So this episode kind of fell flat for me. And I don't think that had to do with the high expectations and the amounts of feels that I was anticipating, so much as that like ... it didn't quite flow right. I found that the plot made me mainly ask, "Why is this happening?/why is this a thing?" and ... Red ... normally I love Red. I'm a huge freak for Red. But even he didn't make sense to me this episode.

I loved the Tom stuff, and the Diane Fowler investigation, and even though I don't actively ship either pair, I enjoyed MASSIVE FEELS when Liz and Red were dancing and at the end when Liz and Res were talking. And OBVIOUSLY Red's backstory is totally tragic and 110% per cent true which is horrible and yet intriguing and I SIMPLY MUST KNOW MORE.

But this didn't come together for me. The plot was sort of bizarre and farther-fetched than usual, and ...

you know what

that's enough negativity

ressler looked fucking hot

liz's wig looked great

meera is a bamf

RED

RED

RED

RED