The one in which no one likes Ressler's facial hair.

Meanies!

― Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper

I love season six Keen & Ressler.

Things that don't add up for me (just in the season finale;))

1.What happened to the FBI burn notice!? Were there not orders that Liz be eliminated? And the psychotic break when Liz saw Kaplan, just dissipated into the ether?

2. Why bother giving us keenler when they knew she was leaving? Just for the tragedy? And then, they don't declare their love for each other? If Ress had heard her retaurantospital declaration, there's no way he wouldn't have said it back. How could the writers pass up on that? I don't understand a Romeo and Juliet who wouldn't declare their love to each other if the writers knew one was dying. Unless, they're still playing us...

3. Why would Liz get shot in the penultimate episode only to recover to be shot again days later, in the finale?

4. Why didn't Red just tell her when he knew she was dying anyway? If its as simple as the writers are trying to make us believe, he could have just said 'I'm your mother' and would have granted her peace in death. Also, if he is her mother, what's the big deal about ???!

5. Why would Megan and James agree to such a weak ending when they and we both know that these writers are capable of much better than this? They care about the characters that they've helped to create, I'm sure they do. The montage was beautiful but was pulled off by the music and a vision of all Liz's relationships on the show. The episode itself wasn't good enough for a send off. (Also remember, the writers have known Megan was leaving for the last year, so why so rushed?)

6. Why did Ressler get a rushed scene that lasted less than a minute and Aram get no closure after a 20 second phonecall? All these people were her foundation. THIS MAKES NO SENSE.

7. Why did Cooper completely do a 180 degree turn on what he's been saying to her all the way through? Telling her to run Red's criminal Empire just so he can still see her. I've never known Cooper to be selfish before. He's the angel on her shoulder, according to Red.

8. It felt to me like Red was testing her with his ludicrous idea that she kill him in the street. Bizarre. If he wanted to create that illusion among his competitors, it wouldn't be necessary for Liz to go through that trauma. He was still playing her, but why?

9. What was the park scene? This was not her Djinn vision? That was for a normal life, the truth about her identity, a true love and her child. Where she was in the finale was as far away from normal as it could possibly be.

I'm most likely (definitely!) in denial and just ranting. I'm absolutely sure that there have been a million inconsistencies in the story from day one, but something is telling me that this is another trick. I'm absolutely sure that Redarina is a trick. I'm reasonably sure that we're going to see Liz again too. All the people throughout the years who knew Red's secret, from Diane Fowler, to Tom to Townsend, and this was it!? Am I crazy?🤪

Seriously?

Liz & Ressler | 8x22

“You can’t judge a book by its cover.  But you can by its first few chapters, and certainly by its last.”  -Red

What does this last chapter tell us?

While I know we have another season to go, to watch our beloved characters mourn, change, and ultimately grow, this was the last chapter of “The Blacklist” as we know it.

This last chapter (this season) was at times: confusing, exciting, heartwarming, confounding, frustrating, and heartbreaking.  I’m still wrapping my head around it.

To the fans: I am sorry.  I got into this show this year.  I am heartbroken.  I can’t imagine what fans, who invested eight years, blogs, fics, lives, into this show must feel.  I ask myself, “do I wish I had never even seen this show at all?”  It’s easy to wish the pain away.  But when the pain dies down, something good must have come from it all, right?  It changed us in some ways - maybe confidence, maybe wardrobe choices, maybe friendships, along the way.  There were good stories in there through the years to inspire.

To the writers and producers:  In the wise words of Ron Swanson, “Don’t confuse drama with happiness.”  Don’t confuse high drama with good storytelling.  Don’t confuse the fact that the fandom is engaged and talking about that finale as if you have done a good job (the alternative being a flat, predictable end). Yes, you moved people, most to tears.  You broke their hearts.  You told a tragedy.  You also made your fans question the last eight seasons, and their role in it.  You didn’t inspire us with this last chapter.  You made us ask ourselves, “was it all a lie?”  Meaning, was our investment in this story all for naught?  I’d be willing to bet the majority of your female audience needed to see Liz Keen in their lives, needed her bravery, vulnerability, and ability to pick herself up and dust herself off and try again.  If what we ultimately get at the end of this show is Reddington’s redemption, that’s not enough.  We needed to see the female win something.  She lost.

Raymond Reddington said, “Value Loyalty Above All Else.”  What about the die hard fandom?  What did their loyalty get them in the end?  Where was the show’s loyalty to its fan base, still hanging on after all this time when others stopped watching?  One thing I came to love about this show very quickly, was how smart it was - it didn’t pander to the audience; there was no contrived, hokey crap.  Giving your fans a satisfying ending, does not mean it has to be puppy dogs and rainbows.  It doesn’t have to be a zero sum game.  The storytellers here decided to write the tragedy, because not all stories have a happy ending.  But after the year we’ll all had, a little ray of sunshine wouldn’t have been so terrible.

I came to this show this year, drawn in by Keenler.  I realized this love story was a C storyline, and would not get as much screen time as I would like (or it deserved), but week after week I craved more of it.  I jumped head first into the deep end.  The finale was heartbreaking.  I never cry.  I cried through the episode, I sobbed afterward.  I sobbed the next day and the next.  I can’t re-watch that last scene; I can’t listen to that beautiful music composed specifically for that scene.  It’s too emotional.  I can’t re-watch those beautiful Keenler scenes, like the Wing Yee dinner in the office.  Now, it’s tainted.

Individually, the characters on the show are great, but we found out this season that the spark of the show, Megan Boone as Liz Keen, is what ignited the story in each of them.  Yes, we will tune in to Season 9 to initially watch Ressler (I could watch Diego read the phone book), but it was Ressler as he related to Liz that made his character come to life.  Every look he gave Liz, every hero moment, was in relation to her, how it advanced their characters’ relationship from one of mistrust to complete trust.

I don’t think I will ever understand the business of show, the sausage making, the deals, the games they play.  I wish those nuts and bolts of the business didn’t interfere with the storytelling, but we all know they do. 

I have to thank Alyblacklist and her tumblr for EVERYTHING.  She fueled this fire for me.  I hope she gets some closure - the powers that be should recognize that.

I will continue to wrap my head around the “why” of it all.  I will tune in to Season 9 to see how they explain some things or at least talk through the hurt (at this point I don’t care anymore about the mythology - too little, too late).  I hope people continue to post good stories from the show - BTS, bloopers, actor info and news - those things act as a salve for the wounds left by the finale.

All that’s left from this show in my mind is Ressler leaning over Liz’ dead body...

Never cried so much after watching a TV show😭 Tears are still coming when I only think about it & last scene pops up in my head in a loop non-stop: Ressler broken AGAIN leaning over Liz’ dead body & Radical Face playing in the background. 

How long does it take to get this pic out of my head?

I loved this show - ONCE - now I wish I had never known it

I fear I won’t be able to watch it ever again, just thinking about it hurts. I’m at this point now where I wish I’d rather never had Keenler at all than having it & losing it in such a horrible & painful way. Love Diego but don’t know I can watch s9, let’s see how I feel in 2022

How’s this even possible that a tv series has such an influence on me

I mean I’ve got a real life! 

But that last scene keeps haunting me whenever I think about the blacklist. It’s all that’s left from that show, every other beautiful scene is just gone, there’s only one scene left and that is Ressler leaning over Liz’ dead body 😭

Keenler is always getting robbed. Fuck them.

If you’re meant to be with someone, you just are! Even if it’s short= Keenler broken heart 💔

Never forget!

If you’re meant to be with someone, you just are! Even if it’s short= Keenler broken heart 💔

Never forget!

If you’re meant to be with someone, you just are! Even if it’s short= Keenler broken heart 💔

Never forget!

The last scene of my favorite couple 😭😭

Keenler will be always an endgame for us!

8x22 - Konets

This is beautiful 😭♥️

If you’re meant to be with someone, you just are! Even if it’s short= Keenler broken heart 💔

Never forget!

“This isn’t the end. Not for you.”

The feeling after seeing this episode especially the last part is same as when i was in depression… empty, hollow inside. The Blacklist became my interest in the time of my depression last year, watching all night till morning then again in the afternoon. Now i hope season 9 brings some light to me and others who held on to this show…

If you’re meant to be with someone, you just are! Even if it’s short= Keenler broken heart 💔

Never forget!

If you’re meant to be with someone, you just are! Even if it’s short= Keenler broken heart 💔

Never forget!

Tags 🙌 I’m going to miss them 💔😭 How will Ressler cope 😩