Directed by Michael Zinberg
Written by John Eisendrath & Jon Bokenkamp
Berlin (No. 8) provides examples of:
- Arc Welding: Liz confirms what was implied throughout the season, that the Blacklist is just a cover for a bigger plan on Reddington's part. While some appear to have truly just been chosen randomly, most were either targeted as a means to help Red find information on Berlin, or were actively Berlin's agents.
- A Good Name for a Rock Band: Aram says this about Vogel's blackmailed agents, codenamed the "Five Horsemen".
- Ironic Echo: Just after Vogel sums up how he's been coercing his agents with the statement "That's how blackmail works, sweetheart", Liz reveals that she's infected him with his own virus in order to force his cooperation, and throws the line back at him.
- Oh, Crap!: When the Russian transport plane bringing "Berlin" crashes into New York city territory after being shot down by a US Navy F-14 in "Berlin".
- Pay Evil unto Evil: Liz does this to Vogel, who had been infecting his victims with a disease for which only he had the cure in order to blackmail them into performing his bidding. Liz turns this tactic back around on him.
- Trailers Always Spoil: The promo for "Berlin, Part 1" spoils that "Berlin" isn't a place, but the name of Reddington's mystery adversary.
- Zany Scheme: Berlin's entire plan for sneaking into the U.S. involves getting arrested, extradited, causing a major plane crash, hoping the guard is killed in it, swapping clothes, and cutting off his own hand. And surviving. It works. To be fair, the part about the plane crash and cutting off his own hand was only because his plan to simply have the plane land while unnoticed by air traffic control was thwarted.
