'The Blacklist' news and update: Liz is dead

'The Blacklist', an American crime thriller television series witnessed death of Liz in the last episode.

TVLine reported: "In Thursday's episode, Ryan Eggold's Tom was horrified to learn that Liz (aka his almost-bride, played by Megan Boone) died following the birth of their daughter. The tragedy leaves Tom a widower and a single father. It also intensifies the rivalry between him and Edi Gathegi's Mr. Solomon, the baddie indirectly responsible for Liz's death and - not so coincidentally - the primary antagonist in the aforementioned spinoff.

Meanwhile, the apparent death of Boone's Liz is just a trick to provide her real-life maternity leave. However, Eggold released an exclusive statement to TVLine: "I was as shocked as I think the fans are! I have loved working with Megan, especially as we explored the complicated dynamic in Liz and Tom's relationship. I'm incredibly curious to see how this deep cut affects Tom's understanding of the world and what this means for the future of their daughter."

While Entertainment Weekly asked James Spader about Liz's death, this is what he answered:

Does Red regret not being more forthcoming with Liz about who he really is to her?
You know, it's funny. I think he's faced with the same thing that a lot of people are faced with in that set of circumstances: With the death of somebody, who one cares about a great deal, is the particulars of the immediate and the particulars of the sort of broader landscape. Looking at the immediate, in terms of the specifics of what happened and how did that happen, and the responsibility he feels for that. It's impossible to not try and reckon with that, but then also, as I said the sort of broader landscape of who he is and what he is, and what direction to take and is there a way forward? Not just what is the way forward, but is there a way forward? If that's an unknown, then the only known is to look into the past and to immerse yourself in that and try and reckon with that. If you find great difficulty in trying to reckon with the future or even the present, I think it's intuitive to start that process by reckoning with the past.