As Liz gets in touch with more Blacklisters, her plan to take down Reddington becomes even more mysterious.
Even among your average chemical weapon brokers, this lady and her infomercial-style criminal pitch are bad news.
So you may be asking yourself: Why is this “Chemical Mary” such aCruella-level baddie?

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Unfortunately, I have no answers for you, and neither doesThe Blacklist.
There’s not an origin story in sight for Chemical Mary!
In fact, we only ever see her make good on her easier-than-1-2-3 killing technique once.
(Sort of… kind of… depending on who you ask.)
But in the end, it’s all kind of just complication for complication’s sake.
But I’ll let you be the judge of that one.
CHEMICAL MARY, NO.
It’s odorless, invisible, and last for days on any hard surface.
While Reddington tracks down the Freelancer, the Task Force focuses on Mary.
Mary escaped, and only one person from her security team survived.
You know, like a plane crash.
And that really does seem to be the case.
It is a horrifying visual!
A woman who Cooper and Reddington are pretty sure is Elizabeth Keen.
To which I say: That’s an unnecessarily risky plan, Liz!
Payment is a really good way to get people to do what you want.
Turns out those destroyed files contained all the intel the House Intelligence Committee had on this hacker, Ratikin.
“But I think he’s been here a long time, long enough to become one of us.
“That’s where the miracle comes in,” Aram says.
“Figuring out whose fingerprint to use.”
All accessed with Reddington’s fingerprint.
A FEW LOOSE ENDS
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