The Blacklist season 7 episode 17: Is James Spader appearing?
One of the questions that has been asked about this episode in advance is whether or not we would see James Spader present at some point during this story — after all, there’s no direct connectivity (at least as of right now) between Raymond Reddington and Ressler’s brother Robby, who turned up with a big secret from his family’s past. Now, we have an answer — and there will be no Reddington at all. This news was confirmed recently in a new piece over at TV Guide.
“Brothers” is the first episode of The Blacklist to not feature Spader in some capacity, and that may help to explain further why there is no number attached to the episode or no obvious Blacklister. Megan Boone is the only other regular to appear at all. We’ve seen her in some promotional photos already, so this is not exactly all that much of a surprise.
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Is this a risky decision? Absolutely, since for many people Spader/Reddington are one of the bigger sells of the show. Yet, we also know that this Ressler idea has been out there for years, and it’s something that could be hugely important to the character’s future. There may have been a thought in here that they didn’t want to throw in Reddington just for the sake of doing so, especially since it may have short-changed what happened at the end of this past episode. Just remember that at the end of this past installment, Reddington collapsed — we hardly think that the character is going to die. Yet, there could be some long-term ramifications of what happened.
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