THE BLACKLIST Returns With a Shotgun Wedding

By Kai Greenwell

Let's Recap: This week on The Blacklist's return episode the Cabal attempts to tie up loose ends by staging Solomon’s death as an escape attempt. However a mystery sniper kills his would-be executioners and takes him from the scene.

Meanwhile, Tom and Liz hurriedly plan their wedding, trying to have the ceremony before Liz has the baby. Red once again protests the wedding, having gained intel that Solomon has plans to steal a nuclear device with unknown intentions.

The team track Solomon to a hotel and move in, capturing one of his team while he escapes. The captured henchman secures immunity in exchange for revealing Solomon’s plan -- namely to attack a convoy that is secretly moving a nuclear warhead.

Also, we knew it was only a matter of time before The Major finally caught up with Tom, and "Mr Solomon" proves to be Tom's episode as he finds himself confronted by both The Major and his old partner, Gina. The Major airs his disappointment in Tom, going on to inform him that is here to execute him. Before he can though, Gina kills instead The Major and leaves Tom to deal with the body.

Back at the FBI, Ressler leads a strike force to stop the attack while the remainder of the team go to attend Liz’s wedding. However when Ressler realizes there is no attack (with Red coming to the same conclusion separately) he concludes the real target must be Liz.

Red and his team arrive just in time to warn the wedding party to get ready before Solomon calls to demand they turn Liz over. Liz wants to leave but Tom and Red won’t allow it and a gunfight ensues. As they fight their way out of the building, Ressler arrives to lend support, allowing Tom and Liz to escape in their “getaway vehicle.”