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Nov 2013 16

The Blacklist: TV Review

2013 Articles, Deborah Harter Williams, Mysteryrat's Maze, TV

by Deborah Harter Williams

James Spader is Raymond Reddington, former government agent turned criminal mastermind. After 25 years, he surrenders himself to the FBI, offering a deal. He will help capture some of the world’s most dangerous criminals and terrorists, but will only work with a junior profiler named Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone). Reddington is a complete stranger to Elizabeth, but upon their first meeting hints that he knows a lot about her and her family.

TV Flashback: Remington Steele (NBC) 1982 to 1987

2013 Articles, Deborah Harter Williams, Mysteryrat's Maze, TV

by Deborah Harter Williams

Licensed private detective, Laura Holt (Stephanie Zimbalist) opens her own detective agency only to find that clients don’t want to hire a woman. So she invents a fictitious male boss named Remington Steele. It works like a charm. That is until a former thief/con man (Pierce Brosnan) shows up and publicly assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Drama, comedy and romance ensue.