Raymond Reddington (No. 00): Good Night

The show ended epic.

Unfortunately, people had too high expectations in terms of answers that had already be given and that's the only reason for the low rating. The show often went artistic when they ended story arcs. And art is often interpreted in wrong ways or not understood by the majority of people.

So, it's this time oh the show again.

Watch it and make up your own mind.

Pay attention to details. Rewatch, if unsure. They told a story over 10 seasons and never stopped telling it. Even the ending in this episode was told way before this episode!

Kudos to everyone involved. A masterpiece.

Something must have happened with the writers and the producers of this series and this last episode in particular.

The editing and the script feel like the creators where undecided on how they would film this. They were tired and gave up.

The last season started somewhat ok, turned better, the previous episodes had some long-missed adrenaline, and then this... I can see what the writers tried to do, show that Red was going to do things in a "Frank Sinatra - My Way" style.

The episode is very low budget, Dembe has a few lines, Red is just there as a decor and the rest of the team are walking around the set aimlessly.

Red was a well written and well-acted character that some of us have been following for 10 years, there were so many mysteries behind him that could have been answered in this last episode, but sadly they were not.

Not only that, but recent story branches were completely abandoned, like what happened with his love interest? Or what about that famous bull he wanted to return to Spain? Was he ill, terminal maybe?

There are no surprises, or reflections, or any future, or any goodbyes whatsoever, no it seems the writers wanted to leave all that to our imagination and interpretation, but the way this was filmed is so bad and horrible, that feels like they left tons of filmed scenes in the bin, and they only left us with half an hour footage of people walking around.

This is an ending as bland as a coed's first try at cooking.

I wept at the end. The end of everything boiled down to the most basic of things, to end things on one's own terms. No fancy escape, no mirrors or tricks, just listening to Dembe describing how Red lived life and faced his own mortality. So what if questions were left unanswered. This show started with questions, shouldn't it end with questions. I will miss this wonderful show, but in the end, as Red would say, it's not the end, it's the journey that counts. From the highs to the lows, from the twists and turns, far few too many Red speeches about living life or telling of an adventure down to the smallest of details that sweeps us up in the moment.

Mixed emotions here.

I believe there was an intent to give the end a poetic touch. And it did.

But on the other hand for those of us that invested 10 years following the stories, the end needed more closure. The series had so many interesting storylines that were left completely unfinished.

Yes, Redington was the star of the show but there were many interesting characters that deserved some closing.

I liked the fact it wasn't a predictable end (like a guns blazing battle or a friend betraying a friend and finally bringing Red to justice), but they went to far to made it just about the end of Red.

Are they leaving things open for a spin off? A made for TV movie to close the loop? Perhaps.

If you wonder who Raymond Reddington is go back and watch the last episode of season 8 before you give your bitter 1 star! And pay attention to the hints throughout the series if you decide to rewatch it. This episode doesn't deserve an average of 6.5!!!!!!

I have loved watching this show and I'm really going to miss James Spader's Reddington. He is such an elaborate character, one of a kind and he made the show the success it was.

It was a fitting ending like some people wrote and I agree with them. Despite some disappointing episodes in previous seasons the last season was good in general and the ending felt like it gave closure and put the show "to sleep".