Blacklist Fans Expose 'Blatant Dishonesty' of the Show's Writing

The Blacklist was one of the most popular primetime series in its first five years, and James Spader's great performance as the enigmatic Red Reddington is the reason why. Fans loved the idea of a master criminal bringing his former friends and colleagues to justice, and Red's true identity kept viewers intrigued season after season.

However, after the show's sixth installment, the quality of the writing dropped severely, and fans began to suspect that the writers were not actually planning to reveal anything to them.

Since The Blacklist premiered, viewers suspected that Red was actually a Russian woman named Katarina Rostova, who was Liz Keen's mother. Yes, it all sounds a bit confusing, but the excitement factor of this theory forced fans to watch the show to the end just to find out if they were right.

Well, in the recently released finale, the writers did the worst thing imaginable — they killed off Red without revealing his identity, which infuriated fans who began to accuse the series' creators of wasting their time for a decade.

And with that in mind, some people are actually sure that the writers knew all along that they wouldn't be able to fulfill the fandom's wishes.

'My theory is that the writers had a general plot for a few seasons. Then once the show kept getting renewed for more seasons, they kept coming up with storylines without thinking about previous plot holes. The writers lost their way after Season 3, and we slowly died inside with each passing episode,' one fan said.

Yes, it looks like The Blacklist has fallen victim to its own popularity, as the project was not initially created with ten seasons in mind. Apparently, the writers were forced to invent and discard storylines on the fly, without much thought to careful planning.

'It was obvious that the writers were not being consistent and making it up as they went along. The whole thing became a gravy train for everyone involved and the supposed intrigue was just a smoke screen for that,' a fan summed up. 'The first few seasons were pretty good but it went on far too long.'

Source: Reddit.