Ruin

After the shoddy writing of the previous episode, this one stands out already for not being about any Blacklister in particular, as the title has it. Of course there were going to be flashbacks and stuff to explain, maybe a tad too much. I really hate the whole animals as vehicles thing because it's always the same and you just pretty much know it when you see them, not my favorite there. But the whole traps, trees talking thing was really nice, a bit of a nod to John Wick, this episode, and finally, finally, less of that whiny, dreary stuff that's been going on with everything just being background noise as a justification to provide more room for squabbles. This is what I wanted, this is what I got. More of it.

Good episode. Very tense and suspenseful. Reminded me of home alone

It is back, and the only thing i can think of is Revenge, the episode started a bit off, with some flashbacks of what it was like when Liz just woke up out of almost a year coma dealing with Tom's loss, and simultaneously showing her living a solitude life in a cabin somewhere in the stormy woods, up until things got interesting right on the last third of the episode.

The story-line was steady and growing to a well defined peak, all for one reason, to build a new plot for the second part of this season and just to slap us out of what happened a couple of months ago when the show lost Tom "for real this time".. whether the plot will revolve around a revenge and/or a new blacklisters i know it will be as strong as ever.. so can't wait.

This episode could have been a full length feature in its own right. The suspense was built up so well throughout the episode, with some interesting character development for Liz. - 10/10

Not sure if I re-watched Home Alone way too many times with my kids since Thanksgiving to Christmas, but this episode had many scenes too similar to Home Alone. The trap, the teasing, pulling across snow. The story line is good though, and I like the flashback, Liz's struggle to recover.