian boarding school with Kaplan placed there to watch over Agnus as a disciplinary action for her involvement in their deception of Liz’s faked death. Red will NOT kill her….I STILL believe that she is either Red’s aunt, sister, or was his nanny or he used her as a nanny for his own daughter way back.
I still believe Red is NOT Liz’s dad (or mother lol) but he doesn’t have a romantic love for her either….more of some kind of paternal love. He will be very SAD about their deception but will only be slightly angry. He knows that all the shit that came down on Liz from the cabaL, Kirk etc is because of HIM so how COULD he be angry?
WHO IS LIZ? I think that Liz might very well have been taken by some shadowy Government (which one…not sure) and erased her real memories and replaced them with what they want her to believe. Maybe THAT’S where Red first seen Liz?! I think that THEY put Liz EXACTLY where THEY wanted her…in the FBI and close to Red.
I’ve never been a fan of Liz & Tom as a couple and will be happy to see that end. I would love to see Amir and Semar as a couple though!
I find it VERY interesting just how far “over the line” this task force has gone, to me that is what it is REALLY like (our Gov’t hides too much!!)
BLACKLIST REDEMPTION: I LOVE Tom Keen’s character! From his difficult childhood, theiving & being “discovered & trained” as a spy. His characer has such depth…he can literally become anyone. Ryan Eggold is an awesome actor. I am DEFINITELY looking forward to watching the spin-off!
I applaud every single actor ON this show, the BEST being James Spader (LOVE YOU JS! ❤)
I REALLY love reading all the different thoughts and feelings of fans of TBL…the passion for the show makes it so much more entertaining! I LIKE to have to THINK about everything, find the hidden clues and pick up on subtleties, that makes for a much more entertaining show. I am not one who wants a story told in completion all at once….I like to “earn” answers!
Thank you for the podcasts…I find them totally entertaining and enlightening & made me think about some things in a different way that I never thought of before.