Most of the time on an episode of The Blacklist, there’s an air of self-importance to the proceedings. Like somehow, with all the split personality computer hackers and apple-eating stalkers, we’re supposed to think this show is doing something completely grand. While The Blacklist usually goes for this “take us seriously” approach, “Dr. James Covington” ends up being the best episode so far this season, by being knowingly ridiculous and having fun with it.
The main plot here is basically the same as that awful Jude Law film Repo Men, where a doctor is giving organ transplants, then takes them away from recipients who can’t make the payments. Here though, the recipients are seedy people who don’t want to have to be put on waiting lists, and the entire illegal operation is run by stealing organs, then putting them into the people who want them.
This works because it’s ridiculous, and it feels ridiculous. This isn’t The Blacklist trying to seem important, or going for Emmys; this is The Blacklist just having fun. It’s also one of the most simplified mysteries in the show’s history. There’s a guy stealing organs, and he needs to be stopped. Simple as that. Almost every week, I am reminded of just how complex The Blacklist attempts to make its weekly stories, and it never works. But by making it about as simple and as silly as possible, this becomes one of the best episodes of The Blacklist.
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