Blacklist season 9 episode 22

Maybe hope remains for The Blacklist.

An intriguing new direction began onThe Blacklist Season 9 Episode 2.

Many asked why when NBC renewed the series even after Tptb announced that Megan Boone (and her character Elizabeth Keen) would be leaving at the end of The Blacklist Season 8.

But let's not pretend that Elizabeth played the critical role that she once did earlier in the series. Instead, discontented Liz was the sour taste in too many viewers' mouths.

In other words, while Red may have been dying, Liz's reason for being on the show had long ago expired. So it was appropriate that she finally did on The Blacklist Season 8 Episode 22.

And, even amid a race to save a family from a vicious crime lord, things seem a bit lighter now. Everyone appears on the same page, more than ever before.

But let's not pretend that Red doesn't have his own game going.