Now, the plot of this episode is alright. The story of "The Alibi" is intriguing and creative. Acting is good, as usual. But this is the first episode in which you cannot possibly ignore how cringe Elisabeth and - unfortunately - Reddington are getting. Elisabeth mostly by becoming all "tough" and ruthless, but her partial change in personality and attitude has never been established properly except for "her husband was killed so she wants revenge". And again, the way her "toughness" is portrayed is a bit...well...hard to take seriously. She's tough in a way how a teenager might imagine being tough (facial expression, posture, the way she talks...). There's no depth to it. Unfortunately, Reddington also shows this type of toughness mostly by being sarcastic a bit too much, even for him. Which, again, is a way of "toughness" that's quite cringe and transparent. But it's not nearly as bad with him as it is with Liz's character so it's okay. But overall - not a great episode.
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