EXCLUSIVE: The Blacklist is headed for a shocker. Megan Boone, the female lead opposite James Spader, is departing the long-running NBC series after eight seasons, I have learned.
She will make her last appearance as a series regular in the upcoming Season 8 finale.The decision about Boone’s exit was made early on, well ahead of The Blacklist‘s Season 9 renewal in January.
That allowed the writers to craft the arc for her character, Elizabeth “Liz”” Keen, this season as her final chapter. I hear the decision was mutual, and Boone already is plotting her next move.
Reps for NBC and Sony Pictures TV, which produces The Blacklist with Universal TV, had no comment.With Boone’s departure, Spader, Diego Klattenhoff and Harry Lennix remain the
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