#raymond reddington good night

[katarinas-redemption]

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This scene is positively breathtaking. When Dembe's voice cracked and he broke down I lost it. One of Hishams best performances! And Heaven's Door playing in the background. Well, there are no words. I loved the ending. Red was going to face and pay for his sins in a very graphic violent brutal way. An ending like this is so The Blacklist style. An ending no one will ever forget. Red was a brutal violent man. He was going to suffer the same fate he imposed on those he killed. Red would insist that he get the harshest punishment possible. Remember, Katarina was UNAFRAID, DARING, BEING… Red was Brave, not a coward. He stared that bull right in the eye and walked toward it. The bull represented death. Facing it head-on just like he stared at the truck coming at him full force episodes prior. He was READY. Red dying in any other way would have been underwhelming and weak. Red wasn't weak. And his legacy of never being caught stands. "Catch me if you can".

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"Raymond Reddington Good Night".

[jimmyspades]

THE BLACKLIST 1.01 "Pilot" | 10.22 "Raymond Reddington: Good Night"

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NBC Promo Pics for Episode 10.22

"THE BLACKLIST"

"RAYMOND REDDINGTON #00: GOOD NIGHT

ORIGINAL

07/13/2023 (09:00PM - 10:01PM) (Thursday)    : Series finale, part 2. The future of the FBI’s Reddington Task Force is decided

[divinebruises]

STATISTICAL “WHICH CHARACTER” PERSONALITY QUIZ

rules: take this test and present who you got as the characters most similar to you

1. Raymond "Red" Reddington - The Blacklist

2. Lady Macbeth - Macbeth

3. Annalise Keating - How To Get Away With Murder

4. Dr. Hannibal Lecter - Hannibal

5. Beth Harmon - The Queen's Gambit

6. Michael - The Good Place

7. Dr. Ian Malcolm - Jurassic Park

8. Sherlock Holmes - Sherlock

9. Berlin - Money Heist

10. Prudence Night - Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

tagged by: @lesbian-hannibal ty my dear

tagging: @love-songs-for-emma @itsthetreesknees @zephyr-of-death @willgrahamscock

[murahel]

My good friend suggested I put my thoughts on Blacklist (TV show) here, so here I am.

Before I start piecing this together, I have to say something about the Redarina theory. First, I think it will never be confirmed canon because of bigotry, and also the show has ended and the true identity of Red wasn't brought back on the table since Elizabeth's death. That's two seasons completely abandoning the mystery at the center of the show. Second, I think Redarina should not be considered canon in the whole show because there are clearly contradictions, most likely because the show hesitated on what was the answer to "Who is Red?". Those contradictions and the way Katarina is talked about would make Redarina theory lean towards "women want to transition because of misogyny" terf discourse, which should not exist in the first place.

For Redarina to exist, Katarina cannot be a cis woman. Period.

Thus being said, here is a recap of my conversation with my good friend. Keep in mind I'm no expert, I'm not in the head of the writers and maybe I got some things wrong, so don't come around @ me.

I think "Cape May" is the friendlier episode of Katarina = Red because it is an episode between Katarina and Red.

There are no other characters present. It's the first time true Katarina is introduced (albeit as an hallucination). The whole episode is a replaying of what happened to Katarina the first time they were here alone (got attacked by mercenaries).

It's just so personal between them.

Katarina had come here to commit suicide after having to abandon Elizabeth to protect her. Red is here because Elizabeth just died. "Cape May" is where they go when they lose Elizabeth. No one other than the parent of the lost child would react that way.

Besides, Katarina abandonned a necklace on the beach when they came to Cape May, alone, with no one else to testify of it. And years later, Red finds it when he comes to Cape May and recognises it. The only person who could have known that is Katarina themselves.

Red = Katarina stays the only viable explanation left at the end of the show, especially after s8 finale. Watching s8 finale, I felt like the show had finally decided on a response to "Who is Red?" and that that response was Redarina, especially with the overlapping of Katarina and Red. Then the last two seasons left that mystery to rot and never gave a clear answer, which I guess is understable since Elizabeth died and she was the main character concerned by this (Agnes is too young to be concerned I guess?? Even though it seems Elizabeth told her ThingsTM, which is yet another thing the show will never explain).

Anyway, there are many hints that Red was very close to Katarina, knowing things about Katarina no one else knew and stating he was present in situations where Katarina was supposedly alone.

For example, when Elizabeth was a kid, she was in a house with her parent, Katarina, and her dad, the true Raymond Reddington. Long story short, Katarina and the true Raymond Reddington fight, a fire starts and the true Raymond Reddington dies. Katarina got Elizabeth out of the house, both of them getting burns in the process. The only person left who knows what happened inside that house is Katarina, since Elizabeth was too young to have clear memories of everything.

But then Red knows what happened. He even engaged someone to erase Elizabeth's memories of the night. Even more so, Red was present because he has burns from that night. So since the only person other than Elizabeth who survived the night was Katarina, they are the only candidate left as a response for "Who is Red?"

I'm passing all the other details such as, Katarina's husband wanted to kill Red and immediately let go of the idea after Red whispered something to him, Katarina's allies are allies of Red meaning that all the people who could have taken the role of Red are out there being their own selves.

Also, Red visits Katarina's father, who asks to have his child back, and Red says it's impossible. In s8, Red states that Katarina is still alive and living somewhere out there, so if it was true he could have gotten Katarina's father and Katarina reunited. Hell there's even a wholeass season where a woman impersonates Katarina and if Katarina was still really out there, the best way to get rid of the problem would have been to bring the true Katarina back but he doesn't because Red. is. right. there.

The show has established all the characters evolving around Katarina. The true Raymond Reddington? Dead, there's a whole season about identifying his squeletton. Katarina's husband? Was running around to get Red killed, so obviously he can't be Red. Katarina's handler? He's seen having dinner with Red. Ilya? He's still out there standing right next to Red. Kaplan? She's right there standing next to Red too. The season "Katarina" is introduced and you see her standing in the same room as Red? It's not the true Katarina!

Literally all the characters introduced by the show who could have been Red are not. The only one left is Katarina. The only option left for Katarina =/= Red would be a stranger, like an actor, because all Katarina's allies and relatives are still themselves, but someone not related in any way to Katarina would never care so much about Elizabeth. Or a character not introduced by the show at all, but then what's even the point.

I'm not even starting on the whole discourses Red gives about parental love and what not and how some of his words are sometimes literally the same as Katarina's words.

Then the show also imply, sometimes heavily, that Red would have a romantic/sexual attraction towards Elizabeth, which is disgusting and should never have happened, because the show kept hesitating about the response to "Who is Red?" Lizzington ends up being straight up incest and that's just a big No.

Again there are contradictions, because in one of the early episodes Red makes a house explodes. That house, is the house the true Raymond Reddington shared with his American family, his first family before he met Katarina. In this episode, Red gets inside the house and remembers quircks of the house from when he lived in it (leaving his hat on the hand of a door, a metallic something on the floor creaking under his shoes, etc.) and that are things he shared with his first american family, things from the true Raymond Reddington that Red/Katarina supposedly wouldn't care about.

So there are episodes like that that go completely the other way, even though there's later an entire season dedicated to proving Red is not the true Raymond Reddington.

Anyway, I'm not over the bull ending.

[pirathotten]

I just watched The Blacklist 10x22 "Raymond Reddington: Good Night (2)"

[mklopez]

The Blacklist 10x22 "Raymond Reddington: Good Night (2)" ★★★★★★★★★☆

[katarinas-redemption]

The Fribourg Confidence

The Red and Abe parent parallel.

Abe Moores: Until one day, I walked back in. Not to be with her, you know, not to talk. Just– Just to see her.

Red: And what did you see?Moores: I saw my kid crack the Vaultsafe 200 of a two-bit meth dealer in under four minutes.

She was unrefined, a little rushed, but – God, she had the touch.

Abe Moores: I should have called the police right then and there. Red: But she was your child.

Moores: I figured I had something to teach her. To share with her. A reason to be in her life.

9.17

Red: I thought I’d thought of everything. A villa that no one knew I owned. A place of peace and quiet. A place where Elizabeth could [ Sighs ] listen and prepare.[ Man moans, bocce balls clacking ]Red: She was to retrieve the box, sit right here– And learn the business.Weecha: From you.Red: I put all of it into these recordings. Every bit of it. I knew I wouldn’t be there to help her, but I thought perhaps my words could, that they would provide whatever might be needed.

Red: Hello, Elizabeth. I hope you’re comfortable, sitting down with something good to drink. There’s always plenty to eat in the larder. So please feel free at any time to shut me up and help yourself. If you’re watching this, I must be dead and the business must be yours. I’m relieved. And excited for you. And worried, as you might expect.

It’s strange. Even with all the gunfire and killers in my life, I’ve never really worried about myself. I’ve been much too busy worrying about you. Oh, my God, what a pain in the ass I’ve been.

[ Sighs ] Anyway. What lies ahead is a glorious, treacherous, and, I hope, rewarding journey. If you’ll permit me, I’d like to share with you some things that I’ve learned over a lifetime of bad deeds and good intentions. So let’s take a walk together one last time.

8.05

[film-book]

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THE BLACKLIST: Season 10, Episode 21: Raymond Reddington: Pt. 1 / Episode 22: Raymond Reddington: Good Night TV Show Trailer [NBC] https://film-book.com/the-blacklist-season-10-episode-21-raymond-reddington-pt-1-episode-22-raymond-reddington-good-night-tv-show-trailer-nbc/?feed_id=78221&_unique_id=64ab13214d557

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Schedule for the final episodes of The Blacklist

Thursday, July 13, 2023 (Eps. 10.21 & 10.22 - Series Finale)

"THE BLACKLIST" "RAYMOND REDDINGTON #00: PART ONE" ORIGINAL 07/13/2023 (08:00PM - 09:00PM) (Thursday)    : Series finale, part 1. Under pressure from Congressman Hudson’s investigation, the Task Force must try to anticipate Reddington’s next move. TV-14

Written by: Katie Bockes & Noah Schechter Dir: Mike Caracciolo

"THE BLACKLIST" "RAYMOND REDDINGTON #00: GOOD NIGHT ORIGINAL 07/13/2023 (09:00PM - 10:01PM) (Thursday)    : Series finale, part 2. The future of the FBI’s Reddington Task Force is decided. TV-14 Written by: Lukas Reiter Dir: Mike Caracciolo

[luxflora]

I watched the first few seasons of The Blacklist around the time I was having one of the worst segments of my life so far and this post reminded me of this video that was a significant part of how I got through it. You have to have things you want to do. You have to remember things that feel good. In order to develop the will to live you have to find things and feelings that make you want to be alive. I found a patch of grass to lie in in a beautiful place at the hour of sunset when everything turns golden and I just listened to this video and tried to imagine wanting things and feeling content.

(The quote from the video:)

(From IMBD:)

Donald Ressler: We are not going to live through this...

Raymond 'Red' Reddington: I think we will.

Donald Ressler: How?

Raymond 'Red' Reddington: Have you ever sailed across an ocean, Donald...

Donald Ressler: No.

Raymond 'Red' Reddington: ...on a sailboat, surrounded by sea with no land in sight, without even the possibility of sighting land for days to come? To stand at the helm of your destiny. I want that, one more time. I want to be in the Piazza del Campo in Siena. To feel the surge as 10 racehorses go thundering by. I want another meal in Paris, at L'Ambroisie, at the Place des Vosges. I want another bottle of wine. And then another. I want the warmth of a woman and a cool set of sheets. One more night of jazz at the Vanguard. I want to stand on the summits and smoke Cubans and feel the sun on my face for as long as I can. Walk on the Wall again. Climb the Tower. Ride the River. Stare at the Frescos. I want to sit in the garden and read one more good book. Most of all I want to sleep. I want to sleep like I slept when I was a boy. Give me that, just one time. That's why I won't allow that punk out there to get the best of me, let alone the last of me.

Sometimes you don't WANT to be happy. Bad things happen. The world is unjust. Sometimes we have to feel righteous anger, or grieve, or just feel sad. Those feelings are natural and it is good and natural and healthy to allow yourself to feel them and understand them. But if that is all you ever feel, you learn to be hopeless and become incredibly depressed, which... sucks and is bad. Allowing yourself to internalize moments of happiness or contentment or joy helps you want to live.

not to be rude but some of y'all need to look on the bright side sometimes. like, yeah sure the world is fucked and people suck and we all die whatever, sure, but like. go outside.

[carylizzington]

Here’s Red and Liz kissing (because no matter how bad these manips look, it’s still better than what’s currently happening in the show)

[pirathotten]

I'm watching The Blacklist 10x22 "Raymond Reddington: Good Night (2)"

[ford-ye-fiji]

I posted like five fanfics for my 200 story milestone so I’m gonna just make a master post here.  SO new atla fic in the ‘and love will be your teacher’ series: 

this is the offering by fire *

new chapter of my fnaf fanfic as good as gold here

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Two new BNHA fics! 

can’t let go 

Description: “But I want you with me. I love you, Shadow."

"You've learned everything you need, Chance. Now all you have to learn is how to say good-bye."

I almost directly lift a portion of the script from Homeward Bound and apply it to Toshi and Deku for maximum angst

and 

the kindness of strangers

Description: Toshinori Yagi, the hero formally known as All Might, has various strange (wholesome) encounters in the years following his retirement.

* my very first blacklist fanfic: 

the most effective lies have truths at their core

Description: Canon divergent after/around episode 19 of season 2. Lizzie discovers the truth a little earlier, thanks to Dembe. Some quotes taken from the Luther Braxton episodes!

* And a pushing daisies fanfic!  something beautiful  Description: The facts were these: exactly two minutes and thirty-three seconds ago, when Hades, lord of the dead, aka Ned, aka The Pie Maker, shook hands with Persephone, goddess of spring, aka Charlotte, aka Chuck, they had fallen in love. Love at first sight as it were.