Mr. Kaplan (No. 4)

This and other episodes are undeniably well done. Yet, I cannot possibly accept the attitude of the characters and the resultant message:

"It's valid and acceptable to capture serious criminals at the cost of facilitating (yes!) Reddington's murder of 3-4 people in each case, and not only making money from crime, but even dastardly crimes that threaten national security, like selling weapons to terrorists."

There is no way this "compromise" can be whitewashed because the gain - at least in all but dire ticking-bomb situations - cannot outweigh the FBI facilitating a level of murder and serious crimes of such a monstrous scale.

This besmirches Elizabeth, Cooper and the entire team - beyond redemtion.

And Elizabeth's disregard and forgiveness of the wanton attempt by Reddington to kill her life-saving, loving nanny Kate, destroys any credibility and sympathy for her.

This clown tries to act like Deniro in every part he gets. One trick pony. It was irritating watching him ruin the show by acting like a clown in every scene.

Well, it's about time we finished this. This is the first part of two final episodes. Kaplan is out there, messing things up to the end. Red is desperate to be done with this thing. He feels she may negotiate to get freedom on a paradise island with every perk and protection possible. The most important thing now is an immunity agreement with Red that would put the whole unit in prison. I will be happy to see the last of Gale who is practically wetting his pants to put his friends behind bars. Of course, Kaplan knows this. Of course, the participants have no sense of reality at all, and will go to their deaths hanging on to their egos. Let's see how this all plays out.