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The Blacklist: Ian Garvey (No. 13) (2017)
** SPOILER ALERT ** Well crafted for a single episode.
A very well crafted mid season finale (just realizing that sounds like an oxymoron) as the writers continue to wonderfully milk the mystery of this season's story arc (aka: just whose remains are in the suitcase.) As with most episodes of the Blacklist I'm often overjoyed by their soundtrack selection during pivotal and moving scenes. This episode epitomized that satisfaction especially with the cover of the song "The Sound of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel. If anyone can let me know definitively who covered it that would be great as I thought it was a cover by the band Disturbed; though the music tracks sounded the same I thought the vocals sounded to have a minute difference in vocal tone.
Another aspect of this series I enjoy is its capacity to generate even more despicable personalities just when we've thought to have seen them all. The character for which this episode was titled for being no exception to that mold as we eagerly anticipate his demise by one of our favorite anti-heroes. It does also prompt thoughts of fantasy death-matches between this new brutal character of Ian Garvey and the bat-wielding nemesis of another series. Imagine the conversation during that exchange.
I enjoyed the homage to the Coen Brothers in this episode (you simply cannot miss it) and appreciate all the work involved with this series to keep us interested by incorporating current events (the previous episode's human smuggling theme) and intertwining them with a compelling story arc with evolving characters we've grown attached to.
I would caution viewers of this episode that the writers left a huge window of opportunity open if you consider the circumstances. Granted we are presented with the fact that a main character endured a coma for nearly one year and during that time another character was shelved in a morgue. And though there was a brutal altercation in this episode, that may not necessarily mean an imminent demise was the only outcome.