Hit TV Series "
The Blacklist" may seem like the run-of-the-mill good guy vs bad guy investigative show. But there are a few things that set it apart from other FBI or cop shows out there.
For starters, there's Emmy Award-winning actor
James Spader, who is superb in the main role of
Red "Reddington", the manipulative resident baddie with a well-mannered, cultured demeanor but mysterious background.
Parading around in his trademark fedora and black trench coat, and enunciating his lines in clipped tones that more often than not are dripping with sarcasm, one simply cannot keep one's eyes off him on screen!
James Spader makes egoistical and scheming Red's almost Hannibal-Clarisse-like relationship with FBI agent rookie profiler Elizabeth Keen (
Megan Boone) seem creepy but believable.
Secondly, the show is full of characters that have intriguing backgrounds and nefarious motives. In Season 1, every episode was based on a target with an over-the-top codename like "The Stewmaker" or "The Pavlovich Brothers". Each target on Red's list provided clues to the intricate web that he had been weaving, and continues to weave.
There were more twists and kinks than one could count, making the series such a watchable guilty-pleasure.
Red Dot Diva got seriously hooked to it after the first couple of episodes of Season 1!