The Blacklist S1E8
WARNING: This review contains spoilers.
This episode's theme is about fatherhood. Or not.
The opening scene where a father and son are playing in the park as aircraft parts (and bodies!) fall from the sky is terrifying. Later, we find out that the father and son died as a result of the aircraft bombing by a group of nutcases calling themselves "General Ludd." The General Ludd group appear to be the illegitimate lovechild of WTO protesters and the Unibomber. And their main guy, the newly-blond Bradley Holland/Nathaniel Wolf/Arthur Denning (Justin Kirk), a familiar look-a-like, is busy planning more attacks in hopes of bringing down the country's financial system. Because his daddy was laid off, found comfort in a bottle, and committed suicide. Sure, why not destroy your country's financial system if a family member develops a substance abuse problem and suffers from depression? Makes perfect sense. If you are Carlos the Jackal.
