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After all, it wouldn’t be out of character for Liz to fake her own death (again) plus she’s a main character in The Blacklist so really killing her off would be quite a drastic, game-changing move. So, when Liz died in Red’s arms during The Blacklist season 8 finale after being shot in the back by one of crime lord Neville Townsend’s (Reg Rogers) henchmen, longtime fans wondered whether her apparent death might be another yet another red herring. The Blacklist season 8 finale showed Elizabeth Liz Keen, played by actress Megan Boone, leave the NBC crime drama after eight years. Related: The Blacklist Season 6 Finale Revealed Is Still Alive
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During the third season of The Blacklist, Liz was also forced to fake her own death not once but twice to avoid getting killed for real by some of the criminals her work and association with Red brought her way. Not only did Liz discover that her husband Tom (Ryan Eggold) was a spy hired to marry and keep tabs on her, she also learned dark secrets about her past – namely that she’s biologically related to Red and that her mother was a KGB agent. After the finale, which might have killed off Liz and revealed Raymond Red.
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Liz’s world was thrown upside down after Red waltzed his way into her life. The Season 8 finale served as star Megan Boones final episode as FBI agent-turned-criminal Elizabeth Keen. James Spader stars as criminal mastermind and wanted fugitive Raymond “Red” Reddington who turns himself in to the FBI and offers to help them track down other dangerous criminals on one condition he will only work with rookie FBI profiler Elizabeth “Liz” Keen (Megan Boone). Characters seemingly die all the time on The Blacklist only to later turn up alive, so is Liz Keen really dead? NBC series The Blacklist is a crime thriller with more twists and turns than a rollercoaster ride.