As the Task Force unravels an international conspiracy, Arthur Hudson finds one closer to home.
There is a bizarre throw in of mirage that typically happens in polar seas.
It’s called the Fata Morgana.
James Spader.Will Hart/NBC
And I bet he would have then realized that there was yet another concealment in play.
The episode opens with Red sleeping when someone creeps towards his bed.
“You need a bodyguard,” the bodyguard says.
Anya Banerjee as Siya Malik, Diego Klattenhoff as Donald Ressle.Sony Pictures Television
“I need a girlfriend,” Red replies.
that he managed to get on top of (haha!).
I don’t want to say I told you so, but I definitely told you so.
Harry Lennix as Harold Cooper.Will Hart/NBC
Cooper brings up the ship that Red asked him tocheck out last week.
It’s a “phantom.”
Essentially, Morgana creates thousands of fake companies all over the world and uses them for nefarious smuggling purposes.
No one ever accused Raymond Reddington of humility.
And they still don’t suspect Red!
Needless to say, he’s not planning to talk to the FBI.
Meanwhile, Dembe nags Red about the “intruder” and his security.
Red makes him play Bananagrams for the information, and it turns out Dembe is an absolute Bananagrams assassin.
Red admits it was Weecha.
“What are you celebrating?”
“Beginnings and endings,” Red cheerfully replies.
Cooper calls to get an I.D.
on the arrested man (notice Red walks away from Dembe so he can speak freely).
Later that day, Red calls back with a dozen aliases for the man.
We’ll call him by his most used alias, Mr. Kavanaugh (J.C. MacKenzie).
The team uses his passport movements to pinpoint a location in Paris.
Cooper sends Ressler and Malik to Paris to watch the raid.
Speaking of, let’s catch up on what Arthur Hudson (Toby Leonard Moore) has been doing.
After losing Dorf, he brings in an old FBI friend to dig around.
The agent is livid.
That slip is enough.
Then he connects Cooper through Agnes’s adoption, since Elizabeth once publicly went on the lam with Red.
Credit where it’s due, he’s figured out a lot.
All roads lead to Red.
So let’s get back to him.
Cooper calls with great news: the Paris raid uncovered the headquarters for Morgana.
The upside is that law enforcement is able to shut down the international operation.
The downside is that Morgana employees must have been warned, because there’s nary a person to arrest.
Except, of course, the one that they already caught.
Dembe sighs, but says “I miss you too, Raymond” before leaving.
Red’s loves are complex.
Poor Cooper truly has no idea how hard he got played.
I make a run at avoid text talk in these recaps, but… LOL.
Red and Kavanaugh arrive back at the bathhouse to find the party in full swing.
It’s yet another piece of Red’s empire that he’s voluntarily dismantled.
The question remains, why?
And considering there are only a few episodes left to what end?
