‘The Blacklist” closed out its freshman season Monday night with some huge question marks — perfectly setting the dramatic table for Season 2.
If fans of NBC’s hit drama were looking for closure vis-a-vis key plot points, they’ll have to wait until next season.
It’s still unclear whether Red (James Spader) is really Liz’s (Megan Boone) father — he denied this yet again — but his scarred, skin-grafted back, revealed in the final scene, might give the lie to his denials (he told Liz her real father died in a house fire).
And if Liz really did kill her creepy husband Tom (Ryan Eggold), where was his body when cops descended on the scene?
Questions remain.
What we do know is that key CIA agent Meera Malik (Parminder Nagra) is definitely dead after her throat was slit — jeez, who saw that coming? — and that FBI head Harold Cooper (Harry Lennix) is alive after surviving a garroting a la Carlo in “The Godfather” (complete with kicked-in windshield).
The elusive “Berlin,” meanwhile, is still on the loose and still hunting Red — for reasons unknown —bent on destroying his prey and everything that’s dear to him (read: Liz).
I can’t wait for next season.