Case in point: esteemed Orange Is the New Black vet Laverne Cox is popping up on the tenth episode of The Blacklist Season 8, and she is pumped about bringing a sadistic new character into the already twisted life of James Spader’s Red Reddington.
With the “subject of the week” episode format that has been utilized across its eight seasons, The Blacklist is the kind of show where I wish every week featured a different unexpected cameo that allowed each actor to chew on the material in a way that probably wouldn’t happen on a less bonkers crime procedural.