Red and the task force said one last goodbye to Liz in NBCs The Blacklist Season 3, episode 20. Everybody will now look to overcome their grief by taking down the person who was after Liz. However, the woman who could be behind everything may be Reds greatest challenge yet in episode 21, titled Susan Hargrave.
According to the synopsis, Red [James Spader] will link a woman named Susan Scottie Hargrave [Famke Janssen] to the tragic events surrounding Lizs [Megan Boone] death. Hargrave is described as elegant, powerful and extremely dangerous. Hargrave was briefly introduced in episode 20 when Tom [Ryan Eggold] snapped a photograph of her talking to Cynthia Panabaker [Deirdre Lovejoy] and Cooper [Harry Lennix] caught her in security footage. Tom believes she could be Katarina Rostova, especially because Liz believed her mother was after her.
While Hargraves real identity isnt exactly clear, its known shes not going to make things easy for the task force. The synopsis says theyll get into a deadly cat and mouse game when they attempt to stop her. In the promotional video for episode 21, shes described as the one person who can go toe-to-toe with Red. Red and the task force want to take down Hargrave because they believe shes the reason why Liz is gone.
Heres where we stand: Elizabeth Keen is dead, which means you are, too, Red tells Hargrave in the video when they finally come face-to-face.
Red had almost given up on helping the task force and felt he had failed to protect Liz. However, Aram [Amir Arison] and Lizs grandfather Dom [Brian Dennehy] were able to push Red into going after the people who had been hunting down Liz. Now it appears Red is all-in on taking down Hargrave.
Episode 21 is also expected to lay the groundwork for a potential spinoff series of The Blacklist starring both Janssen and Eggold. Its rumored Hargrave could actually be Toms mother, and the two could go on to have a relationship similar to the one Red and Liz had. The backdoor pilot of the spinoff will take placein episode 22 a week later on May 12.
Watch a promo video for episode 21 below:
The Blacklist Season 3, episode 21, airson NBC Thursday, May 5, at 9 p.m. EDT.