

Liz turns him down, but he’s not the only one who wants her to take over the blacklist. Plus, cancellation concerns, questions about 'The Chase,' and 'NCIS: LA's scheduling. So who is Red really? Before Raymond will reveal that via a letter from Liz’s mother, he has one “condition” - he wants her to take his life, “literally and metaphorically.” By taking Red out, she’ll prove to other criminals that she is “a force to be reckoned with” and head up his empire, taking over the blacklist. Because no one was aware of Reddington’s death, Katarina created a new “Red” (Spader) to watch over Liz. Also, the real Raymond Reddington was Liz’s father, whom she shot and killed as a child, spurring Katarina to send her to live with her adoptive father. So how did Blacklist handle Agent Keen’s final chapter? “Konets” picks up after the penultimate episode, “Nachalo,” dropped some major bombshells - namely that Liz’s mother Katarina Rostova is still alive (and in hiding), and the woman she believed to be her mother is actually a spy. Though the announcement shouldn’t have come as a major surprise - Boone was offscreen for a large portion of the season while Liz was on the lam as a fugitive - news of the co-lead’s (alongside James Spader) exit still caused shockwaves.īut as sudden as the departure might feel to viewers, it sounds like the writers had plenty of time to plan the conclusion of Liz’s story, with Deadline reporting that the (mutual) decision was made early on in the eighth season for Boone to leave after the final episode.
BLACKLIST FINALE SERIES
After eight seasons, The Blacklist bid adieu to the rookie FBI agent-turned-criminal in the June 23 season finale of the series, just over a week after it was announced that Megan Boone would be leaving as a series regular after Season 8.
