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“#What Did You Think of Liz’s Ending? (POLL)<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for The Blacklist <\/em>Season 8 Finale, \u201cKonets.\u201d]<\/strong><\/p>\n

Farewell Elizabeth Keen!<\/p>\n

After eight seasons, The Blacklist<\/em><\/a> bid adieu to the rookie FBI agent-turned-criminal in the June 23 season finale of the series<\/a>, just over a week after it was announced that Megan Boone<\/a> would be leaving as a series regular after Season 8. Though the announcement shouldn\u2019t have come as a major surprise \u2014 Boone was offscreen for a large portion of the season while Liz was on the lam as a fugitive \u2014 news<\/a> of the co-lead\u2019s (alongside James Spader<\/a>) exit still caused shockwaves.<\/p>\n

But as sudden as the departure might feel to viewers, it sounds like the writers had plenty of time to plan the conclusion of Liz\u2019s story, with Deadline<\/a> reporting that the (mutual) decision was made early on in the eighth season for Boone to leave after the final episode.<\/p>\n

So how did Blacklist<\/em> handle Agent Keen\u2019s final chapter? \u201cKonets\u201d picks up after the penultimate episode, \u201cNachalo,\u201d dropped some major bombshells \u2014 namely that Liz\u2019s mother Katarina Rostova is still alive (and in hiding), and the woman she believed to be her mother is actually a spy. Also, the real Raymond Reddington was Liz\u2019s father, whom she shot and killed as a child, spurring Katarina to send her to live with her adoptive father. Because no one was aware of Reddington\u2019s death, Katarina created a new \u201cRed\u201d (Spader) to watch over Liz.<\/p>\n

So who is Red really? Before Raymond will reveal that via a letter from Liz\u2019s mother, he has one \u201ccondition\u201d \u2014 he wants her to take his life, \u201cliterally and metaphorically.\u201d By taking Red out, she\u2019ll prove to other criminals that she is \u201ca force to be reckoned with\u201d and head up his empire, taking over the blacklist.<\/p>\n

Liz turns him down, but he\u2019s not the only one who wants her to take over the blacklist. Harold Cooper (Harry Lennix) agrees that the list could help keep Liz safe, allowing her to get immunity with the FBI (though he doesn\u2019t know about Red\u2019s plans for execution just yet). Ressler (Diego Klattenhoff) \u2014 who is doing much better and shares a kiss with Liz in the hospital \u2014 and Aram (Amir Arison<\/a>) disagree, telling Liz that she\u2019s no criminal.<\/p>\n

As viewers wait to see what Liz will do, the writers begin dropping hints about where things might be headed for the character. In a callback to the pilot episode, Liz runs into Beth Ryker, the daughter of General<\/a> Ryker and the young girl whom she saved by defusing a bomb all of those years ago. Beth reminds Liz that through her bravery she saved thousands of lives.<\/p>\n

This reminder spurs Liz to reconsider Red\u2019s offer and she meets with him in New York to talk it over. She wants to know why he thinks she as his \u201cheir\u201d would work, why people would accept that, and he explains that \u201cthey\u2019ll accept it because you\u2019re a criminal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIs that what I am? Or is that what I am because of you?\u201d she asks.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve considered that question so many times, how things might\u2019ve been different if I had never re-entered your life,\u201d he muses. \u201cWould you be safer? Happ<\/a>ier? Was it my presence alone that brought you to this crossroads? Or maybe none of that ever mattered. Maybe you were born to this, out of a lie, the daughter of a spy, genetically predisposed to deception and danger. I don\u2019t know.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Will Hart\/NBC)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cWhether it\u2019s chance or karma, DNA or fate or just bad luck, this is where you are now. This is who you\u2019ve become. A criminal, a fugitive. And taking my life is a way forward,\u201d he concludes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Red then lays out the plan: He\u2019s hosting a private party at his restaurant Pascal\u2019s the next night. She\u2019ll wait outside of the restaurant, and when everyone leaves, she\u2019ll shoot him on the sidewalk in front of CCTV cameras. The footage will then be leaked and word will get out internationally that she\u2019s the new criminal in charge.<\/span><\/p>\n

While Liz mulls over the decision, there\u2019s another wrapping-up of sorts for her and Red, as the two, along with Agnes, share a nice afternoon in Central Park. He also talks about her mother, admitting that he knew her \u201cbetter than anyone.\u201d The reason he can\u2019t reveal his identity before she kills him? \u201cIf you knew beforehand, you\u2019d never agree to kill me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Ultimately, Liz decides she\u2019ll do it, and the pieces start to fall into place as she has small, special moments with other important people in her life. She calls up Aram and asks him to forgive her in advance for \u201cwhat she\u2019s done and what she will do.\u201d She also calls Agnes, who tells her she \u201cfeels blessed\u201d having her as a mother. This can\u2019t end well, right?<\/p>\n

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(Will Hart\/NBC)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Soon enough, Ressler, Cooper, and Aram figured out what\u2019s going to happen with Red and Liz and they rush to the restaurant to intervene, but they don\u2019t make it in time. <\/span>Instead, Liz approaches Raymond but she can\u2019t shoot him. As she stands there frozen, gun in hand, she\u2019s suddenly shot in the back by an unidentified criminal. Red pursues him and takes him out, but it\u2019s too late.<\/span> Liz\u2019s life is flashing before her eyes: he<\/span>r childhood, her life with Tom, joining Cooper\u2019s team, her friendship with Aram, her relationship with Ressler, watching Agnes grow up, and finally, her journey with Red.<\/span><\/p>\n

And then, the big moment: Red kisses Liz on the head just as we get a flashback to Liz\u2019s mom holding her as a baby and kissing her. (Is this the final confirmation that Red is Liz\u2019s mom, Katarina?!) <\/span>The episode then ends with Dembe pulling Red away, as Liz lays bleeding on the ground and the task force runs in.<\/p>\n

What a finale! And while we\u2019re not 100 percent certain that Liz is dead, given all of the hints at her demise throughout the episode (her final moments with loved ones, the callback to her early case, the making peace with Red) and the large pool of blood around her body, we don\u2019t have high hopes. Of course, Liz could survive and just be off-camera going forward, but given that series creator Jon Bokenkamp told TV Insider that the finale is \u201cvery much the ending of a story we\u2019ve been telling for eight years,\u201d we don\u2019t think Elizabeth Keen is long for this world.<\/p>\n

So there you have it: Rest in peace (maybe?) Liz. May we learn more about your (maybe?) mother in Season 9, because as we mentioned, even though Boone is gone, Spader isn\u2019t hanging up his fedora just yet. The Blacklist<\/em> was renewed back in January, so we can assume Red\u2019s story will carry on, along with those of Ressler, Aram, and Harold Cooper.<\/p>\n

So what did you think of how Liz\u2019s tale concluded? Vote in the poll below and sound off in the comments.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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