The Stewmaker
Red and Ressler must work together to save Elizabeth.
The Stewmaker is the fourth episode of the first season of the American crime drama The Blacklist. It premiered on NBC on October 14, 2013.
Quick Facts
- Series
- The Blacklist
- Season
- 1
- Episode
- 4
- Air date
- 14 October 2013
- Production
- 104
- Writer
- Patrick Massett; John Zinman
- Director
- Vince Misiano
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Plot
Elizabeth was testifying against drug lord Hector Lorca when a key witness vanished. Red suspected the culprit was the Stewmaker, a chemist who used chemicals to make people disappear. She asked Lorca for help catching him, but ended up the Stewmaker's prisoner. Red and Ressler teamed up, with Ressler posing as an insider to get the Stewmaker's real name, Stanley Kornish, from Lorca. Kornish tortured Elizabeth with chemical injections. Red located his hideout, rescued her, and shoved Kornish into the chemical bath meant for her. Red also took a victim photo from Kornish's album. Elizabeth later discovered the murder involving her husband's hidden weapon happened in Boston while she was there with Tom, who claimed he had a job interview at that hotel.
Reception
The episode garnered a 3.0/8 Nielsen rating with 10.93 million viewers, making it the highest rated show in its time slot and the thirteenth most watched television show of the week. Jason Evans of The Wall Street Journal called it the best of the season so far, praising Spader's performance. Phil Dyess-Nugent of The A.V. Club gave the episode a C, noting the show continues to have major conceptual problems and comparing Diego Klattenhoff's role to that of Cliff Barnes.
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