I'm on my second full rewatch (currently at S3 E18) and I keep coming back to Mr. Kaplan. Did the show ever give us more insight into who she is as a person?

When she's not organizing clean crews for Reddington or setting up operating theaters in warehouses, what's her life like?

Does she have a family of her own?
Is she someone's nice grandma?
Does she play bridge with the old ladies on Thursday evenings?

I need the deets! Any backstory, hints, or fan theories are welcome, and spoilers for the whole series are fine. If you know which episodes dig into her character, please point me to them.

My bad: Meant to write Mr. Kaplan; can’t edit the title

This is like my third post in 2 days about her but I just cannot fathom how bad the writers made this. She is infuriating to watch almost unbearable I love the show but I’m this close to tapping out. If I have to hear “she was my mother” or “he killed my mother” one more time. After all they have been through, even with the withholding of truth from Red she has some audacity to want to kill him over this fake Katarina nonsense. The fact she even believes that women was her mother is beyond stupid of her, she was ZERO proof and then just believes everything this woman tells her. When she says “I know about the Sikorsky archive” (which turns out to be real) but she says it with such certainty, like no lady you know nothing, just what some women who is manipulating wants you to know. But what really gets me is Red (whoever he really is) has been there her whole life looking out for her, risked being caught to be part of her life, has saved her and her friends’ lives numerous times, even traded himself for her safety countless times, clearly he loves her but NONE of that matters all because some random woman she just met says “I’m your mother” and that all goes out the window and means nothing to her. Even if she was her mother, where was she? What has she done for you other than ruin your life and abandon you, even if she is your mother she really should be NOTHING to you, yeah her life was in danger but guess who else’s was? RED’S! Yet here he is looking out for you. Hell she moved in right next door and was out and about with your child, clearly she had some leg room to move around the world and be present at least sometimes but nope she only came to Liz cuz she needed her for her own agenda, not even to help Liz but to help herself, but that’s the person you will chose over Red? It’s disgusting. I could rant about this forever (and probably will again soon)

That sounds like quite a hassle filming a show for 10 years while essentially blind. I wonder how did he pull that off?

My GOD Liz is the frigging worst tv character I think I have ever seen! This woman just tried to blow up a dam hospital, and couldn’t be ignorant to the fact that someone else would be in that room, a doctor, a nurse a police officer, ONE OF HER OWN TEAM! Literal terrorist shit. And again all of this over SOME RANDOM WOMAN WHO SHE HAS NO IDEA ABOUT IN REALITY!! Then the team doesn’t just say “go to hell Liz you went too far; cooper tried to justify her actions?! And then the whole nonsense of “I’ve seen how reddington does it, I can do it too” like really?! REALLY?!! You’ve been fooled, tricked and manipulated by EVERYONE on the show cuz you’re that stupid and yet you know how to out maneuver REDDINGTON? The dude who no one could catch with all they got?!? Go to hell Liz you ruined a great show

So let me get this straight…. Dumbass Liz just believes this random woman that she’s her mother. Without any proof of whatsoever, after she endangered her friends and daughter and tried to kill Red, the only person in her life looking out for her, then betrays Red personally and kidnaps Dom, lying to the task force in the process and yet the task force is mad at Reddington? The same guy who has saved each one of them countless times, made them the high profile top tier task force that they are and sides with crazy delusional Liz? I just can’t with this show

What the hell was even that??

Never noticed the similarity until just today, even though these screenshots have been on my phone for years. There's always something new to discover and think about.

So, what is being shown that is not exactly said? Perhaps...

An adopted non-binary child > that child imagines through pictures of a mother/father > leading to and culminating with The Blacklist.

Thats my interpretation. What's yours?

Hello! I remember I watched this show in middle/highschool and dropped it around that one badly animated episode in Covid. I see it has ended and I was curious on if you think it's worth finishing or if it's like Game of Thrones where it's better to remember the show in its prime. Thank you!

LISTEN, BELOW IS ASSUMING I THINK SPOILER FOR S10 or everything so click OFF IF YOURE NOT DONE WITH THE SHOW

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, OKAY, I FINISHED S4 OF THE BLACKLIST SKME TIME AGO AND AM TAKJNG A BREAK FOR DEXTER
WHEN I STUDY CRIME IN MY CLASSES I SEARCH UP THE REAL LIFE EQUIVALENT FOR FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

ex: “real life version of Sherlock Holmes” —> Dr Joseph Bell
“Real life version of Hannibal Lecter” —> Alfredo
“Real life equivalent of James Moriarty” —> Adam Worth

I REPEAT, I REPEAT DO NOT SEARCH UP
“The real life equivalent of Raymond Reddington”

THIS TAKES YOH TO A GOOGLE AI SUMMARY REGARDING HOW THE RAYMOND REDDINGTON IVE BEEN LOVING IS A IMPOSTER WHO IS ACTUALLY KATARINA SND THAT THE REAL RR IS DEAD BY LIZ AT 4 IN THAT FIRE AND ALSO THAT THE BONES AT TEH END OF S4 WERE HIS BONESWHICH MEANS THOUGH RR IS ANOTHER SUPER GENIUS IN FICTION HE FABRICATED THE WHOLE ENTIRE SHOW.
Basically, even with this spoiler, is it really that bad.
I remember in a funny edit I got a spoiler of how the main character got ended or whatever that means (I’m assuming Liz dies) tho I’m not sure if that’s true and I’m not concerned about this
I also got an accidental spoiler of AI when I was chatting with it for fun about how smart RR is and that he was actually in prison at one point and I’m like god damn it.
I guess all those times Red literally never tucking lied.

Raymond Reddington is still the real one in my HEART

Does Blacklist have an unusually high amount of redhead actresses? They are all so beautiful.

Bro, I am currently at a school event (Fresno State tailgate) through a program I'm part of, but they started playing Eye of The Tiger and my mind immediately remembered my beloved Goat Glen, man he was such an amazing character.

Forever in our hearts Clark Middleton

Just finished the show "The Mentalist ". And some people from this same page suggested this show to me (the blacklist ), can anyone guide me about this show without any spoiler? And is it worth my time?

Also, it would be better if someone summarised the show without spoiling the plot.

Turns out that whole time, Red was Ultron. Which begs the questions, is Lizzie dead? Was the whole thing in a subsection of Ultronarina's mind? SPINOFF ALERT

Perfect. Haha wow, the mastermind-free-ethic-supercriminal takes the hard way out to die in peace.

It was the easy way in a sens because he didn't belong in a prison cell. The hard way because he chose to get mauled by a fucking bull. On his terms (apart the time he wanted to die in liz arms).

Pardon my english, but I think it is one of the best series I ever listen.

For me, season 9 and 10 was not that good (the end of the 10th season is good tho). Apart that, Red Reddington was the perfect caracter.

Anyways, I wanted to discuss some points:

1) i was really afraid that they would make Reddington a tranny want they hinted that he might be the real Katharina. Maybe they changed their mind. That being said, who was Liz for him?? Not sure I understand.

2) i hated Tom. Fucking hell they killed him 2 times and I was so glad he was really glad he really died. He was not good for liz, always be planning some spy bullshit and dangerous for her.

3) the end: it was satisfacting how it ended with Red. Now, what finally happens to the task? With Agnes? With the whole espionnage team Reddington managed?

I'm glad it's finished because they didn't milk that too much like other series do. It was a great ride!

• Edit: Oh! How did I forgot about the mystery illness that should have taken out Red? Wtf was that? We never heard anything about that ever after season 8.

Oh my. Disturbed's cover of The Sound of Silence is one of my all-time favs. Watching S5E8 was just so incredibly powerful. OH MY. What a great match of story, video, and song. Oh my!

If Red is Katarina and Mr Kaplan knew that, why did she want to destroy him/her if she claims she loved Katarina?

So, just started season 9 and share everyone's views on how bad season 8 was and the overall downturn of the show being basically kept afloat by Spader being awesome.

Noticed that at the start of season nine, they adopted Cousin Oliver Syndrome and Ressler quite literally grew a beard.

Just found that amusing.