LogFAQs > #963186723

So I don't have the means to watch the show, I've seen most of the first season and I hear it gets really bad later on, but that's beside the point. Because I don't have a way of watching the show, I occasionally read up on the latest plot twists and stuff to keep updated.

I recently read the TV Tropes character page for Raymond Reddington, and something caught me totally off guard. It said that at the end of season 8, it's strongly implied that the person claiming to be Raymond Reddington is actually a post-op transman who was previously Elizabeth Keen's mother.

I also read that Raymond Reddington's bones are in a duffel bag as of season 6, and that James Spader's character has strongly hinted to be portraying Reddington rather than actually being him. And the original Raymond Reddington was Elizabeth Keen's father. So we've got a person who was Elizabeth Keen's mother pretending to be the person who was Elizabeth Keen's father, who killed a body double of their previous identity and got gender reassignment surgery as a means of pursuing the world's most dangerous criminals.

Does any of this ring true, or did I burn out a synapse reading about whatever the fuck the Blacklist turned into over its 9 season run and blur a bunch of wild plot hooks and personal theories together into a chewed up wad of jellybeans?

I'm not asking for judgement on any of this, just a confirmation, denial or elaboration on what the situation is.