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Would love that, for once, they make Liz the clever one and she knew from the start. However two things: why would she say that to TK, if that was the case, in 5.01. She has no need to lie to him about him, and he could even have helped her to find who he really is. Second thing Cooper, and his magical DNA test; issue is the inconsistency in writing, remember when Devrey says that he is the real Raymond Reddington and Cooper turns around and say we can’t prove he is or isn’t, we don’t have DNA Tests on file. Making the FBI looks so dumb, this is the first thing they will do when Red has handed himself in, if they didn’t have anything. They identify him because of his tattoos in episode 1, but won’t run a blood test, of course. Let’s hope it’s another “we forgot what we wrote previously” and they really shut down daddygate on Wednesday night.
Okay, I’ll take a stab at these (*grin*).
The first thing: “why would she say that (”that”, I’m assuming, is that Reddington is her father) to TK in 501?” I have a whole post about the unhealthy relationship that was Elizabeth Keen and Tom Keen percolating in my mind and waiting in the wings for me to pen and post but I’m still collecting support and circumstantial evidence of my theory and opinion of that. Let’s just agree that Liz and Tom didn’t tell each other everything. It’s been shown that when it’s convenient for her, Liz lies to Tom (to just about everyone, actually), and she doesn’t seem too twisted up about it (maybe that’s a thing she learned from Red, maybe she feels within her rights since Tom started it and she might consider the scales nowhere near balanced despite the sleeping together and child they have). I submit that, like Red says in The Courier, "Circumstances are far more complex than we ever imagined. I'm betting on the long play... The future.” It’s my belief that this is Liz’s perspective as well. She’s betting on the long play. And keeping the truth close to her vest, even lying to Tom about it, is what she has to do to sell the fact that she’s bought into the whole “Red is her father” thing. If she knows that Red isn’t her father (season 1, 102 The Freelancer - palming the scotch glass and running a DNA test which she tells us about in 422 Mr. Kaplan conclusion) and realizes Red isn’t even Raymond Reddington, it still doesn’t answer the question of why he’s marked her as so important or who she is to him. In 121 Berlin pt 1, at the end, Liz, regretting submitting her resignation and the fact that Red will likely wind up in a deep hole, confronts Red when he refuses to run:
Liz: You have ruined my life. And I swear to God, right now, I want to kill you. But there are answers I need, and I can't get them without you.
Red: And I can't get them without you.
Liz: So I guess we're stuck with each other.
That need for answers hasn’t changed, so what’s a lie to a man who previously lied for a living if it brings her to the truth in the long run? A true “ends justifying any means” scenario.
The Second thing: “Cooper, and his magical DNA test; the issue is the inconsistency in writing, remember when Devry says that he is the real Raymond Reddington and Cooper turns around and says we can’t prove he is or isn’t, we don’t have DNA Tests on file.” Let me clarify this issue. What they’re getting at in episode 311 Mr. Gregory Devry, is that IF this guy, who we all learn is a guy named Gregory Devry, WAS the real Reddington, THEN the FBI wouldn’t have his DNA on file. We already know from Anslo Garrick conclusion that the FBI do have our Red’s DNA on file (because they compare the blood from the site where Red was tortured to what they have on file and it matches). But, that only works for a Reddington match if the guy they’ve been working with is who he claimed to be. Now this is a twist within a twist within a twist for those of us who believe the imposter theory. According to our theory, Our Red really ISN’T Raymond Reddington, BUT comparing DNA samples would be moot because they didn’t have the original Reddington’s blood on file. Now, here’s the important thing. It’s not that they couldn’t GET that blood - Harold goes and does that in 421/422. But what he does then is he breaks the law to get that sample. He violates the chain of evidence because he believes they are all going to jail anyway so it’s worth it so that Liz can know for sure how Red is connected to her. Harold doesn’t trust the people he’s been working FOR (hello Cabal) so he runs the test outside the FBI, in a private lab, just so Liz can know the truth. She then leaves with the evidence/test and runs to Red’s motel to show the test to Red and confront him about it, which he neither confirms nor denies. Either way, except for telling Harold that Raymond Reddington is her father according to that DNA, and Harold sharing that revelation with everyone else on the task force, Liz never actually shares the Original Reddington’s DNA profile with the FBI database, thereby never comparing what they did have on file (from the guy who turned himself in and would only speak with Elizabeth Keen) to what they now know is Reddington’s DNA. The only person who saw BOTH DNA profiles is Liz - the test she ran on Red back in season one that she claims she was too scared to open and so threw out -- and now the one from Post-Beirut torture 30 years ago, long before Reddington “disappeared” and then reappeared 4 years later, selling secrets to the highest bidder and confirming his “traitor” status, reborn The Concierge of Crime.
I hope that was presented clearly enough that it made sense as it’s pretty late here right now and I’m super tired, LOL. But, in my own mind, I was able to adequately address the points you brought up and therefore I still believe my theory is valid. I really really really hope the writers let Lizzie be that smart and long-sighted. It’s the more interesting choice and means that Liz is worthy of and more than a match for Red.
