[shrug] There aren't many of us watching either of these shows on GAF, it seems. And Redemption is only eight weeks long, with two of those down. Maybe make a thread if it gets renewed for a second season (against all odds).
Yeah, the direction was a bit on the nose when she mentioned that the guy died without his mom knowing his true identity. It's fine; this show isn't much for subtlety, it seems. I did like this episode better than the first one, though. I understood better why I should care about the person the team is trying to save, while I struggled to care much about the victim in the first episode (why does the team care about her? I don't know).
The flow of the episode was better, too, but that's probably because the first episode had to introduce everyone and get them together, and still find time in the episode to send them on an adventure. It was a lot to cram in. The second episode could focus on just one thing, the mission at hand.
One complaint: Two episodes in a row now, the rescued person has expressed desire to leave the team's care after being rescued and Tom has stupidly left that rescued person alone so they can escape, and escape they do. How many times will they use that plot point? Will it be an ongoing, every episode, oh-my-God-they-killed-Kenny type of thing? And isn't it out of character for Tom to be so careless? Dude is a consummate professional on the regular Blacklist show and makes very few dumb mistakes.
