#RIP#TheBlackList#TomKeen#EpicScene#Blacklist#DisturbedSoundOfSilence#SoundOfSilence#Nooo#Season5#Sad#GreatCaracter#GreatShow#GonnaMissThisCaracter#, A post shared by Flemming (@flemming1983) on Nov 24, 2017 at 1:55pm PST, Ryan Eggold was asked the same question in an interview, and hesaid, I think its a fitting ending. The character had a less than stellar fate, but would Eggold ever consider reprising his role in some way? As such they are usually hidden in the houses/apartments of the spy/agent because that's a location the spy/agent has easy access to. Reddington creates a means to reach Tom by disrupting an arms sale and inserts himself into the sale. Tom arrives at Alberts house to find him bloody and tied up. There was an incessant stir and murmur of conversation. Tom Keen photographed her meeting with Cynthia Panabaker. Wednesdays midseason finale picked up with Tom being held captive by a blacklister. In addition to the revelation that his marriage to Liz was built on false pretenses, the show writers later revealed that Tom Keens identity was as well. A true fucking badass. The character, later revealed to be a covert operative, was spun off last season to topline The Blacklist: Redemption. Who was he working with.? The man is an extremely talented covert operative. Wont come as any surprise but he went down swinging! Eisendrath, who wrote Wednesdays episode with Bokenkamp, said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. After his death at the hands of Ian Garvey and Elizabeth's death at the hands of Elias VanDyke, their daughter Agnes Keen is being taking care of by Harold Cooper. Yes, triplets! Instead they arrive after Cabal agents have already killed Andropov. His career experience includes working as a business executive and as a business development manager in the training and simulation market for an aerospace company. Yeah. She cries after seeing the testimony, and considers her next move. Or is he just lonely and trying to have some fun? That is something to think about. There was a small scene at the end of the last episode where Red told him that he didnt want Tom to marry Liz. The Blacklist es una serie de televisin estadounidense de gnero dramtico creada por Jon Bokenkamp y protagonizada por James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff y Ryan Eggold. What do you guys think? The show and Liz won't be the same without Tom. Still, his death was inevitable at some point in order to advance the plot forward in a meaningful way. The episode ends with Cooper (Harry Lennix) standing over Toms dead body in the morgue, closing the book on Eggolds character. Their relationship is a much more relatable one to viewers, one that people in their own lives will be able to relate to, he said. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. He later reveals to Cooper that being exposed was part of his plan. Albert refuses to tell Reddington who has the suitcase, and Reddington shoots him. By the time Red and. Of all the words Ive written on the show, two of the hardest were when Red [James Spader] told Liz [Megan Boone]: Toms dead. Nooooo! The Sony Pictures Television Studios-produced spinoff was canceled after one low-rated season, with Eggold returning to the flagship as a series regular in its current fifth season. In addition to the revelation that his marriage to Liz was built on false pretenses, the show writers later revealed that Tom Keens identity was as well. But he did have one big reveal to share: Tom Keen is on the infamous blacklist! Later, after he makes a deal with Liz and Donald Ressler in exchange for information on Milos Kirchoff, he is allowed to escape. 24) Conclusion, The Blacklist Season 5: What We Know so Far, James Spader and His Amazing Body of Work on Television, The Blacklist Review: The Shows Status Quo Shifts Again, The Blacklist Review: The Hunt for Kaplan Heats Up, The Blacklist Review: A Bombshell Is Dropped About Tom Keens Past, The Blacklist Season 3 Episode 1 Review: The Troll Farmer (No. . Tom goes to his primary employer, The Major, whom he addresses as Bud, and asks for another assignment, any kind. With the amount of blood on the floor, it is unclear if the two will make it. She gets pregnant by him and he repeatedly asks her to marry him. He is interrogated by Meera Malik about the gun and the reason for his presence in Boston on the day of the murder. He is a fourth-grade elementary school teacher while Liz has just taken a job with the FBI. Why did he not call the FBI and alert them when Liz asked him to? If it's anything Shawshank Redemption, Seinfeld, or Kevin Bacon game related he's way more interested. I've been noticing a few reviewers and recappers saying that the reveal regarding Tom Keen took too long, that they should have revealed who he was and what he was doing a lot sooner, maybe. This is so true. For one reason or another, a big part of the public is always keen on locking onto the most negative aspect of anything and anyone they can find and expanding it until the issue becomes . Their relationship is as complicated as Raymond Reddington (James Spader) and Elizabeth Keen (Boone). Played byRyan Eggold, Tom was abducted by his parents, where his name was changed fromChristopher Hargrave to Jacob Phelps. Eggold reiterated that Tom is unequivocally dead. If he returned it wouldnt be by way of misdirection or rising from the dead. Tom helps by killing the Russian that previously bothered Sutton. EW can reveal that the spin-off will run in real time, meaning when The Blacklist returns, roughly two months will have passed, so it's less about Tom Keen (Ryan Eggold) leaving his wife and. Tom did have a safehouse (designated Watchtower) in a different part of town but if he needed to escape he had better access to his living room floor boards than an abandoned building on the other side of town. They watch the news report together and Elizabeth apologizes for Tom's loss and the questions he will never get answered about his past now that his father is dead. A: Kirchoff placed Tom in Liz's life so that if Tom died the link would not have been lost. I for one think its all for a reason and that Red will be the same guy through and through but that doesnt stop us from analyzing. A: He started to suspect that Liz has gotten closer to the truth and his behavior in the last few episodes showed it. As we gear up for what promises to be a great episode of The Blacklist, theres a ton of speculation going on right now. Tom returns home to Liz after receiving a suitcase full of bones. For more information, please see our Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. How and when did Elizabeth Keen capture Tom? Out-of-Universe Information But in the end he tossed those glasses away and I think he was finally his own man. He is tortured and stabbed by Ranko Zamani, then taken to hospital where he is placed on a ventilator. The California native graduated from the prestigious theater arts department from the University of Southern California in 2006, and earned recurring roles on popular programs like, Eggold became known for his series regular role as the sex education teacher Ryan Matthews in The CWs, from 2008-2011. It was, and Ryan as Tom was great. Mostly Im indebted to Jon Bokenkamp, John Eisendrath and the writers for continuing to elevate the show creatively and always impassioning me to further explore the true nature of this character. Tom was always good at coming out victorious against multiple enemies. With his new identity in place, Christof Mannheim, Tom disguises himself as a Neo-Nazi, shaving his hair down to a crew cut and covering his body with Nazi-related tattoos, including the text Deutschland fr die Deutschen (Germany for the Germans) and Schutzstaffel (SS) bolts on his neck. Is he suspicious that she may be after Liz and trying to cast doubt in his eyes? Regardless of how fans viewed Tom Keen, in all my years of watching television series I have never encountered a more polarizing character. 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Why would he look at the DNA test openly in a station where he knows there are cameras only to put on a hat when calling Liz from a payphone? He has always had this ideal of setting her free from Red and sailing off into the sunset and living in some beautiful home on the beach with Agnes, and having this family., #RyanEggold's Face is Art. She then makes the call. The show needed that. Tom and Liz oversleep and are awakened by their dog, Hudson, on Liz's first day as an FBI profiler. It is an entirely different way of telling the story. He is seen as Liz's prisoner on a abandoned ship. Unfortunately, Tom is no longer a character on the show. Weve talked about the possibility of a flashback. At the Television Critics Association press tour (via Den of Geek), executive producer, John Eisendrath, described the series as something different from the original iteration. Unassuming school teacher, cold-blooded killer, devoted family man -- Tom Keen (Ryan Eggold) has played many parts on NBC's "The Blacklist." Tom has flipped the script on just about everyone. However, their marriage is not all that it appears to be on the surface. When he's not acting, he plays in his a band as a musician and singer. He appears before the judge to confess to the murder of the harbor master and claim Liz had no involvement and even tried to stop him from committing the murder. Family, background, life story? Reddington says he worked briefly with Howard and even he did not trust his own wife. Thanks for reading! The Blacklist: Redemption focuses on secret agent Tom Keen and his mother, Susan Hargrave, who runs Halcyon, a covert mercenary organization. Tom called red earlier that same day wouldnt be hard for him to track down the number. Keen. If you know its acting they arent doing it right. One of the most complex characters on TV in the last decade is that of The Blacklists Tom Keen. The Blacklist has put its characters through some troubling experiences, though Tom Keen arguably had it the worst. After Liz leaves (to raid Eric Trettel's laboratory) Lucy flirts with Tom and invites him to a photography exhibition. A: Zamani probably surprised Tom and he was armed with a gun. How did Garvey w friends find him so fast? It is unknown whether his corpse was removed, or he survived his injuries. The spinoff starred Eggold as the same Tom Keen only, the brief 8-episode sting focused on Tom Keen's past. How could we improve it? He should have got rid of the evidence. I really felt for Liz in that episode and also Ruin. The Blacklist Season 2 Episode 16 Review: Tom Keen Sean McKenna at March 19, 2015 11:44 pm. Ryan Eggold as Tom Keen in The Blacklist's spinoff (NBC) Although the show premiered the original's signature Thursday night time slot, 'Redemption' couldn't rake in more than an average 1.2 rating and 6.3M viewers. The Blacklist Season 7 star Amir Arison has revealed the triplets who play Liz's daughter, Agnes. A: His real name was revealed in Season 3 as Christopher Hargrave. Red warns Tom that any answers Scottie gives Tom about who he was cannot be trusted. I dunno that theory is more out there than the previous one I think. Birth name It's not like Tom was trying to build his own empire. The Sound of Silence track over Aram etc running in was the only moment in the show that made me cry. I really think Red is trying to prevent what happened with himself and Katerina Restova (Lizzies Mother) during the Cold War and led to this life of chaos for himself and now her as well. . She gets angry and starts to peel the carpet off. Howard Hargrave is a character in NBC's The Blacklist. The show aimed to answer questions about Tom Keens world. He is mentioned in Liz's reminisces to Samar Navabi. At the beginning of the episode, he is seen in a flashback being held hostage by Liz, and is being transported in a car to Ellie. In the present, Tom, undercover with Die Entrechteten, overhears them complaining about their current arms supplier, a man named Kohl. Hes so smart, so strong, etc. Keen has been affiliated with the American . Tom was successful in getting his attention and was indentified as a fraud by him. as a humble school teacher in a marriage filled with love and affection. One of Tom's best scenes was when he told Karakurt and his fellows how he was gonna take them out and did exactly that. / Hasbro, Inc. Sons of the Forest Keep Cannibals Away Guide. Garvey was a Corrupt High-Ranking Marshal. Red didnt want them to marry he just wanted Tom to keep an eye on her as her bf. 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