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* The devastated look on Red's face when he realizes that Robert Vesco has been killed.

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* The devastated look on Red's face when he realizes that Robert Vesco has been killed.killed.
* Red's death in the series finale.
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** Likewise, Dembe's daughter stopped talking to him after he joined the FBI, due to seeing it as him selling out to a system rife with racism and repression.

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** Likewise, Dembe's daughter stopped talking to him after he joined the FBI, due to seeing it as him selling out to a system rife with racism and repression.repression.
* The devastated look on Red's face when he realizes that Robert Vesco has been killed.
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* Meta: The April 2020 death of Brian Dennehy, who played Dominic. The season 7 finale made a InMemoriam tribute for Dennehy.
** Clark Middleton's (aka Glen) passing on October 2020. A Season 8 episode addressed this, featuring a B plot of Red having to fulfill his last requests and giving a touching eulogy, topped with the episode giving Middleton an InMemoriam.
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** And the the penultimate episode of the season reveals a devastating truth: [[spoiler: the woman Liz, and the audience, believed to Katarina was actually an imposter who was framed and spent the last thirty years on the run. Everything up to and including getting close to Liz was a manipulation to get what ''she'' wanted which was freedom.]]

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** And the the penultimate episode of the season reveals a devastating truth: [[spoiler: the woman Liz, and the audience, believed to Katarina was actually an imposter who was framed and spent the last thirty years on the run. Everything up to and including getting close to Liz was a manipulation to get what ''she'' wanted which was freedom.]]
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* At some point in the TimeSkip between Seasons 8 and 9, Red and Dembe had a falling out for currently unclear reasons, which led to Dembe renouncing their criminal ways and joining the FBI. All their interactions since have been incredibly awkward and strained.

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* At some point in the TimeSkip between Seasons 8 and 9, Red and Dembe had a falling out for currently unclear reasons, which led to Dembe renouncing their criminal ways and joining the FBI. All their interactions since have been incredibly awkward and strained.strained.
** Likewise, Dembe's daughter stopped talking to him after he joined the FBI, due to seeing it as him selling out to a system rife with racism and repression.
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* Berlin's last meal (or in this case last vodka). He calmly drank with Reddington, cup for cup and spoke about his pride to be a Soviet citizen when he watched a parade as a boy and then silence. Even more tearjerking when you considered that this is TruthInTelevision, many, many Soviet and other former communist countries' citizens felt the same pride, and the same emptiness and hopelessness when TheGreatPoliticsMessUp happened.

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* Berlin's last meal (or in this case last vodka). He calmly drank with Reddington, cup for cup and spoke about his pride to be a Soviet citizen when he watched a parade as a boy and then silence. Even more tearjerking when you considered that this is TruthInTelevision, many, many Soviet and other former communist countries' citizens felt the same pride, and the same emptiness and hopelessness when TheGreatPoliticsMessUp happened.the Cold War ended.
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* After Season 8, Ressler is distraught by what happened to Liz that he handed his resignation to leave the FBI.

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* After Season 8, Ressler is distraught by what happened to Liz that he handed his resignation to leave the FBI.FBI.
* At some point in the TimeSkip between Seasons 8 and 9, Red and Dembe had a falling out for currently unclear reasons, which led to Dembe renouncing their criminal ways and joining the FBI. All their interactions since have been incredibly awkward and strained.

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