Post by fonebone on Jul 7, 2023 3:25:38 GMT -8
The Blacklist "Arthur Hudson"
You know the entire series was sort of building towards Red being the last name on the Blacklist at Number 1, and I'm glad to see the series went down the proper way there. I knew all the way back during season one the last episode would need to be titled "Raymond Reddington (No. 1)". And Red's permission at the end for Harold to try and catch him takes this very difficult and impossible choice Harold has to make and turns it into something fun and not at all personal. Red doing that on the way out shows he IS a true friend.
My TV need more Dan Butler on it. It's been sad he's not been on it more. Either he hasn't been cast in a lot of stuff lately, or I've been watching the wrong stuff. But my TV likes it when he's on it, and so do I.
Malick expressing disgust at Hudson over his morbid interest in the plane crash bodies is great because despite the fact that Hudson believes he's a boy scout, and he's gotten everybody else to think that, I don't think he's aware of the fact that he's an awful person. He advocates for the right causes, I suppose. But for entirely selfish and vain reasons. He's working on the side of angels while his immortal soul is headed to Hell for the amount of darkness it contains. I have to say so far, I appreciate that the show has basically just gone that far with him, and no farther. A lesser show would have turned him into a criminal to make it clear to the viewer the task force are the good guys. But the task force are the good guys because they have good intentions. While the boy scout's heart is entirely black when on his personal crusade to destroy the careers of good agents he actually knows nothing about.
I think the death of John is a good place to leave Ressler. Ressler always wanted to bring in Reddington. Before that final chase begins, I want him to understand that John was cynical casualty that Hudson used and discarded once he had no further use for him. If Ressler has to hunt Reddington next week, I want him to have the context that's on behalf of people who destroyed a good friend of his he was trying to help for no other reason than he was temporarily useful. I want Ressler to understand that as far as deals with the devil go, Red is not the only demon's name on that specific contract. At least not since Hudson entered the picture.
I was a little disappointed in how unlikely and unbelievable last week's damning tape conversations were. And while there are still some unlikely coincidences present in how screwed Harold found himself, the truth is I ain't never gonna turn up my nose at the teaser ending with Dan Butler saying in an annoyed voice over the phone, "The President can wait." I am NOT freaking made of stone. I actually DO like and appreciate good things. Dan Butler is a good thing I liked and appreciated very much. ****1/2.
You know the entire series was sort of building towards Red being the last name on the Blacklist at Number 1, and I'm glad to see the series went down the proper way there. I knew all the way back during season one the last episode would need to be titled "Raymond Reddington (No. 1)". And Red's permission at the end for Harold to try and catch him takes this very difficult and impossible choice Harold has to make and turns it into something fun and not at all personal. Red doing that on the way out shows he IS a true friend.
My TV need more Dan Butler on it. It's been sad he's not been on it more. Either he hasn't been cast in a lot of stuff lately, or I've been watching the wrong stuff. But my TV likes it when he's on it, and so do I.
Malick expressing disgust at Hudson over his morbid interest in the plane crash bodies is great because despite the fact that Hudson believes he's a boy scout, and he's gotten everybody else to think that, I don't think he's aware of the fact that he's an awful person. He advocates for the right causes, I suppose. But for entirely selfish and vain reasons. He's working on the side of angels while his immortal soul is headed to Hell for the amount of darkness it contains. I have to say so far, I appreciate that the show has basically just gone that far with him, and no farther. A lesser show would have turned him into a criminal to make it clear to the viewer the task force are the good guys. But the task force are the good guys because they have good intentions. While the boy scout's heart is entirely black when on his personal crusade to destroy the careers of good agents he actually knows nothing about.
I think the death of John is a good place to leave Ressler. Ressler always wanted to bring in Reddington. Before that final chase begins, I want him to understand that John was cynical casualty that Hudson used and discarded once he had no further use for him. If Ressler has to hunt Reddington next week, I want him to have the context that's on behalf of people who destroyed a good friend of his he was trying to help for no other reason than he was temporarily useful. I want Ressler to understand that as far as deals with the devil go, Red is not the only demon's name on that specific contract. At least not since Hudson entered the picture.
I was a little disappointed in how unlikely and unbelievable last week's damning tape conversations were. And while there are still some unlikely coincidences present in how screwed Harold found himself, the truth is I ain't never gonna turn up my nose at the teaser ending with Dan Butler saying in an annoyed voice over the phone, "The President can wait." I am NOT freaking made of stone. I actually DO like and appreciate good things. Dan Butler is a good thing I liked and appreciated very much. ****1/2.