That’s not only an emotionally fraught time in a woman’s life, but also physically, given all the re-adjusting one has to do.
It wouldn’t have been out of the cards for Megan Boone to take some more time for herself, returning to the drama later in the season after everything had calmed down.
Sure, some people might not have had any worries about The Blacklist’s co-lead returning to the show on a full-time basis, but let’s not forget that she was gone because of a pregnancy, which means she’s a new mother now.