The second-to-last episode offering a gauzy black-and-white trip through Keen’s personal history, which had long been shrouded in questions about her lineage.
Even so, the show still harbored enough value for NBC to renew it for a ninth season, an announcement that came before Deadline reported that Boone would be leaving at the end of this seaso.
“The Blacklist,” however, has seemingly been living on borrowed time for a while, making the prospect of returning to find out without Boone almost as unappealing as the season finale turned out to be.