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The Blacklist Season 9 Episode 2, Recap The Skinner: Conclusion Getting the Band Back Together
The Blacklist Season 9 Episode 2 resumes the former task forces quest to catch The Skinner (Patrick Murney) and rescue chief tech officer Chen Yu-Lan (Fernando Chien) and his family. Dembe (Hisham Tawfiq) is released from the hospital and joins his friends, but the whole crew finds themselves in danger. Red comes out of hiding to help. Show
[Spoiler warning: This article contains spoilers forThe BlacklistSeason 9 Episode 2.] The former task force work together to rescue ChenDembe is out of the hospital and working with the former task force to rescue the kidnapped Chen and his family. Red (James Spader) also returns to help catch the current Skinner, Graham Anderson (Patrick Murney). Red states that he is helping the task force because its what Liz would have wanted.
The Skinner instructs Chen to go into his office and download the software for the microchips. Aram (Amir Arison)and Alina (Laura Sohn) are confused to see Chen returning to work. Unaware that Chen only enters his office because the Skinner is holding his family hostage, the duo engages in a car chase with him. Red sets out to invoke the charter in The Blacklist Season 9 Episode 1Red meets with the Skinners predecessor, Vincent (Matt Malloy),again. He suggests that Vincent invoke the charter to remove the current Skinner. Vincent explains that this cant be done without consulting with his predecessor, Alberta (Kathleen Chalfant). Vincent and Red find Alberta in a nursing home and finagle the staff to let her out. Alberta asks for a kiss from Red in exchange for invoking the charter. Things go awry when the team try to trick The SkinnerAram and Alina convince Chen to give the Skinner a fake software so they can track his location and rescue his family. Unfortunately, the Skinner brings on a professor in the field of information technology to make sure the program is real. Chen cracks and confesses that its a fake and the FBI is waiting outside. The Skinner shoots Chens wife in the leg to convince Dembe, Ressler, and Alina to show themselves and give up their weapons. When all seems lost, Red shows up with Vincent and Alberta. The former Skinners vote the current one out. Anderson laughs them off, but his henchmen respect the organization and turn their guns on Anderson, shooting and killing him. Red tells Vincent that he will find someone to become the new Skinner. The Blacklist Season 9 Episode 2 ending explainedLater, the team regroups. Alina remarks that she misses being a field agent, and Aram doesnt deny that he misses the task force as well. Red shows up at Senator Panabakers (Deirdre Lovejoy) house and arranges some kind of deal. He later announces to the team that his immunity deal has been reinstated and that Panabaker will allow them to reinstate the task force. Be careful what you wish for, Aram tells Alina. Ressler steps into Lizs old office. Dembe finds him and tells Ressler that he is the reason he became an agent. The final scene shows Red getting an S tattoo, confirming that he will take Andersons place as the new Skinner. New episodes of The Blacklist premiere Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET on NBC. RELATED: The Blacklist Season 9: Why Did Megan Boone Leave the Show? |
