Been a big fan of the series ... until it ran out of gas at the end of Season 3.
I get it -- writing consistently great scripts is not as easy as it looks, but this the absolute horror of this episode is one for the record books:
* an iffy story arc to start. Did die-hard fans really think that almost dropping Boone from the show was intended? Most did not. Therefore, pay attention Hollywood, you should have moved on, not drawn this oddball tale out into a multi-part soap opera.
* DIRECTION? In any series the segue between the long arc and the short arc is an issue, but here it is a joke. One moment we are in Cuba with an abduction story, the next is wide frame on the FBI bunker where somehow the old cast is back in the story, even long distance, and there is a new Blacklist number? Ugh.
* more mystery about Keen's father. Look, guys, it was fun for the first three seasons but at this point I no longer care if the stork brought her. You have milked that one to death.
* finally -- as the other reviewer noted -- great timing? You picked the worst written episode of the series to show viewers a story where Red has lost control and does not win. More proof that the writers for this episode must have been using crayons.