'The Blacklist' Finale: Can Red's Version Of The Truth Be Trusted [POLL]? Series Creator Dishes On Liz's Past, Berlin's Grief [VIDEO]
The Blacklist ended its freshman season on Monday but left behind a pool of blood and a laundry list of questions.
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The NBC series appears to be the Hydra of questions, answer one and another two pop up to take its place. As fans are left to spend the summer mulling over the true cause of Berlin's hatred for Red (James Spader) and Reddington's involvement in Liz's (Megan Boone) past, series creator Jon Bokenkamp has kindly provided a few hints to guide speculation in the right direction.
Bokenkamp's first lesson is simple: Red is always telling the truth to Liz. The truth as far as he knows it, that is. Conclusion: Red believes Liz's birth father to be deceased.
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"What I do not believe is that Red is lying to Liz," Bokenkamp explained to TV Guide. "The things he's told her about her father he believes to be true and thus are true, but that doesn't necessarily mean those in the writers' room believe them to be true. It's safe to believe that what he told her on the steps was the truth so far as he knows."
Bokenkamp's second lesson follows logically from his first: There is more than one version of the story. This applies specifically to Berlin's apparent belief that Red killed his daughter.
"I don't know that we should assume that," Bokenkamp told TV Guide. "That's what Berlin assumes. That's likely the case, but one of the things that we like doing with our storytelling is giving an answer, but still having another way to approach that answer. There's a story that Berlin believes and one that Red believes, but it may be more complex than that."
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The Blacklist will return to NBC next fall. Click the video below to see a preview for the series' most recent episode, "Berlin: Conclusion."