‘The Blacklist’ season 3, episode 3 preview: The story for James Spader, Megan Boone in ‘Eli Matchett’

The third season of “The Blacklist” has shown us already a variety of twists and turns; not only that, but they have been committed to one story above all else: The complicated web that is all about whether or not Elizabeth Keen will be able to clear her name. During tonight’s episode, she did her best to try to flee to the Russian embassy, but realized that this was not even remotely what she thought it was going to be.

“Eli Matchett” is the title for the next new episode, and it is going to take Liz along with Reddington to a surprising new place. Just take a look at the official synopsis below:

“Red (James Spader) and Liz (Megan Boone) take a detour towards the Midwest as part of their mission to exonerate Liz and defeat the Cabal. Ressler (Diego Klattenhoff), Samar (Mozhan Marno) and Aram (Amir Arison) continue to track the fugitives and in the process stumble upon what could become a global food crisis. Meanwhile, Cooper turns to an unlikely ally.”

By the time that we make it to the end of this story, is the exoneration plot going to end? We don’t see that as likely, based on the variety of information that we’ve heard so far. This show is bravely committing to this idea; while we do want to see more of the foundation of what made “The Blacklist” a success in the past, this is a fascinating diversion.

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