Aram reckons with his past and the Liz mystery deepens in “El Conejo.”
There is SO much to unpack with this episode ofThe Blacklist.
I’ve been continuously impressed with the twists and turns this season.
Hisham Tawfiq and Laura Sohn on ‘The Blacklist’.Will Hart/NBC
I was beginning to get annoyed with the mystery being dragged on, but now I’m invested.
El Conejo (No.
He shows Aram the code, which has his name in it: “An Aram Mojtabai Banger.”
Amir Arison on ‘The Blacklist’.Will Hart /NBC
Aram says he can help Marquez figure out what happened to his shipment.
The brothers get into Marquez’s system and track Aram’s location.
While being held hostage, Aram reflects on his work with Nick at GreyLock.
Back in the present, the FBI rescues Aram but Marquez escapes.
He berates his father, which prompts Marquez to call his son “weak” and threaten him.
(Now I’msureAntonio had something to do with the hack.)
Aram confronts Nick about hiding the coding problems from him and continuing to sell GreyLock even with the discrepancies.
Nick, who’s focused on making money, tells Aram to leave.
Marquez brings the money to the blackmailer at the rendezvous point, and surprise!
Just then the FBI arrives to arrest Marquez and his men.
Angry at his son’s deception, Marquez shoots at Antonio, but Aram saves him.
The episode underscores how moral and upstanding Aram is as an agent and a person.
I just hope being assistant director doesn’t get to his head or change him for the worse.
Red tells Costa thatLiz is deadand wonders why Costa kept waiting.
Costa says he was never told how long to wait but has kept the DVDs safe in the villa.
Red shows Costa the DVDs he retrieved from Mt.
Bastian, which are the same ones that were supposed to be in the safe.
Per Weecha’s (Diany Rodriguez) suggestion, Red watches his DVDs to find some sort of clue.
Red says he must now talk to the safe maker, Heinrich Zimmerstahl (Philip Goodwin).
Weecha brings the elderly safe maker to the villa, where Red confronts him about creating a second safe.
Reader, I fell off my chair.
If she’s dead, who are her associates helping her get revenge on Red?
I don’t know.
Could she actually be alive doing this?
Then again, Mr. Kaplan would never have killed Liz.
Her whole purpose in life was to protect Liz and Agnes.
I’m more excited now to find out who killed Liz and what role Mr. Kaplan played in this.
Someone must have known about it and utilized it in their plot against Liz and Red.
I have so many theories, but right now I just need more answers.
