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Recap / The Blacklist S 1 E 12 The Alchemist

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Directed by Vincent Misiano

Written by Anthony Sparks, Jason George, & Amanda Kate Shuman

The Alchemist (No. 101) provides examples of:


  • Faking the Dead: The Alchemist changes a person’s body so that they resemble the body of his client’s. He can even change their DNA.
  • He Knows Too Much: The Alchemist kills the Madrcyzk couple when he realizes the FBI is on to him. He even manages to kill Pytor Madrcyzk while he’s under police custody by pretending to be his lawyer and giving him a piece of poisoned gum.
  • Hollywood Science: There's no way to change a person's DNA the way the Alchemist does in this episode; you can't completely erase a person's genome and replace it with that of someone else to the point where the individuals are genetically indistinguishable. This is especially impossible with red blood cells, as mature human erythrocytes have no nuclei and no DNA.
  • The Mole: Meera claims to be the mole from the Post Office.

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