On The Blacklist, Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone) recently found out that her husband, Tom (Ryan Eggold), is a spy who has been tracking her for an indeterminate amount of time. When we sat down with Eggold at the Tribeca Film Festival for his film Lucky Them, he revealed that things are only going to get worse from here. Leading up to the finale, characters will be pushed to their limits, with everyone having a "brush with death." Keep reading to find out if Tom has any true feelings for Liz, if he's really a villain, and just how much Tom knows about Red.
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POPSUGAR: Did you always know that Tom was some sort of spy?
Ryan Eggold: I always knew that he was something other than what he appeared to be, but the exact definition of that was sort of taking shape throughout the whole season and still is.
PS: Are we going to get some backstory about how long he's been tracking Elizabeth?
RE: I just read the finale, and how do I say this? A lot of it's going to wait. I thought a lot of it was going to come at the end of this year, but a lot of it is going to be next year, in season two.
PS: So that means we're going to see you in season two?
RE: Gosh, I can't answer that one.
PS: Does Tom have any genuine love for Liz?
RE: I can't answer that, either. [Laughs] I can't answer anything about this guy because that's the whole show. But that's going to be a question we're going to focus on — does this guy have feelings for her ,or does he not? Is he playing her, or does he love her? We've revealed him as this agent now, but there's a lot more road to go. Now things start to get really complicated.
PS: How much confrontation are we going to see between Tom and Liz now that she knows about his spy life?
RE: All the cards are on the table. Everybody knows. And coming toward the end of the finale, it's going to become about who I work for, which is Berlin, and what or who or where that is.