#THE BLACKLIST SEASON 5 EPISODE 8 RECAP FULL#

Inside the house, Red tells Tom theyвЂ™ve stayed too long as they continue to argue about TomвЂ™s getting too close to Liz. Dembe is working on a car in the garage, trying to get it started, when he hears footsteps outside. Another flashback to Tom being chided for getting too close to Liz. Red tells Tom not to assume that whatвЂ™s in the suitcase will bring Liz happiness or closure. Red, Dembe, and Tom are in the house getting some supplies and getting cleaned up. Garvey and his men find the car and he knows they have headed west. We get a flashback of Tom getting his assignment to protect Liz. Red tells Tom that the suitcase is a secret, not a lie. Dembe goes ahead to see if itвЂ™s safe while Red and Tom stay in the brush.

They start a trek west through the forest and come upon a house. Red, Dembe, and Tom are stranded as GarveyвЂ™s men hit the radiator and oil pan when shooting at the car. (ThatвЂ™s not a bad thing.) In fact, considering how important this episode is in the showвЂ™s cannon, they saved this kind of content for the right time. Overall, the episode was bloody, but the wood chipper was on a whole other level. Thoughts: The Blacklist has gone to some dark places before, but this might have been the darkest. Red says that he warned him about the suitcase. He hesitates and is shot, but he manages to get in the car. As two of GarveyвЂ™s men chase him through the woods, Tom, briefcase in hand, gets to a road as Red and Dembe pull up. He used the pendant from LenaвЂ™s necklace to saw through his restraints. He says that if anything goes wrong, Tom joins his pals. They setup a meet at a motel, but Garvey goes instead, leaving Tom behind. The sound of that wood chipper is ominous. He tells Red that whateverвЂ™s happening isnвЂ™t good. He tells Tom to setup a meeting with Red and, in case Tom has a change of heart, we see GarveyвЂ™s men feed LenaвЂ™s body into the wood chipper.В The tail Red has on Tom is watching from the woods. Ian Garvey and his men start setting up a wood chipper to dispose of Pete and Lena. Tom closes LenaвЂ™s eyes and starts to take a pendant from around her neck.

It said more than any words possibly could and itвЂ™s one of the moments in this episode thatвЂ™s worth a rewatch. When Liz is in the room at the Red Birch, as she begins to panic, the director shot her reflection in a shattered mirror.

Thoughts:В This piece of the story was really well done. LenaвЂ™s all pulp and Liz, horrified, breaks down. Aram sends them to a crime scene where the police have found PeteвЂ™s body. The team figures out that Tom is trying to track down NikвЂ™s killer. The police currently have Pete listed as a suspect in NikвЂ™s death. Liz and Ressler head out to the gas station from last week and find the footage that Tom was after. She calls TomвЂ™s cell again because hearing his voice is all that calms her down. Liz sees the damage to the room and starts to come unglued. He and Liz make their way to the Red Birch Motel.ДЄfter getting some attitude from the desk clerk, they kick the door in to room eleven. Ressler comes in and says they have a hit on TomвЂ™s car. He tells her that it looks like Tom took a job that he didnвЂ™t tell her about.

#THE BLACKLIST SEASON 5 EPISODE 8 RECAP FULL#

His mailbox is full and the team has a BOLO out on him. вЂњUntil you stop lying, there will be no peace.вЂќ The Blacklist Fall Finale recap: Season 5, Episode 8, вЂњIan Garvey,вЂќ Aired Nov.

The blacklist season 5 episode 8 recap