🔴 Poll: Red should hook up with –?
November 3, 2015
This poll allows for MULTIPLE OPTIONS to be selected, since we all know most men are naturally polygamous, lol.
Continue reading ‘🔴 Poll: Red should hook up with –?’
November 3, 2015
This poll allows for MULTIPLE OPTIONS to be selected, since we all know most men are naturally polygamous, lol.
Continue reading ‘🔴 Poll: Red should hook up with –?’
NBC’s The Blacklist starring James Spader and Megan Boone
Last updated: 11/8/2015 5:39 am CT, Program air date: 10/29/2015 in the US
Script Status: FINAL
Permalink: http://wp.me/pDKwi-1U8
Source: Raw Scripts from Springfield [UK]: http://bit.ly/1VtXhJ6 (dump of captioning)
Created by: Jon Bokenkamp
Continue reading ‘🔴 Script: 3:5 Arioch Cain’
This poll is CLOSED as of about noon 10/1/2015 at 500 votes. Of these, 269 or 53.8% were from the United States. People from all over the world watch The Blacklist, often days or even a year or more after the show airs in the US. About 90 percent of the traffic on my blog comes from search engines rather than directly from sites like Twitter (only about one percent) or blogs.
Continue reading ‘🔴 Poll: Is Red Liz’s Father? Results’
July 7, 2015
I looked at around 60 image processing apps for a basic set I could use for working with photos (mostly low-light screenshots) for Twitter and for this blog. I work on an iPad mini and have a large collection of 24,000 pics, about half of which are about The Blacklist (yeah, I know). So my comments are relevant mostly to iPad and Apple users. This assumes starting with iOS as the operating system and iPhoto as the basic image storage and editing app. Unfortunately, iPhoto does not do everything.(1)
Continue reading ‘🔴 Review: Image Editing Apps’
Last updated: 6/17/2015 8:30 am CDT, Program air date: 10/20/2014 in the US
Script Status = FINAL with Twitter image links
Permalink: http://wp.me/pDKwi-1c3
Slideshow link: https://youtu.be/xQWnectosOs
Source: Raw Scripts from Springfield [UK]: http://bit.ly/1Do56Zu (dump of captioning)
NBC Episode Summary: http://bit.ly/1Sl6bsJ
Blurb: Virology, art history, religion and environmentalism converge as a radical cult revives an ancient plague to rescue the earth from humanity. Red repairs an old film projector and tracks a young woman with the “help” of the DMV.
Created by: Jon Bokenkamp
Director: Stephen A Adelson
Writers: Jon Bokenkamp, Jim Campalongo, Adam Sussman
Continue reading ‘🔴 Script: 2:5 The Front’
Last updated: 5/28/2015 12:45 pm CDT, Program air date: 11/10/2014 in the US
Script Status = FINAL with Twitter image links (7/30/2015)
Permalink: http://wp.me/pDKwi-13k
Slideshow links: Part A: https://youtu.be/TvKqZEZd3HA & Part B: https://youtu.be/sDx2741TUoo (8/1/2015); (Earlier version, May:) http://youtu.be/aeD6oBAJxoE
Source: Raw Scripts from Springfield [UK]: http://bit.ly/1Do56Zu (dump of captioning)
NBC Episode Summary: http://bit.ly/1PPGfHI
Blurb: Red and Berlin head to Moscow looking for The Decembrist, who falsely blamed Red for murdering Berlin’s daughter. Alan Fitch tells Red he will be in trouble with his alliance (later called “The Cabal”) if he does not possess The Fulcrum. Red confronts Liz about Tom.
Created by: Jon Bokenkamp
Director: Michael Watkins
Writers: Jon Bokenkamp, John Eisendrath
Continue reading ‘🔴 Script: 2:8 The Decembrist’
May 20, 2015
Q: “Looking back over Season 2, in what ways would you say that the relationship between Liz and Reddington has changed?
James Spader: In terms of that relationship, it has its hills and valleys and I think it has to continue to be that way. It’s a very, very complicated relationship between the two of them. As much as she doesn’t know the true nature of their relationship, I think it’s quite equitable for Reddington as well because I think he’s trying to grasp a hold of what the true nature of their relationship is now. Forget the past, regardless of what that the past represents. What is the nature of their relationship now and what are even the possibilities of a relationship with her. I think he’s enormously conflicted that he’s there. He certainly has a protective instinct but by the same token he does bring an awful lot of crisis and strife to her life. And I think he probably wrestles with that quite a lot.”
Continue reading ‘🔴 Looking Ahead to Season 3’
Last updated: 5/15/2015 2:00 pm CDT, Program air date: 5/14/2015 in the US
Script Status = FINAL w links to Twitter images
Permalink: http://wp.me/pDKwi-Wi
Slideshow link: https://youtu.be/Nd7KABXj2yE (8/5/2015)
Source: Raw Scripts from Springfield [UK]: http://bit.ly/1Do56Zu (dump of captioning)
NBC Episode Summary: http://bit.ly/1Fibq7X
Blurb: Liz is being framed for the murder of a U.S. Senator as The Cabal tries to stir up trouble with Russia. Red does what he has threatened for 20 years and Cooper gets a new prognosis. The Season 2 Finale.
Created by: Jon Bokenkamp
Director: Michael Watkins
Writers: John Eisendrath, Jon Bokenkamp
Continue reading ‘🔴 Script: 2:22 Tom Connolly’
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🔴 Original Article: For the Love of Lizzington
🔴 Special Update April 12, 2016
🔴 Appendix 1: Letter to Jason Evans (1), WSJ Speakeasy Blog on The Blacklist
🔴 Appendix 2: WSJ Blog Post: Bullying of Shippers
🔴 Appendix 3: WSJ Blog Post: Response – Defense of Shipper Argument
🔴 Appendix 4: WSJ Blog Post: Response – Defense of Article (“For the Love of Lizzington”)
🔴 Appendix 5: Letter to Jason Evans (2), WSJ Speakeasy Blog on The Blacklist
Last updated: 3/22/2015, Program air date: 3/19/2015 in the US
Script Status = FINAL w links to Twitter images
Permalink: http://wp.me/pDKwi-JP
Slideshow link: https://youtu.be/KzTpnHX3ADY (8/3/2015)
Source: Raw Scripts from Springfield [UK]: http://bit.ly/1Do56Zu (dump of captioning)
NBC Episode Summary: http://bit.ly/1FJyV9C
Blurb: Liz is in court to learn if she will go to trial for the murder of the Harbormaster when an unexpected witness appears. Liz sells the apartment Red gave her in the Audrey Hotel. Cooper meets with Tom Connolly.
Created by: Jon Bokenkamp
Director: Andrew McCarthy
Writers: JR Orci, Lukas Reiter, Jon Bokenkamp, John Eisendrath
Continue reading ‘🔴 Script: 2:16 Tom Keen’
¤ better than Season One
March 10, 2015
The glue that holds this show together is the mysterious relationship between Elizabeth “Liz” Keen and the enigmatic, irreverent Raymond, “Red” Reddington. The second season is better in many ways than the first. The bad guys are more realistic and the plot lines explore the realm of international politics and important domestic issues. The research into the background of the procedural aspects of the show holds up well, making it “educational TV” for an America naive about matters like neurobiological research, human trafficking, the “down” side of capitalism and the dangers of secret international agendas (electronic surveillance, the various threats to national sovereignty and insidious threats to security) that threaten democracy. Red’s values come into better focus as matters from his past turn out to have national and international implications.
Continue reading ‘🔴 Season Two Review’
Last updated: 9/8/2015 00:00 pm CDT, Program air date: 2/12/2014 in the US
Script Status = FINAL, updated, w Twitter image links
Permalink: http://wp.me/pDKwi-DM
Slideshow link: https://youtu.be/WO0D1wLLCxE
Source: Raw Scripts from Springfield [UK]: http://bit.ly/1Do56Zu (dump of captioning)
NBC Episode Summary: http://bit.ly/1JexgMm
Blurb: Red, Liz and Ressler travel to Uzbekistan, where the CIA has spies masquerading as clergy and is covering up the crimes of a U.S.-based oil company. The man Liz hired to guard Tom is questioned by a detective.
Created by: Jon Bokenkamp
Director: Andrew McCarthy
Writers: Jonathan Shapiro, Lukas Reiter, Jon Bokenkamp
Continue reading ‘🔴 Script: 2:11 Ruslan Denisov’
Feb 12, 2015
Daniel Knauf is a Co-Executive Producer and senior writer for The Blacklist. He answers questions about the show during and after it and is quite comfortable with Twitter. I don’t know a better way to re-capture Twitter (but I’ll try screenshots next time).
Below are his Tweets from 2:10 Luther Braxton-2. To find the original full interaction, do a search on Twitter using his handle @Daniel_Knauf followed by keywords from the Tweets below. A number of the early Tweets are comments on the episode action. You can see Knauf’s comic book work at play.
Here are my takeaways:
Continue reading ‘🔴 Daniel Knauf’s Tweets’
¤ and The Blacklist
Feb 1, 2015
🔴 1. Art and customer service
🔴 2. There’s no escaping social context
🔴 3. There’s no escaping social media
🔴 4.’Scandal’ and ‘The Blacklist’
🔴 5.’The Blacklist’s use of social media
🔴 6. Are TV serials visual novels?
🔴 7. Where the cool kids are
🔴 8. Golden Age / Biomimesis
🔴 9. ‘Dramatus Interruptus’ 🔑
🔴 10. Social Media Engagement: Not Optional
Continue reading ‘🔴 “Dramatus Interruptus”’
12:00 pm November 8, 2014
Rough transcript of interview with James Spader on Season 2 and the mid season finale [possible spoilers] Yahoo http://yhoo.it/1sjniM3
‘The stakes are higher right from the jump. Everybody, every character on the show is facing greater adversity and is in disarray and the show’s opened up… There’s a resolution of sorts but any resolution on our show opens up another door and the resolution is always going to be painful and bittersweet.
‘It started out where people were asking me wanting to know the true relationship between Elizabeth Keen and Raymond Reddington… People are still curious about that, which is good to sustain. I think it’s the burden is on us to sustain that. But I think the thing that I like is that no matter what the past is the nature of the relationship now[!] has become as compelling, and it should be.
‘I think that the journey is more important than the destination and in this case the destination is backwards, going into the past, what those characters are going through in the relationships and the nature of those relationships.’
2:00 pm November 7, 2014
From: IBTimes: Episode 8 Spoilers: The Decembrist http://bit.ly/1E51gD8
Note Spoilers! From an interview with Amir Arison: “A lot goes down in [episodes 8 and 9]…there will be some huge, huge events that will change the direction of the show,” Amir Arison, who plays C.I.A. analyst Amar Mojtabai, explained. Arison added that the crux of the surprises coming might hinge on the relationship between Red [James Spader] and Liz [Megan Boone] saying, “It’s exciting to watch Red and Liz with their own agendas that intersect and may support or not support each other.“
Could be anything. Could be nothing. Liz, it appears, has turned to Ressler for help with Tom. Liz now knows a lot about Berlin’s operation. My guess is she will try to kill him or have Tom do it.
What are the “huge, huge events that will change the direction of the show?” Any ideas?
[Cross-Posted at WSJ Speakeasy]
Why I thought “the girl” could not be Red’s daughter & why that may be wrong (dates, dates, dates):
Continue reading ‘2:6 Mombasa: Is Red Zoë’s father? – reconsidered (10/27/2014)’
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🔴 Script: 2:4 Dr Linus Creel
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🔴 Script: 2:4 Dr Linus Creel
Last updated: 9/18/2015 12:25 pm CDT, Program air date: 10/13/2014 in the US
Script Status = FINAL w Twitter image links
Permalink: http://wp.me/pDKwi-1cj
Slideshow: https://youtu.be/pQlNBKfZX-g
Source: Raw Scripts from Springfield [UK]: http://bit.ly/1Do56Zu (dump of captioning)
NBC Episode Summary: http://bit.ly/1Ga5Hhh
Blurb: Red calls Liz’s attention to a spate of unusual killings and suggests the government may still be doing mind control experiments. Liz may have a rare genetic marker. Red offers to protect Naomi and her husband Frank from Berlin.
Created by: Jon Bokenkamp
Director: Michael W Watkins
Writers: Jon Bokenkamp, Mike Ostrowski
Continue reading ‘🔴 Script: 2:4 Dr Linus Creel’