Gordon Kemp (No. 158)

Look, I'm not a gun nut. I'm not even opposed to the writers' beloved trick of grabbing a real world social issue and showing how it divides the characters into conflicting and opposite sides, thus immersing the audience more into the story because hey, the characters have political beliefs that they're passionate about just like us. Gun violence! Controversial! But what the heck is going on here? We know Reddington reacts in an extremely impulsive way to what he perceives as injustice, trying to use his impunity to right wrongs wherever he sees them by striking down the wrongdoers. The writers use that as an excuse to have Reddington act in whatever way they want him to for the sake of the plot, no matter how insane it is. What they've had him do here completely oversteps that license. His actions are incomprehensible and strain credulity. In addition, every time someone on the writing team suggested "Wouldn't it be unrealistic for the FBI to do this?" someone else apparently countered with "Yeah, but we'll just acknowledge that fact and run with it." Give me a break.