Nicole Rivelli/NBCSo is Elizabeth Keene really dead?
We have absolutely no idea. We're also not entirely sure what occurred during tonight's follow-up to Megan Boone's probable exit from last week's The Blacklist.
Tonight, Red (James Spader) mourned Liz's death after childbirth by possibly probably imagining rescuing a woman (Lotte Verbeek) from drowning herself, sitting next to her while she took a lot of baths, and possibly maybe but probably not admitting to being Liz's father while lamenting the fact that Tom (Ryan Eggold) wants Red to have nothing to do with his daughter.
At the very least, it seems like we could imply that the woman, whose name seems to be Katarina, was not real, and was actually Red's love who he was, at one point, unable to save.
After Red seemingly talked to himself and made himself risotto and made us all cry, he also set up booby traps for the men who were pursuing him and Katarina, but we're assuming they weren't real either?
We genuinely have no idea what's going on, but that doesn't mean tonight's episode wasn't extremely emotionally effective.
Of course, just because tonight's episode didn't entirely focus on the aftermath of Liz's death doesn't mean the show isn't going there. Next week's episode looks to be an investigation into her death, as teased by the opening of this week's episode, in which Red interrogated one of the doctors who was present when Liz died. But then again, that also might have been a dream. Who knows?!
If this death is a fakeout, it's certainly a fascinating one so far. If it's real, then it's seriously heartbreaking and we might also not make it through this thing.
What are your theories on tonight's episode? Sound off in the comments below, or tweet to @eonlineTV to tell us what you think.
The Blacklist airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. on NBC.
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