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I made a slight change on Christina Rossetti’s poem, Goblin Market, turning “Laura” to “Red”, which reminded me the exact lines when I saw THIS HUG! 😍   “Lizzie cried, ‘Red’ up the garden, ‘Did you miss me? Come and kiss me. Never mind my bruises, Hug me, kiss me, suck my juices Squeez’d from goblin fruits for you, Goblin pulp and goblin dew. Eat me, drink me, love me; Red, make much of me;” this was the first time ever Lizzie hugged Red all by her will, without anyone pushing or pulling /guiding her, as Red was totally left dumbfounded by her unexpected but all welcomed need for safety, warmth and love those could only be given by him 😇

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Fire in the hole.. :) 2x21 Karakurt / The Blacklist

Hi guys!

Hours left to 2x22 and the real life is eating me alive!! and they changed the blacklister’s name from Masha to Tom Connolly??? Well, I am good with it because that would be very early to spend Lizzie’s identity so easily.. 

Sorry for I am super super late..

As I watched the pilot last year once and could continue the rest of the season in summer, very close to the premiere of S2, I wasn't effected by S1's mid and summer hiatus like you did

Then I survived the midseason hiatus with you, by your support 

And now I am very excited bc this will be my first summer hiatus 

I saw the sneak peeks today and I finally have a clear idea in my mind which again killed the DG without a doubt LOL

We'll come to that in a few lines..

Now another idea I finally got from 2x21.. 

I feel like Tom/Jacob is into something..

He insists on keeping a bond/connection with Lizzie..But still why??? This week, even Lizzie asked him "What's the catch?" ..

Last two weeks he tried to break her relationship with Red, saying he knew many things about him and could answer Lizzie's questions.. He tried to convince Lizzie that Red was using her and he's a bad man.. Pffttt!!

And last week we left them under rain, Lizzie at Tom's door, ignoring Red's calls and holding Tom instead of him, looking for consolation.. 

Thanks God we learned that nothing happened more!!! (Or I just want to hope so)

And even that "looking comfort at his door/arms" appeared to be a stupid idea to Lizzie that she came to meet with Tom to say she did a mistake by acting like that.. 

And while Lizzie was trying to say all those, this week Tom just tried to attack Lizzie by the memories of their marriage, implying he knew her very well by ordering her favorite breakfast dish and also testing the waters by saying "Preferably, we take our clothes off at some point." where Lizzie simply turned him down openly, many times in a few minutes in many ways 🏻️

Imho, Lizzie felt bad like she cheated on Red!  She knew she did wrong..

AND as she sit there trying to make a descent convo with Tom out of any possibility of an affair, when Red called her, this time she ignored Tom and inspite of his protest, she answered Red's call ️🏼

Also she didn't go to dine with Tom, or let's say Jacob as he is obviously trying to approach her this time with his own self but too late.. Sorry..

I’d like to ask a question to Daniel Knauf: What was the name KARAKURT for?? Really? It was a Turkish name and it came out to be nothing special.. Interesting.. and after all that entering the country in a casket etc, I expected something bigger..Or maybe we will see the effects later..I don’t know..Confused.. -----

Last week I said something:

"After 2.18, being shot and 2.19, going under surgery and being saved again by Lizzie at the moment he was about to be killed with a shot to the head; after weeks of downfall and vulnerability reaching to a peak point, I am so happy to say that 2.20 was the announcement of Red's reign rising again"

We witnessed to this a couple of steps more this week 🏻️🏻

 Red may seem to be a man of problems BUT to me, he is the man of various exact solutions to many problems..

  In his beautiful head he came to a conclusion about Tom Connolly.. 

The balls found the holes one by one..

Red: Where are you on Karakurt?

Lizzie: Where? Nowhere. The Cabal just took out an entire substation of the CIA. They put a bullet in your chest, and you have no idea how. You're the most cautious person I know. The FBI couldn't find you for 20 years, but they did. They're three steps ahead, and that's exactly what I'm gonna tell the AG. Red:Tom Connolly is there? (🏼surprised?!) Lizzie: No, he's on his way. I assume he's expecting to be briefed. Red: Connolly made the Harbormaster investigation go away. (🏼Wheels turning) Lizzie: All we have on Karakurt is a recording and a grainy photo that's gotten us nowhere. Red: You have far more than that. Lizzie: Like what?  Red: I'm glad you're safe, Lizzie. I'll be in touch.

Red finally again took the upper hand and started playing his pipe ;)

He is undeniably a real maestro! 

He solved the leak quickly and went to talk to Cooper and offered him a way out.. He normally makes this move with harsh words and kinda bursts leading to threats but he was kind and reasonable with Harold..

Red: It wasn't just your hope, Harold. It was your wife's hope, you children's. You were given a terminal diagnosis, and Connolly ends up offering you a choice-- your life or your ethics, and you picked your life.. .....

You want to wipe that debt clean? Keep your eyes open and your mouth shut.

And then the virus part

Red and Lizzie's visit to Dr. Lauren Kimberly's lab OMG what was that?! ️

Reddie bear?! Whoa?! Yeah Dr, we wanna eat Red alive, too so get in line woman!!! LOL

Noelle Beck's character was prettier than “Madeline Pratt”!!  A character which can make a positive push in Red and Lizzie’s relationship

And the chemistry between Lauren and Red made Lizzie definitely jealous! 

When I think about that scene, I remember that I am in fact a chemical engineer with no Reddie Bear LOL what a pity!

The name Ginger Lumiere?? Very assertive and meaningful  and how he pronounced it slowly, emphasizing every syllable with his French rolling smoothly on his tongue 

Ginger is a shade of Red and Lumiere is light!  Red is really back fellas! 

After Lauren's cute and funny comments about her outlook , offering her a darker shade of lipstick (yeah most probably implying RED color) and a gloss and Lizzie's self examining looks due to those comments, Lizzie was trying to catch Red's attention (well she never lost it but she doesn't know it and she'd try better earning it ) she was really ironic with those nerd high school girl manners who was trying to get the attention of the popular captain of the team and yeah Red couldn't miss a glance to a certain place on her with a smirk on his face 

Lizzie was telling about A and Red was talking about Z, driving Lizzie insane!  That was their funny convo style during the episode's half part 

I had a feeling that Red knew where she went the other night  and the visit to Lauren was a perfect chance/opportunity to show off Lizzie, kinda saying that "Look Lizzie! You may have forgotten bc of the past gloomy days we've been through but still I am here, no gun shots will kill my stamina and potency and yeah I am a man !!" 

And that lipstick naming story! : "Fire In The Hole" GOSH I could die!! LOL And I would like to ask "which hole?!" and "Red? Man seriously what's your problem with the holes???" “A little hole in the wall” and now “fire in the hole”!!! 

It would sound like his comment to Lizzie: "What is it with you, in hotel rooms, with pens and people's necks?" 

And Lizzie ignored Tom's call (good girl!) with an almost pout..

She watched Lauren and Red like watching a ping pong match LOL

And then the story started smelling very very Agent Salt..

  During all the fuss, she didn't go to meet with Tom..(again, good girl!)

  Well bla bla bla, Lizzie came out to be the one carrying the virus..

  Red was talking to the informant of OREA, Anton Velov.. He was first comfy with their convo and we learned that Red's reputation again preceded himself but I couldn't get something clear: Was he talking about Red's earlier official government work at naval intelligence before his dissappearance or his unknown possibly ongoing intelligence business after it??

 As Red heard about the "child" issue and the guys from JD asking insistently for him/her and Velov's reply to them as " I said, 'All I know is they say she had a daughter!'", his face changed, alert and shocked, and he immediately called Lizzie, sure that they would be there at any moment to look for her, frame her bc she was the real carrier of the virus, the real assasin of Senator Hawkins bc of her mother, and they learned about her..

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 Now, the sneak peeks..I saw it yesterday and was like "OMG!!!!!" 

 I won't say anything about Lizzie's interrogation or her talk to Ressler to choose his side quickly..

I am interested in what Red says to Lizzie because it will be a serious game changer!

Red: I’m a sin eater. I absorb the misdeeds of others, darkening my soul to keep their pure. That is what I’m capable of.

Lizzie: What sin of mine could you possibly have absorbed?

Well here my idea comes: WHAT IF LIZZIE WAS THE REASON OF HER PARENTS' DEATHS????

So maybe Red tried to supress her memories fo that night, fire and everything to protect her from the disappointment and pain it would cause for a lifetime..

She was a little girl and it makes her open to mistakes/acts even the fatal ones to which she couldn't be able to give a meaning at that age..

Remember what Red said in 2x10:

Red: Whatever you remember-- Lizzie: What I remember is leaving my father dying on the floor of a burning house.  There's no way he could have survived that. Red: Lizzie, the memories of a four-year-old are unreliable..

Now as we start saying "to where will their relationship go from here after all the mess since 2x10?!", here it starts getting a new angle..

And I think this "sin eater" convo between them most probably will happen at the beginning of the episode..

Then at the end we will get our "I remember everything" scene which we saw in the promo.. (Her hair will be down there)

Lizzie's face doesn't seem to be angry to me..

She looks OK with what she remembers (otherwise, she would be crying or shouting, simply fuming with teary eyes and thin lips) and that conflicts with what Red says.. So if she really remembers everything, really what sin of hers could Red possibly absorbed??

So I think she will not remember everything: She will clearly remember Red saving her from the fire, taking her to Sam and maybe the burn scars! ️️

It will make her look at Red from a different aspect 

I feel positive because Red's face is about to cry but I don't think it to be a bad face..I mean if Lizzie can remember him saving her from the fire, then she will finally show some open respect and mercy to him! Or maybe that face is Red’s relieved face that she wouldn’t really remember what happened in fact?! It’s really strange after 2 years of only mentioning about the dad and generally parents, though we asked many times “what about Lizzie’s mom? Why doesn’t she ask about her???” finally they, with a sharp turn, started pushing her story.. And now we hear that she is like a myth even to the ex Spetsnaz leader who worked as an informant to US gov!!  Curiouser and curiouser.. ------- And the scene where we see someone lay on the floor beside the blue Mustang?! LOL it is obviously Tom.. I couldn't hear clearly what Lizzie says but I think she says "Tom! Stay with me!" And before that scene they are seen together firing their guns against the ones following Lizzie..

So maybe we can get rid of Tom finally? LOL I count on what Brandon Margolis said/promised 🏼and if Tom is shot again, yeah this will be the parallel of 1x22  I never thought Lizzie to fly away with Tom.. And here we see that she won’t be able to, even if she wants LOL

And I expect a closer/sincere scene of Red and Lizzie, more affectionate than the one we had at the end of S1 for they came a long way together!

I wonder what will be the cliffhanger.. I hope they won't be harsh to us 

This show gave me  wonderful friends (they know themselves <3 ) and opened the doors to an amazing world where I can reach out to the cast and crew also and express/share my excitement/love to/with them.. I also had very bad days because of mentally sick people with their egos bigger than their heights and their tongues which are programmed to speak ill about other people.. Anyway as only Jon Bokenkamp and NBC own The Blacklist, as an avid fan and a Lizzington shipper, I will keep on enjoying whatever they are willing to give and I hope we can get some “aviation coctails”, strawberries with whipcream and some chocolate icecream with red velvet cupcakes from them soon ;))))  My only concern is that John Eisendrath touched tonight’s episode!! :(

Fingers crossed!! 2x22 is not the end.. It's the beginning of better days for Red and Lizzie 

Let's see what will happen..

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"I'm gonna lose him if I don't get him to an ER." 2x19  LEONARD CAUL / The Blacklist

THIS IS LONG! 😇 So, if you start reading, please read till the end :) I've been writing this post on my notepad for 3 days and I don't know what's wrong with me to write that long.. To what purpose.. I wish I could write ffs but I can't :) I leave that to the talented authors of our fandom 😇✌🏼 I didn't read any messages (personal or posted on group walls) or any tumblr posts not to get influenced out of my own opinions.. It wasn't hard because the last 3 days were busy and boring for me where I spent my little leisure time only to write 👇🏼👇🏼😁 LOL

But as we all do, this is a way to connect ourselves to this wonderful show and our OTP and the beautiful Lizzington ship we sail..

I didn’t post any reviews of my own here on tumblr for 2x17 and 2x18, though I did for the old group..If I can find those, I will share here, too.. ------- My personal opinion: This was one of the most riveting episodes of Season 2 😊 With 2x19, we started counting down for the last 4 episodes of this season.. We had some episodes this season making us say "Is this TBL? Where is the fun? Where is the exciting action rather than Ressler being captured?!" and this episode made me watch it not just wanting a moment of Lizzington, but getting me inside the whole plot from 1st second till the last.. And it was again a parallel to Season 1.. 1x19 vs 2x19... The questions asked in 1x19 are answered in 2x19.. Please keep on reading 😇😉

First I wanna tell about a coincidence 😊 Actor Ned Van Zandt played Leonard Caul and our Spaderman's character in Supernova was named as Nick Vanzant.. When I saw his name, and Lizzie's ex boyfriend's being named as Nick, I couldn't help myself but tell you this note 😉😋

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The skeleton key: We haven't seen or heard from it since 2x05 and now we know what it was for 😊 I still wonder what was Pepper's agenda or part as she kept that key as a secret even from her lover, Maddox Beck..😕 The carved symbol over the mini box: It was absent till we saw it on the minibox in that hardcase when Lizzie pulled it out of her bag and showed to Red.. Let's hope to see Hudson again 😉🐶

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3 weeks ago, when 2x18 finished, we've been all shocked, as well as Lizzie and by Lizzie.. She again (1) yelled at Red with a face showing her heartbroken mode without even listening to him (again 2) And it wasn't even half minute past when Red was shot through his right lung by a sniper out of nowhere! We all have been thinking who shot Red and how did the sniper manage to find where Red and Lizzie met.. Well, all were answered by the first 20 mins.. Both Leonard Caul and The Director were watching Lizzie and Red by Lizzie's phone, CCTV cams and the official info going around the security system of FBI and other governmental branches!

We all saw her face.. Desperate, like she was thinking "No I can't lose him! What have I done?!" as she vocalized to Cooper on the phone in the Mercedes on their way to the safe place Mr Kaplan was arranging immediately, "I'm gonna lose him if I don't get him to an ER." Not "WE".. She said "I" ... Lizzie being possesive again which is a good sign she really cares for him.. When they reached to safety, as they were preparing him for the surgery, at the moment he reached out for her with his bloody hands, she didn't make him wait and call for one more time, just obeyed her emotions and reached out to him as well 😉 putting her hands to his bloody naked chest! That was the very first time she touched Red on a different place than his clothed arm or his hand, intimately, without hesitation and like she wanna feel him alive under her blood covered hands, his heart beating to his chest, for her.. She chose to touch his chest.. Not only took his hand in hers..

Never ever give too much credit to the spoilers 😉 First on April 1, we read "Red begs Lizzie" and then 5 days later it was changed to "Red pleads with Lizzie".. And what they said about Tom: "Tom proves helpful in an unexpected way" First of all, Red didn't beg or plead with Lizzie for Leonard! Yes he came to the verge of begging Lizzie for the fulcrum in 2x18.. But in 2x19, Red simply ASKED her to find him and she was not in a condition to reject/deny his request for the fulcrum's existence has already started threatening a bigger picture including Lizzie and the task force.. Also Tom wouldn't be at the safe warehouse if he was already gone, and nobody knew he was there.. Mr Kaplan brought all of them to that warehouse by her choice and she also didn't know that Tom was an intruder there.. So as he was under their hand, he would be stupid not to offer an extra pair of hands!!

Again saying: Never ever give too much credit to the spoilers

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Dembe, our hero, warned Lizzie very implicitly about not mentioning her knowledge about/existence in that flat to Red.. Dembe took the bits to his hands..He did the right thing again and sent Lizzie there alone for he knew well that she would precisely take care of herself and the mission she's been given by Red and would not let both him and Dembe down, esp as Dembe gave his trust and assurance to her.. Lizzie is in the real circle of trust in Red’s team now.. In 2x18, the episode started as Red draw his gun to Tom and Lizzie to Red, and Dembe to Lizzie.. Tom did that.. But we knew that Dembe cares for Lizzie for she is like a sister and a friend, but above all, his saviour’s beloved.. He was a broken boy, too, esp when you think where and in what condition Red found him (at a brothel) and created a miracle man out of that boy in years by education, care and love.. By 2x19, Lizzie became the hands, eyes and feet of Dembe, Kate and Red.. She succeeded what’s asked from her and more of it.. She saved their lives.. At the flat, Lizzie found another world.. The little girl sitting on a beautiful smiling woman's lap is most probably Lizzie but do we know it certainly?

Her graduation photo is there.. And also as everyone focused on the graduate photo and the one with the woman, I wonder if you saw the well known photo of her with Sam at the right side in another frame.. Old pictures, relatively new pictures.. The old ones are from 1920s or 30s.. An officer near Lizzie's graduation picture: an American officer from 40s.. II.World War period.. Another officer's picture, whose chest is fully decorated with medals etc.. And that man was not American! When I googled the photo, I found that it originally and really belongs to Soviet Marshall Georgy Zhukov 😇 Here is the same photo used on Life magazine's cover! http://ladailymirror.com/2014/08/02/1944-in-print-life-magazine-july-31-1944/

And pls see this documentary as my hubby is a fan of this guy! When I told him the photo belongs to Zhukov, he was like "WHOAA!?" He said "wait a min!" and opened this documentary in front of me.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8RM8PeyXZg

My hubby knew his older self from the pictures and documentaries and couldn't recognize this photo at first 😇

But why esp Zhukov? He is known as the most decorated general officer in the history of the Soviet Union and Russia ever.. He was the man who conquered BERLIN in II. World War.. (The city, yes but this name holds many meanings to us ) A military mastermind!! ✌🏼️ Interesting but meaningful choice 😇

Books.. Чехов's book, let me write with the Latin letters you know, Anton Cehov 😍 Russian novelist and the book is in original Russian..

Harvard Classics Operative Surgery And many classic and new books..In English and Russian..

All furnitures, including the carpets, are antique.. Not old, antique.. They are obviously family belongings, but not Red's! I am somehow someway sure about it.. Russian influence is everywhere.. There are even Matrioska dolls on the shelf 😉

That house must be kept in memory of that woman (if she is dead) or for sake of that woman (if she is still alive).. She might be Lizzie's mom, or auntie..of course if that girl is Lizzie! Though the sunshine blocking her facial features, she seems to have a radiant smile! 😉 The cat was epic! It's tabby and its mouth caught my attention: in Turkey we adore those cats with that kind of black colored mouth which we define as "sealed" and call those cats "enchanted" which are believed to have a persona and maybe kinda mirror to a living soul in disguise 😉 even if it's a stray cat, we treat those the same ❤️ I am not surprised to see that kind of beautiful cat in that house! With red collar 😉 and Lizzie called it "Sweetheart"! Just like Red calls her 😇 the first thing came out of her mouth was this particular nickname ❤️

We all thought that the man on the phone would be his father.. We were wrong.. That's where TPTB let us down again, as they kept pulling those daddy strings.. Not that hard like we used to have, but slightly.. At the end, all writers were Lizzington lovers ❤️

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Tom was still trying to play with Lizzie's mind where she didn't let him, till a moment.. She had her own demons already as Red was lying on that operation table with a potential mine-like bullet still inside his lung! As they were attacked by FBI imposters, the chief surgeon dead, she gave up all what's left from her dignity and called her ex whom she left for Tom (cheating him during their marriage proposal phase) to help her with the operation and save Red for whatever it takes!! The ex boyfriend's name is Nick and it was funny to wonder if they named "Nick's Pizza" as a dial name on Lizzie's phone after him? 😊

We saw that he was cheated..He accepted removing the bullet exactly for the amount he carries as a debt..$376422! And Mr Kaplan gave him $500000.. Like saying "keep the change for the inconvenience Lizzie created for you! And pls shot up you three! The man is dying there and you just keep talking about what's all done and gone!!" LOL And what Nick's speech to Tom was particular.. Tom: Don't take it. You take that money, and he'll have his hooks in you. Trust me, it's the last thing you want. Nick: I'm not a criminal. I've never even gotten a speeding ticket. Tom: Don't take it. Nick: When I heard you two were getting married, I was happy for her. People said you were okay, a teacher. Later on, they told me you were planning to adopt a child and start a family. Guess you two decided to go another route..

For me, Nick's last sentence was a conclusive deduction about Tom and Lizzie's recent situation and what WON'T happen in the future.. So, please breathe and enjoy the ride ;) I'll say more about this trio 😉 just wait pls 😉

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Lizzie was a real badass this week 😉 She started with a shocked face and ended up with almost a panic attack, like about to cry..

She did whatever Red told her and much more of it! She exposed herself to Cabal.. Or what the fitch their enemy is called 😉 She went to The Director and without sevond thoughts, she openly threatened him!!!! To save Red.. ❤️ She didn't even flinch when she entered that office like she was entering a cafe or somewhere with unimportance 😂👏🏼 One thing about that scene: Although Lizzie beat them and stopped the "execution" of Red, The Director unfortunately scored the last goal while she was leaving his office as he said the very last words:

The Director: I never saw it before. Lizzie: Saw what? The Director: How much you look like your mother. Lizzie: ....

BOOM.. Esp after she explored that photo of the woman and the little girl, Lizzie leaves the office speechless..

After her visits both to the flat and Director's office: She is now completely in Red's universe.. She knows what he knows and fears of.. Most of it 😉 at least the Fulcrum's real content (not the idea or the possibility) and why Red chose to turn himself to FBI.. And a very important point: She thoroughly trusts Red! When Red stopped her and wanted to explain, she AGAIN wouldn't listen but I think she, this time, wanted to finish that part with his explanation and get over that topic, marking a check beside it with a Red pen 😉 What he told her, how he told her by choosing words so carefully and also exposing the whole truth about his relationship with Tom was wonderful.. I wish we could see his face with close shot when he said esp that marriage part 😉

Well, here comes the 1x19 part 😊 remember The Pavlovich Brothers.. What happened in that episode? Tom left Lizzie, saying "Mockingbird knows" and requested immediate evacuation.. Berlin's people kept him in a place like a warehouse/factory and Pavlovich Bros found him there..Dembe called it "the concrete box" 😉 I think that was the same place in 2x19, where Tom said "I live here" for..

And what Lizzie and Red talked about after Tom's departure.. Very important link to 2x19 😉 Let's remember what was asked 😉

Lizzie: He's gone. My husband is gone. Red: Your husband never existed. Lizzie, I understand why you went after Tom today. The instinct to jump in is..But it isn't gonna serve you well here. And from the emotional point of view, this must feel like an extraordinary violation and betrayal. But for Tom it was business. Lizzie: Do you know we had sex the other night? Do you have any idea how filthy that makes me feel? Red: Unfortunately, Lizzie, you're chest-deep in filth, and you're gonna have to wade through it - to get to the other side. Lizzie: I fell in love with him. I married him. We we were gonna have I was excited to have a child with him. He was the one person I chose in my life who made me happy, who made me feel safe. What does that say about me? Everything that we had was just a figment of my imagination! Worse than a figment! A lie. It was right in front of my face, and I didn't see it. I just believed it. All of it. Red: Time is the only thing that will allow you to find yourself again. Lizzie: If you tell me to be patient one more time, I swear to God...I am going to find him, I'm gonna find answers, and I'm going to do it with or without your help.

👆🏼 questions were answered by 2x19, the last convo between Red and Lizzie 👍🏻

And my personal happy outcome of this episode was, at the end of February and at the beginning of March, with one or two long posts I shared in other old group, I especially stated that I believed Red has never lied to Lizzie and Tom Keen was just a WATCH DOG to protect Lizzie, not marry her ! I underlined the fact. Now I am extremely happy that the explanation came exactly what I expected ❤️😂

This time, though Lizzie again tried to stop him, Red (thanks God) didn't stop like he did every time, and with the all courage he had in his heart (yes he is the Concierge of Crime but he is a broken man in front of Lizzie), he told the complete truth about Tom Keen! GOD!!! I watched that particular scene like a 100 times and can keep on watching Red and Lizzie's faces changing with every bit of revelation.. First she started listening, ready to shout and go again, with the expectation he would probably start telling a metaphorical story.. But Red, DIRECTLY and OPENLY started telling what happened.. He, for the first time, didn't go around the well.. He directly jumped into the well so Lizzie kept on listening... Answers to 1x19...with Red..by Red.. ✌🏼️😘

Red: Lizzie..When I hired Tom Keen.. Lizzie: Don't. There's nothing you can say. Red: When I HIRED Tom Keen, it was at a time of profound transition in your life. (Emphasize) You'd already left behind the relative safety and innocence of youth. Sam's care as a father had served you well, but you'd outgrown him. A-and I knew that...eventually my life would jeopardize yours. So, in an admittedly presumptuous and ultimately futile effort to keep you safe, I hired Tom simply to be there as a friend of a friend to look after you from an arm's length. (Lizzie is calm here) When I learned that your relationship had become intimate, I fired him. 👏🏼 (Lizzie's face is..OMG) I should've removed him, but you were already in love with him. 😑 And Tom, he shifted his allegiance to Berlin in part to protect himself from me, but also because it allowed for an inextricable intimacy and commitment to you. And so you were married. 👈🏼✌🏼 And I couldn't stay away any longer. 👈🏼👀😍 A confluence of peril had entered your life, and I wanted to be within reach, to have influence. (Every word coming out one by one) I turned myself in to the FBI to point you toward a truth that inevitably you would have to discover for yourself. Lizzie: Is that all of it? Red: Some of it.

And her answer was everything: Acceptance, trust, reproach, sadness, relief.. etc etc..👇🏼✌🏼️😍 Lizzie: Why couldn't you just have said yes? It wouldn't kill you to lie just once to make someone feel good.

Typical season 2 model Lizzie..  Stubborn.. But again saying, she knows well that he is true and loyal 😍 Her face was priceless, too, during the whole episode.. But esp when she talked to Red if her face was a rainbow, you could have seen all colors one by one.. 😂😂😂

I sensed a tiny releived smile-ish expression on Red's lips after she said 👆🏼 and left.. Did I imagine it? 😉

Red in that black hoodie (I think it's the same one from the "this suspense is killing me!" scene?! LOL) was hot hotter hottest uber hottie 😍😍 hoodie hottie.. Ok you can obviously see what he did to me LOL

And one more expectation became real 😉 Anyone remembering my 25 item list of ff similar expected Lizzington moments from the old group?😉 It was on March 2 😊😊 Well, let me show you the ones which became partially/relatively real: 10) Dembe/Mr. Kaplan talks to her Dembe didn't talk to her.. Kinda.. He pushed Red to reveal all secrets he kept esp about Tom.. And he also sent Lizzie to that little flat, ignoring Red's instructions! He knew that Lizzie would see all those pictures etc.. Showing is better than talking? 😉 11) Red leaves to deal with an enemy himself 12) Red leaves cuz Lizzie is in danger in his presence Both were about to happen if Lizzie hasn't texted Red to meet regarding the fulcrum 😉 And 24) Red is heavily injured and at the hospital, Lizzie takes care of him there and after, finally admitting she loves him (read almost 3-4 ffs about this) Almost happened without any care by Lizzie but with the help of her ex bf and without admission/confession of her love to Red..

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Tommy Connolly.. Another hazardous puppet Tom of TBL He was going around like he owns the world and now he kneels in front of a bigger power, which is The Director and the cabal.. I am sure those also kneel for a bigger power, too, but we don't know them.. Yet.. Connolly's face was worth seeing while sitting on that chair as the Director informed him about his welcome to the group.. Fear was obvious.. That smug and "I can do anything I want and you owe me" looks were gone.. He was the one who gav his own bits to the director for life and power.. He stabbed Cooper from his back..

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Cooper was cooperative with Lizzie.. As always.. He did whatever asked from him. He is the father figure of this show!

Poor Aram😂 how Cooper looked at him when he learned that Aram saw this very important device before him or a more authorized person, and Lizzie tried to open/function it by asking help from him..

Mr Kaplan... Oh sister Kate ❤️ she was so tender and loyal.. Trying to keep Red safe like a big sis caring for her baby bro!

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Esp in twitter, some people started shouting, calling Lizzie even a bitch for cheating her ex boyfriend with Tom.. Lizzie was no Mother Mary... Yes she looked like a naive young woman when we've been introduced to her approximately 19 months ago, who loved her so called husband so much and did not look outside other than her so called happy nest..

Then we saw she's been familiar with pick pocket tricks, had some incidents (covered well or not ever disclosed) like small thefts..

What Red said about her was interesting and can be used in every terms: "Sam's care as a father had served you well, but you'd outgrown him." We still don't know what sort of occupation did Sam have for a living.. He can be a childhood friend to Red or another low profiled colleague who changed all his life for looking after Lizzie.. Or a guy with a harmless criminal background.. By this sentence, Red could have refer to both possible backgrounds: "You'd outgrown Sam as a criminal ability" OR "You'd outgrown Sam as an government worker/law enforcer" etc etc..

Well, Now we learned that Lizzie has turned down the marriage proposal of Nick, who would be a better match for her when you compare his occupation to "Tom Keen"'s.. A skilled doctor/surgeon vs 4th grade teacher.. Tom was not a suitable match for a promising profiler...

I came to a deduction from what Nick said to Tom that he and Lizzie were LONG TIME lovers when Tom decided to get intimate with Lizzie! Where did I get this idea? Nick's words as she asked him to take the bullet out of Red's chest: Nick: You may not remember, but I worked my way through school-- nights, weekends, and I still had to take out loans. I busted my hump, and I am still $376,422 in debt. He simply reminded her their past as college students and most probably lovers who shared those days together.. Yes Lizzie is 31, and Nick must be her peer, too.. Tom and she have been married for 2 years.. And all relationship was almost 3.5-4 years long when his id&aim was fully revealed..So, Nick and Lizzie must have broken up by 2010..Because Tom met Lizzie "officially" in 2010 when she was only 25 years old, new college graduate..In 2011, in, 7-8 months time, they got married.. And I think Red was referring to the first years of Lizzie's out of school time when he hired Tom and he worked for him for 2 years! I think Lizzie was 22-23 years old, which explains her involvement to Nick and Nick's words towards her..

And we now can see how hard Tom tried boldly and unscrupulously to attract Lizzie after watching her in shadows "as a friend of a friend" and change her path towards himself.. He changed sides, took double payment to sell Red and do this to Lizzie.. Who ever still talks about Tom loving Lizzie is sick.. Changing the complete path of life of a woman can be called as love only if that change is done to live a marriage till death do them part! And what Tom did this for is sick bc he did it as a job from Berlin!

When he acted like he is doing a favor to Red, both by letting the whole team of  "Save, Care and Heal Red" members in like he owns the place and talking to Red in a mood like he made him a favor all that time not telling anything to Lizzie but he became so fed up with his unknown approach to Lizzie that he doesn't want to see him harming Lizzie! All through the episode, I hated him one more time (yeah I know I don't show it most of the time but yes I hate Tom, too)... He says he changed sides to keep himself from Red's wrath.. I don't believe it.

Tom: You know, that day at the hospital, the day Sam died, I think about that day a lot. I worked for you two years-- we never met. You were always this shadow, moving from place to place, talked about, but never seen. And then there you were. To see you sitting there after I'd betrayed your trust, gone to work for Berlin, I was terrified. I sat there listening to you threaten me, threaten anyone who could hurt Liz. And all I could think was you.. You are the one who hurts Liz the most. She's here in this right now because of you. And I know I played a part in that, and I'm not saying I didn't, but Trying to fix that. So I told her the truth about us. I'm telling you this because I don't want you to be confused about my part in any of this-- you, Liz... All of it. I'm out. I'm done.

And our Red never said a word, neither before nor after.. I think it was not because of any chance of acceptance but not to waste his breath coming hardly from his torn lung for this stupid child called Tom, who thinks he did something very specific by saying all those words! Red saved his all strength for his Lizzie, to explain the REAL course of events..   Tom must know that he was lucky not to be killed by Dembe or Kaplan then and there.. Red just looked after Tom as he left, just like he did when he told Tom never to see Lizzie again, but a bit tired version of that look..

The only person who will/can shut Tom up is Lizzie.. Tom changed from a trained assasin/imposter to a low paid 4th grade teacher who spends time in teachers' room talking after colleagues with the symptoms of a severe logorrhea!!! 😂😂😂😂😂

Yes Red didn't do well by hiding many things from Lizzie but at least he did all his best to protect her without lying! Above all this, what Red did for Lizzie was saving her from a certain death! Giving her a warm home where she's been loved and cherished like a real daughter!

If Red has killed her father, he did it for the safety of world.. And we learned that he had no intentions to came out from the shadows and meet her face to face  (at least that soon I think) if Tom has done his assignment well without changing sides..

And again we can see that Red felt admiration for Lizzie from a distance as the girl he saved but since the moment he faced her personally, he inevitably fell in love with the woman she became...

As we look where they started and where they are now, Lizzie evolved from a 9 to 5 working, married happy profiler into a mentally broken, lonely, sleepless and angry field agent who started taking personally high risks to protect a criminal whom she is connected to, first by fate, then and finally by heart/love..

She still wants answers.. But as they unveiled the mystery of the fulcrum and her recent part on its story, her upcoming questions will be for her real family's identity, the fire and Red's exact position and reason of it in her life..😍

Tom kept on saying the same things to Lizzie like "Red is a criminal" "Red is bad" "Red is using you" "Red will devour you" bla bla bla..Then changing it to "no I didn't say so"... Cheap!! And Lizzie kept on backing up Red..for this or that reasons.. Tom couldn't fully understand yet that Lizzie is no longer that young chick he tricked.. He can try to manipulate and/or brainwash her, but at the end of the day Lizzie will do what she feels right and to my knowledge and humble opinion, that doesn't include believing in Tom..

3 convos between them in this episode: 1) When they moved Red to a safer place, an empty warehouse..(most probably the one Berlin's team kept Tom safe in 1x19) Lizzie: What are you doing here? Tom: I live here. Lizzie: I didn't know where else to go. Tom: Over here. Woman: BP is 70 palp. Pulse is critical but stable. Tom: This is for you, Liz, not for him.

Please see the shock on Lizzie's face when she saw Tom at the warehouse.. And when he said "This is for you, Liz, not for him" the look on her face was not admiration.. It was like "Oh God what a sweet tongued snake you are, poisoned me till the end and still talking!"

2) After Nick arrived and checked Red's situation: Lizzie: I thought you'd be gone. Tom: That was the plan. Then I thought maybe if I stayed, I'd have a shot at a normal life. Does Nick have any idea what you've gotten him into? Lizzie: He's not a part of this. He's just a doctor. Tom: Reddington's a bad man, Liz. He's bad for anyone who comes in contact with him. He's bad for you. His world, this right here, unless you get out, this will devour you. Lizzie: It doesn't matter if he's bad. What matters is he has answers about me, and I'm staying until I get them. Tom: Well, maybe I could help you get those answers. Lizzie: I doubt that. Tom: Liz, I know a lot more about Reddington than you think.

Tom was talking to Lizzie like she's a 5 yrs old girl who is asking sugar before dinner and saying "sugar is bad for you hun!" but he is a parent who already have made his daughter an obese!! He still thinks she is that naive woman he got married to! The woman he tricked.. NOPE.

3) At the end of the episode.. Tom: Came as soon as I could. Lizzie: I think you're right... Reddington...What happened today...I think it's gonna devour me. Tom: What I said...What I meant was that it would devour most people. It's not gonna devour you. Lizzie: You said you could help me find answers. Tom: Yeah. I think I can. Lizzie: Tell me what you know about Reddington

The deep sigh and pained face like she was about to cry she had after telling Tom "You're right", it was bc of exaustion! And I believe that she has her own agenda.. Don't be mad at me but I can see that she will use Tom till the end but this time not chaining for 4 months: Mentally and nicely digging in his brain.. SHE WILL DOUBLE CHECK EVERY INFO SHE GOT FROM RED and simply see that TOM IS BEYOND REPAIR and RED IS HER REAL MATCH 😉😘 She can even consider being friends with Tom just for getting her answers, do things that will make him believe he is in again..

Let's pls do not get frustrated.. Watch and see.. Lizzington will win 😍

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I am so sure I have points I missed but that's all coming out of me.. 😉 Next week's promo came out at once with pictures.. I am sure all of you still think that Samar is a bitch and will shoot Dembe ,to cooperate with who the fitch they will deal next week .. But pls mark my words: She doesn't sell the task force or Red.. I am sure that is a cover up.. Maybe. Good cop/bad cop moment.. If I happen to be wrong, I will say sorry.. An agent from Mossad can't miss her target from that close range of shot.. And Dembe is not that slow to draw his gun 😉 She shoots Dembe from his left shoulder.. Dembe is a righty.. He shoots with right hand etc.. Samar doesn't want to shoot or harm him and if she would, she could shoot him directly between his eyebrows 😉 too close and too slow 😉

And Lizzie appears at Tom's door, wet with rain.. They hug.. Yes but again I think it to be a manipulation by Lizzie.. Red doesn't like Tom.. Lizzie  knows it well and due to Red's situation at the edge of life and death,  I am sure she will respect Red and don't do anything rather than getting her answers or at least every single bit what Tom knows, she knows which is not enough 😉😉👍🏻 She didn't know that Tom REALLY had no idea about Red's real intentions 😂😂😂

Red will become more protective for now Lizzie is exposed.. Tom is around trying to dive under Lizzie's skirts but no chance..

When we look back and compare S1 and S2, we can see a huge difference.. In S1, we were introduced to the characters and watched them evolve both with the circumstances and inner themselves.. Every episode was full with increasing rates of crime, drama, mystery, fun and love.. We watched how Lizzie broke into million pieces and how already broken Red tried to fit himself into her life with giving his attention, support/help and inevitable love to her.. By S2 everything started getting blurred and also clear! We mostly didn't enjoy the course/progress for Lizzie was not how we left her at the end of S1, a completely shattered woman  with trust issues and heightened anger management and obedience problems of a teenager showing strong agressive resistance to administration during her chase for the blacklisters but esp to Red's existence in her life where she also couldn't thoroughly say "please go!" and stand behind the word  😉 She tried almost every way to show that she is disconnected from Red as he went on keeping her connected to life, to job she has and above all, to himself..

The blurred nature of their interest -as addressed by others- to each other had sharp transitions, ups and downs, which made even Ressler, the whiny Donny boy, came to a conclusion that Red and Lizzie are in love with a huge unresolved tension, let aside Lizzie's possession and jealousy confessions to Samar and the way Red welcomed those outcomes of Lizzie and expressed his own feelings more openly as much as he could with his gestures and stories which changed into a more direct nature towards Lizzie😍 (GOD how I set up and managed to finish this sentence!!)

We had beautiful Lizzington moments for our taste.. As Lizzie changed, so did Red.. He became more relax and open.. He started showing his vulnerabilities and need for Lizzie as much as he offered his accompany and everything he could to Lizzie..

In S1, Red was a smug criminal who turned himself in for an agenda he hold for himself, having fun with the whole progress and process 😂 "Courting" Lizzie bit by bit.. And in S2, we started seeing Red's real purpose and his personal pain in a more realistic way.. We started seeing not Raymond "Red" Reddington, the Concierge of Crime, but also the "man", the "humanbeing" under all those layers of clothes and sharp manners.. Maybe the most sentimental and realistic moment which made us love Red more was the moment he whispered "Lizzie.." in his expected last dying breath, made us believe that Lizzie is his universe, his most beloved (like we didn't know 😂 but no harm in emphasizing one more time with an exact act)..

As the writers kept on drawing parallels between S1 and S2, I am sure the last 3 episodes of season 2 are gonna be a blast 😉👏🏼

So, again, please stop worrying about Tom and enjoy..

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Poor James. I don’t think he likes what he sees, there.

That’s Megan on the right, in case you can’t tell.

[Inspired by a super-pretty thing Sarah made, which I'll gladly share, with her permission]

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At the end of Wujing, I can't get over the rapid-fire expressions on Red's face when Lizzie leans over him, across his lap to close his door. #3: Those downward eyes #4: That silent and pleasured "holy shit" look. #5: Bringing his eyes to hers #6 Spader's trademark cheek bite + tongue thing.

[jazillia007]

Chapter 2 is up for "Concierge of Love". I hope you'll like! :D

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I've got fluff and sexual feels leaking from my finger tips. It feels as if this fic is writing itself and I'm undeserving of any credit whatsoever. THIS SHIP, YOU GUYS. I almost can't stand it. *happy shipper hugs to all*