30 Day Blacklist Challenge: Days 11-23

Baby Z’s 30 Day Blacklist Challenge Days 11-23:

#11 Who was your favorite Blacklist Criminal and why?

My favorite criminal on the show is and always will be Red, but I’m assuming this question is really asking who my favorite criminal is from HIS Blacklist and to that I say Gina Zanetakos all the way.  She was BAD. ASS.  (I will say that I have loved all the villain guest stars so far and I suspect that Gina will be replaced with Alan Alda as far as my favorite, but we haven’t gotten enough of him yet to make that call.)

#12 Name your favorite supporting character.

My opinion is that in a show staring James Spader as such a brilliant character, the entire remaining cast is considered “supporting characters.”  As far as fairly regular supporting characters go, I’d have to say I love Dembe, and like I said in the “Days 1-10” article - I really WANT to love Lizzie, I just need her to be more kick ass before that happens.

#13 If you were able to meet one member of the cast, who would you choose?

Spader.  Easiest question so far.

#14 Share a song that reminds you of the series.

“99 Problems”

#15 Do you think Raymond Reddington can be trusted, why?

I think this depends on who you’re asking.  Can the FBI trust him?  No, but he has told them flat out that they shouldn’t.  Can Lizzie trust him?  All signs point to absolutely.  Should Tom?  HELL NO and I can’t WAIT for that to be proven.  Can we as viewers trust him?  Honestly - - “trusting” Raymond Reddington isn’t even a factor for me, it’s part of the appeal of the show is the mystery surrounding him.  I adore him (both the character and Spader) no matter if we can trust him or not.

#16 If you had to choose between being a member of Team Red or being apart of the Federal Agency, what would you choose?

My pseudonym on this website is Baby, as in Baby Firefly from Devil’s Rejects soooo - what do you think?  ;)  I’d eat tutti fuckin frutti with Red every day until the day I die.

#17 Share your favorite couple on The Blacklist and why?

Besides Lizzie and Tom, there really aren’t any couples that we know anything about that I can think of, right? And they are definitely NOT on my favorites list.  If it turns out that Tom Keen and Gina Zanetakos really are lovers (and Tom’s really some bad ass as opposed to the boring and annoying character he’s been portrayed as so far) that’d be pretty cool.  And I don’t want Red with anyone romantically so I won’t even toy with any of that line of thinking ;)  

#18 Who do you believe is the biggest Bad Ass on the Series?

The Almighty Red Reddington

#19 What would you change about the show so far?

I do wish there weren’t SOO many unanswered questions. I understand leaving the main plotline mysteries open but I definitely don’t want “The Blacklist” to turn into “Lost” - - frustrating viewers with 147 new questions every episode and no answers. So perhaps just a little more confidence that everything’s going to be addressed and they’re not just kind of aimlessly writing seasons without solid/concrete plans for each question/mystery.

#20 Share your favorite quote from The Blacklist. 

Oh man, there’s so many great 1-liners on this show, it was the entire reason I decided to do a “Kickass Reddington Quotes” article every week, and it’s hard to pick 1 favorite per episode let alone favorite overall so far!!  I’ll pick some favorites as far as what I think really encapsulates the show (they’re all made by Reddington btw):

  “Let me put your mind at ease, I am never telling you everything.”

  “The world is rarely a fair place, that’s why it needs people like me.”

  “Every cause has more than one affect.  Say what you will about Frederick, but someone was willing to burn the world down to protect the one person they care about.  That’s a man I understand.”

  “You may not like me.  You may not understand how or why I do what I do, but I’m here because you want answers to questions you haven’t even thought of yet.”

  “He’ll always be there for her, standing in the shadows, keeping her safe.”

  “With all due respect, if the intel were worth having? Then I would have it.”

 “We become who we are. You can’t judge a book by its cover, but you can by its first few chapters and most certainly by its last.”

  "If you kill HER, you’d better kill me… because I WILL kill you.“

  "Lizzie, I want you to know – wherever I am, whatever I’m doing, if you are in need, I will be there.”


#21 Share the scene that you did not expect to happen and would you change it?

I did not see Luli being killed off so abruptly.  I wasn’t really a fan of hers so I probably wouldn’t have changed it, but it was unexpected for sure.


#22 Share your favorite song that was used as on the seasons soundtrack.

It’s a tie between Hugo’s version of Jay-Z’s “99 Problems” you can find here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmy113gMds0

And of course this one (with accompanying scene of Red blowing his old house up):  http://on.aol.com/video/the-blacklist–red-blows-up-his-family-home-518000362


Day #23 Name your favorite friendship on the show

Probably Red & Dembe.  I’m sure I’ll warm to Lizzie more as the show progresses & I’ll get behind her & Red’s relationship more than I currently am but I’m not really enjoying their dynamic all that much.  There was a sense of warming up to it a bit towards the end of the last episode (her concern over his well being after being taken captive and their subsequent phone conversation.)  I like the tit for tat between Red & Ressler too, although I don’t know that I’d necessarily call it a friendship lol…

–BZ