I WAS SO UPSET THAT THE BLACKLIST HAD TO END! I ENJOYED JAMES SPADER, HE IS A BEAUTIFUL SOUL AND I LOVE HIS SPIRIT. HIS ACTING IS ADMIRED IN EVERY MOVIE HE HAS ACTED IN. I ENJOYED RAYMOND REDDINGTON AND HOW HE WAS ALWAYS ONE STEP AHEAD OF THE REST. WHAT I DID NOT LIKE IS THAT HIS LEAVING LEFT A LOT FOR A GRANDCHILD TO ENDURE. RAYMOND AND HIS GRANDDAUGHTER HAD BECOME SUCH GOOD FRIENDS/FAMILY. WHAT WILL BE THE OUTCRY AND OUTCOME OF THE CHILD? HOW WOULD YOU EXPLAIN RAYMOND'S DEATH TO THAT CHILD? I UNDERSTAND THAT RAYMOND WENT OUT ON HIS OWN TERMS; BUT IT WAS A VERY CRUEL WAY TO DIE. WHY NOT LET HIM DIE NATURALLY AS HE WAS NOT IN GOOD HEALTH ANYWAYS. WHY WOULD HE DIE SUCH A HORRENDOUS DEATH INSTEAD OF A PEACEFUL ONE WHICH HE TRIED TO LIVE HIS LIFE AS MUCH AS HE COULD? THE BLACKLIST WAS SO IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE I COULD ALWAYS DEPEND ON RAYMOND REDDINGTON TO DO SO MANY THINGS THAT WERE YES, CRIIMINAL IN NATURE, BUT HOW HE DID THINGS TOO THAT WERE GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY, HIS FRIENDS, THOSE WHOM HE ADMIRED, AND THE GOVERNMENT! THE BLACKLIST HAD A PERSONA OF ITS OWN AND I LOVED THE WAY THAT RAYMOND HANDLED THINGS HIS WAY AND WAS TRUTHFUL ABOUT THE MATTER. REDDINGTON/SPADER ALWAYS HAD LINES OF POETIC JUSTICE, TRUTH AND A "BITE OF THE TONGUE!" I WAS HOPING THAT IT WAS NOT GOING TO END, ESPECIALLY LIKE THIS BEAUSE RAYMOND WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SOUL. I WAS DISAPPOINTED AT THE ENDING; WAS HOPING THAT HE AND HIS BRAZILIAN FRIEND WOULD GO TO AN ISLAND WHERE THERE WAS NO EXTRADITION, NO VIOLENCE, TO LIVE TOGETHER LOVINGLY AND HE COULD DIE PEACFULLY, NOT WITH SOME DAMN BULL KILLING HIM IN SUCH A CRUEL WAY! THANK YOU JAMES SPADER & CAST FOR ALL THE MEMORIES OF THE BLACKLIST, I WAS AN AVID FAN, TUNED IN WHEREVER I WAS, RECORDED THE SERIES IF I HAD TO BE IN A MEETING; JUST TO WATCH WHAT REDDINGTON WOULD DO NEXT. THANKS TO THE WRITERS/ACTORS AND ESPECIALLY, JAMES SPADER. I DO HOPE THAT SPADER WILL DO ANOTHER TYPE OF SERIES THAT WE ALL CAN ENJOY, JUST AS WE DID THE BLACKLIST! WE LOVE YOU JAMES SPADER!